Regular season

Matt Kiersted

Minnesota Wild · D · #26

HT: 6'0"
WT: 182 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: L
From: Elk River, USA

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1719pctl

0.006pctl

0.1732pctl

0.713pctl

047pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

0.3%0pctl

-1.331pctl

0.1042pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4249pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.6779pctl

6.3595pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

8.696pctl

0.00pctl

0.000pctl

0:000pctl

1:6069pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 5 GP tracked · 1h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

34.5%0pctl

O-zone deployment?

45%30pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min46pctl

Support received?

15.1 min100pctl

D-zone deployment?

55%70pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2416pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.000pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.40/gm5pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 82 EV min

General Offense

2.9143

0.7337

Shot Setups/60?

0.7347

Chance Setups/60?

0.7353

Primary Contributions/60?

3.6444

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7362

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0044

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0037

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0039

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0045

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0040

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4646

Rush Offense/60?

2.1837

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.0038

0.0038

0.0042

Deflections/60?

0.0042

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0044

Entries Finished/60?

0.0038

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0040

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.9154

0.0037

2.9159

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0046

Forechecking

0.0037

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Matt’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Matt assisted on

Matt Boldy11 as primary

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 6 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 4 shots in last 6

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 12-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:24 TOI

vs WSH

1P

0G 1A

vs WSH 12-16

0G 1A · 3 shots · 16:16 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 12-18

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:37 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 01-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:31 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:15 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:19 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)15 events shown

Defensive floor: 10 blocks · 0 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Florida Panthers	7	0	0	0	-4
2021-22	Florida Panthers	10	1	1	2	-8
2022-23	Florida Panthers	20	1	3	4	4
2024-25	Florida Panthers	2	0	1	1	1
2025-26	Minnesota Wild	6	0	1	1	0
Career	2 teams	45	2	6	8	-7