D · OTT · #33
Nikolas Matinpalo
- Height
- HT 6'3"
- Weight
- WT 213 lbs
- Birth date
- Oct 5, 1998 (age 27)
- Bio
- FIN · Shoots R
He ranks D190 among 301 defensemen in 2025–26 NHL standard scoring (goal = 3).
Prime production window for a skater.
Dynasty Value Score
0
#807 overall · D255 of 272
2025–26 scoring
58.6 pts
50 GP · 1.2 PPG
2026–27 Engine Projections
71.2 pts
58.9 games · 1.2 PPG
2.4 G · 5.4 A · 7.7 P · 14:38 TOI · 0:00 PP · 2.7 xG
Projection range
60.5–78.3
If the season runs shorter or longer at the same per-game pace.
Ice time and shot quality
Last season vs the 2026–27 Engine line. Expected goals use NHL EDGE shot location and league shooting rates.
| TOI | PP | OZ | G | xG | Top speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 40.5% | 0 | 2.2 | 23.1 mph |
| 2026–27Proj | 14:38 | 0:00 | 41.1% | 2.4 | 2.7 | 23.0 mph |
NHL standard (goal = 3) over time
Hatched bar is the 2026–27 Engine projection.
Career (NHL standard (goal = 3))
| Season | GP | FP | PPG | TOI | PP | G | A | P | PPP | SHP | SOG | Hits | Blk | +/− | PIM | FO | xG | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27Proj | 58.9 | 71.2 | 1.2 | 14:38 | 0:00 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 7.7 | — | 0.8 | 49.6 | 50.6 | 57.2 | -0.9 | 22.1 | — | 2.7 | 6.3 |
| 2025–26 | 50 | 58.6 | 1.2 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 49 | 55 | -1 | 16 | 0 | 2.2 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 41 | 39.7 | 1.0 | 12:37 | 0:00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 25 | 29 | -2 | 20 | — | 2.1 | 5 |
| 2023–24 | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0 |
Engine nhl-v0.3 · value board nhl-dvs-v0.2.
FAQ
- How are Nikolas Matinpalo's fantasy points calculated?
- This public page uses NextDyne's NHL standard scoring (a goal is 3 points). It is not half-PPR and it is not your league's custom scoring. League scoring shows up inside the NHL app.
- What is Matinpalo's Dynasty Value Score?
- Matinpalo scores 0 out of 10,000 (#807 on the NHL board). The score is hockey VORP from NHL-standard projections and a 3-year age horizon — not the football board and not half-PPR. Version nhl-dvs-v0.2.
- What is Matinpalo's 2026–27 Engine projection?
- We project 71.2 NHL-standard fantasy points over 58.943749999999994 games. Counting stats (goals, assists, and the rest of the template) feed both this line and Dynasty Value Score.