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Matt Luff

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	New York Islanders
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	1 year ($775.0K CapHit)
Height	6'3"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	219	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age (DOB)	29 (May 5, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

News and Opinions

Why the New York Islanders acquired Ondrej Palat and Matt Luff at Eyes on Isles (Sun Mar 1, 2026)
Luff trade could mark start of deadline fire sale at Bleedin' Blue (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
The NY Islanders have acquired Matt Luff from the Blues at Eyes on Isles (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Blues Send Matt Luff To The Islanders In AHL Deal at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Islanders land Blues forward Matt Luff for Julien Gauthier to aid playoff push at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Blues’ Luff traded to Islanders for Gauthier at Bleedin' Blue (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Islanders Acquire Matt Luff From Blues In Exchange For Julien Gauthier In First NHL Trade Post Olympics at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
St. Louis Blues and Islanders complete first post-freeze trade, swapping Julien Gauthier and Matt Luff at Habs Fanatics (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
St. Louis Blues and Islanders complete first post-freeze trade, swapping Julien Gauthier and Matt Luff at Habs Fanatics (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Matt Luff demotion back down to Springfield could mean more than that at Bleedin' Blue (Fri Dec 19, 2025)
Matt Luff and Logan Mailloux's first goals in the Note help power Blues over Blackhawks at Bleedin' Blue (Sun Dec 14, 2025)
Observations From Blues' 3-2 Win Vs. Blackhawks at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Dec 13, 2025)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	SCTAMM	Oakville Rangers Minor Mdgt AAA	40	15	32	47		18
2013-14	SCTA	Oakville Rangers Midget AAA	66	56	42	98
2014-15	OHL	Belleville Bulls	64	9	22	31	-6	20				4	1	1	2	-1	4
2015-16	OHL	Hamilton Bulldogs	61	27	30	57	-6	43
2016-17	AHL	Ontario Reign	2	0	1	1	+1
2016-17	OHL	Hamilton Bulldogs	45	25	24	49	+14	33				7	4	5	9	-2	4
2016-17	OHL	Brantford Bulldogs	45	25	24	49	+14	33				7	4	5	9	-2	4
2017-18	AHL	Ontario Reign	67	12	17	29	+3	42				4	1		1		2
2018-19	AHL	Ontario Reign	36	11	20	31	+7	32
2018-19	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	33	8	3	11	-2	9	45	17.8	11:07
2019-20	AHL	Ontario Reign	30	9	15	24	+3	18
2019-20	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	18	1	4	5	-5	2	25	4.0	10:22
2020-21	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	13	1	0	1	-4	5	18	5.6	10:29
2020-21	AHL	Ontario Reign	4	3	1	4		2
2021-22	AHL	Milwaukee Admirals	30	14	17	31	+1	16
2021-22	NHL	Nashville Predators	23	3	3	6	+3	4	26	11.5	9:24
2022-23	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	28	8	17	25	-5	6
2022-23	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	19	2	2	4	-4		20	10.0	9:53
2023-24	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	26	10	8	18	-1	18				5		1	1	-4	4
2024-25	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	6	2	2	4	-3
2024-25	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	50	18	27	45	-8	42				3	1		1
2025-26	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	42	14	25	39	-14	29
2025-26	NHL	St. Louis Blues	5	1	0	1	-2		5	20.0	9:08
2025-26	AHL	Bridgeport Islanders										2	1	1	2	-2	2
NHL Career			111	16	12	28	-14	20	139	11.5	10:16

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2018-19	LAK	33	346:45	-0.07	-1.22	1.84	1.47	0.67	-1.19	-	-1.07
2019-20	LAK	18	183:28	0.17	1.20	-0.93	-1.21	0.31	-0.69	-	-2.25
2020-21	LAK	13	131:40	-1.25	-1.46	1.15	-1.03	1.53	-1.74	-	1.60
2021-22	NSH	23	200:36	-0.12	-0.32	0.04	0.54	1.10	1.03	-0.55	1.67
2022-23	DET	19	186:15	-0.22	-1.04	0.70	0.01	-1.30	-1.90	-0.78	1.05
2025-26	STL	5	44:56	0.55	-1.74	6.83	3.58	3.73	-1.69	-0.56	-2.72

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2018-19	LAK	33	346:45	-1.05	-1.37	-1.98	-1.33	-1.00	0.67	-
2019-20	LAK	18	183:28	-1.36	-1.93	-1.90	-1.30	-0.39	1.90	-
2020-21	LAK	13	131:40	-1.31	-1.97	-2.08	0.10	0.75	1.03	-
2021-22	NSH	23	200:36	-1.87	-1.93	-1.96	0.27	-0.43	-1.26	-
2022-23	DET	19	186:15	-1.27	-1.89	-1.94	-1.83	-1.32	0.73	-
2025-26	STL	5	44:56	-2.01	-1.69	-1.99	-0.41	-0.29	0.21	-

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	LAK	33	346:45	1.04	0.52	1.56	0.71	0.33	15.00	10.19	4.81	1.69	6.78
2019-20	LAK	18	183:28	0.33	1.31	1.64	0.69	-0.36	4.00	8.46	-4.46	2.38	7.14
2020-21	LAK	13	131:40	0.46	0.00	0.46	0.81	-0.35	5.56	9.82	-4.27	0.00	10.34
2021-22	NSH	23	200:36	0.90	0.90	1.79	0.76	0.14	12.00	10.12	1.88	6.06	9.09
2022-23	DET	19	186:15	0.64	0.64	1.29	0.68	-0.03	10.00	10.50	-0.50	0.00	3.12
2025-26	STL	5	44:56	1.34	0.00	1.34	0.40	0.94	20.00	5.92	14.08	0.00	20.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	LAK	33	346:45	36.34	2.25	1.87	44.82	2.25	2.71	50.00	40.78	-0.47	0.32	-8.71
2019-20	LAK	18	183:28	45.13	2.29	2.50	44.15	3.60	2.80	38.89	47.17	-0.14	0.43	-5.57
2020-21	LAK	13	131:40	39.19	0.46	1.96	44.20	1.82	2.63	20.00	42.64	-0.13	0.22	-3.74
2021-22	NSH	23	200:36	39.18	2.99	2.20	41.28	1.50	2.25	66.67	49.43	-0.21	-0.45	2.23
2022-23	DET	19	186:15	29.96	1.61	1.82	43.81	2.90	2.44	35.71	42.74	-0.38	0.06	-5.25
2025-26	STL	5	44:56	33.38	1.34	1.69	41.39	4.01	2.39	25.00	41.32	-0.74	-0.25	-6.51

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

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Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

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Skating data is from NHL Edge
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