Matthew Kessel

D · #4 · New York Islanders

Matthew Kessel is a defenceman for the New York Islanders. Born June 23, 2000 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, the United States, he stands 6'3", weighs 215 lbs and shoots right. He was drafted in 2020 (round 5, 150th overall) by the St. Louis Blues. In 109 NHL regular-season games he has 3 goals and 12 assists for 15 points. This season: 0 goals and 2 assists in 10 games.

NHL regular-season career

Games

109

Goals

3

Assists

12

Points

15

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.03

Assists / game

0.11

Points / game

0.14

Shots / game

0.71

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

2

2025–26 · St. Louis Blues

Assists

6

2023–24 · St. Louis Blues

Points

7

2023–24 · St. Louis Blues

Shots

28

2023–24 · St. Louis Blues

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2026–27

   • New York IslandersNHL

2. 2025–26

   • St. Louis BluesNHL

3. 2024–25

   • Springfield ThunderbirdsAHL
   • St. Louis BluesNHL

4. 2023–24

   • Springfield ThunderbirdsAHL
   • Team USAInternational
   • St. Louis BluesNHL
   • USAWC

5. 2022–23

   • Springfield ThunderbirdsAHL
   • St. Louis BluesNHL

6. 2021–22

   • Springfield ThunderbirdsAHL
   • Univ. of MassachusettsNCAA

7. 2020–21

   • Univ. of MassachusettsNCAA

8. 2019–20

   • Univ. of MassachusettsNCAA

9. 2018–19

   • Sioux Falls StampedeUSHL

10. 2017–18

    • Team RoyalUSA-S17
    • Chicago SteelUSHL
    • Fargo ForceUSHL

11. 2016–17

    • Compuware 16U AAAHPHL 16U
    • Team OrangeUSA-S16

12. 2015–16

    • Little Caesars 16U AAAHPHL 16U
    • Team RoyalUSA-S15

13. 2014–15

    • Little Caesars 14U AAAHPHL 14U

14. 2013–14

    • Little Caesars 13U AAAHPHL 13U

15. 2012–13

    • Detroit HoneybakedQC Int PW

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.

Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2026–27	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	10	0	2	2	4	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 13:25 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 4 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 9
2025–26	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	29	2	1	3	10	1	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 12:32 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 29 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus 1 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 20
2024–25	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	Regular	29	5	12	17	25	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 12 Games Played 29 Goals 5 Pim 25 Plus Minus 10 Points 17
2024–25	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	29	0	3	3	10	-3	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 13:08 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 29 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus -3 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 17
2023–24	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	Regular	36	3	5	8	16	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 36 Goals 3 Pim 16 Plus Minus 1 Points 8
2023–24	International	Team USA	Regular	1	0	1	1	0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 3 Points 1
2023–24	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	39	1	6	7	12	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 6 Avg Toi 16:48 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 39 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 0 Points 7 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0357 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 28
2023–24	WC	USA	Regular	2	0	1	1	0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 3 Points 1
2022–23	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	Regular	71	5	28	33	66	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 28 Games Played 71 Goals 5 Pim 66 Plus Minus -1 Points 33
2022–23	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	2	0	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 15:10 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 3
2022–23	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 0
2021–22	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	Regular	15	0	3	3	8	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 15 Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 9 Points 3
2021–22	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	Regular	37	6	11	17	22	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 11 Games Played 37 Goals 6 Pim 22 Plus Minus 9 Points 17
2021–22	AHL	Springfield Thunderbirds	Playoffs	18	1	1	2	6	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 18 Goals 1 Pim 6 Plus Minus -1 Points 2
2020–21	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	Regular	29	10	13	23	16	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 29 Goals 10 Pim 16 Plus Minus 15 Points 23
2019–20	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	Regular	34	7	4	11	48	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 34 Goals 7 Pim 48 Plus Minus 13 Points 11
2018–19	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	Regular	62	2	17	19	38	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 17 Games Played 62 Goals 2 Pim 38 Plus Minus 23 Points 19
2018–19	USHL	Sioux Falls Stampede	Playoffs	12	1	3	4	14	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 12 Goals 1 Pim 14 Plus Minus 10 Points 4
2017–18	USA-S17	Team Royal	Regular	5	2	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 5 Goals 2 Points 2
2017–18	USHL	Chicago Steel	Regular	20	0	0	0	4	-3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 20 Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -3 Points 0
2017–18	USHL	Fargo Force	Regular	32	0	3	3	18	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 32 Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus 16 Points 3
2017–18	USHL	Chicago Steel	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -2 Points 0
2016–17	HPHL 16U	Compuware 16U AAA	Regular	20	1	3	4	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 20 Goals 1 Pim 32 Points 4
2016–17	USA-S16	Team Orange	Regular	5	0	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Points 6
2015–16	HPHL 16U	Little Caesars 16U AAA	Regular	8	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 8 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
2015–16	USA-S15	Team Royal	Regular	5	0	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Points 4
2014–15	HPHL 14U	Little Caesars 14U AAA	Regular	17	3	4	7	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 17 Goals 3 Pim 8 Points 7
2013–14	HPHL 13U	Little Caesars 13U AAA	Regular	20	0	4	4	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 20 Goals 0 Pim 14 Points 4
2012–13	QC Int PW	Detroit Honeybaked	Regular	2	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 0

NHL game-by-game archive

10 imported games.

NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.

Recent NHL games

Profile updated Nov 9, 12:20 am EST. Missing stats are shown as –.

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