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Matt Roy

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	220	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	30 (Mar 1, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 7, Overall 194 (LAK)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 6, 2024	Washington Capitals	Activated from IR
Oct 28, 2024	Washington Capitals	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2024	Washington Capitals	Signed 6 years @ $5.750M AAV starting in 2024-25
Mar 21, 2021	Los Angeles Kings	Signed 3 years @ $3.150M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jul 15, 2019	Los Angeles Kings	Signed 2 years @ $700K AAV starting in 2019-20
Mar 27, 2017	Los Angeles Kings	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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	25	374:46	0.32	0.64	0.96	0.21	0.11	6.25	4.09	2.16	0.00	3.85
2019-20	LAK	70	1114:34	0.11	0.54	0.65	0.19	-0.08	1.96	3.39	-1.43	0.68	2.70
2020-21	LAK	44	704:03	0.17	0.43	0.60	0.16	0.01	3.92	3.58	0.34	1.27	1.27
2021-22	LAK	67	1138:55	0.11	0.68	0.79	0.27	-0.16	1.60	4.04	-2.44	1.18	4.71
2022-23	LAK	82	1280:15	0.23	0.61	0.84	0.25	-0.02	4.35	4.71	-0.36	1.83	2.44
2023-24	LAK	81	1377:20	0.22	0.61	0.83	0.27	-0.05	4.03	4.92	-0.88	1.04	3.65
2024-25	WSH	69	1181:46	0.15	0.96	1.12	0.21	-0.06	3.80	5.24	-1.45	0.00	1.44

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	25	374:46	41.79	3.04	2.35	50.91	3.52	3.02	46.34	43.74	0.12	0.58	-4.05
2019-20	LAK	70	1114:34	48.34	2.58	2.69	36.55	1.99	2.16	56.47	55.45	0.24	-0.42	6.71
2020-21	LAK	44	704:03	36.65	1.87	2.08	44.23	2.22	2.72	45.83	43.39	-0.13	0.27	-4.16
2021-22	LAK	67	1138:55	48.68	2.42	2.85	37.09	1.74	2.34	58.23	54.86	0.08	-0.07	1.43
2022-23	LAK	82	1280:15	46.77	2.81	2.77	39.09	2.67	2.29	51.28	54.69	0.22	0.00	2.03
2023-24	LAK	81	1377:20	48.57	2.79	2.71	39.12	2.13	2.14	56.64	55.85	0.18	-0.10	2.82
2024-25	WSH	69	1181:46	39.60	2.79	2.39	41.02	2.49	2.29	52.88	51.06	-0.15	0.01	-1.55

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	67	21.9	0.2	5.6	5.7	96.4	66.7	79.5	13.7	6.8	40.4	18.8	40.8
2022-23	82	21.6	0.2	8.2	8.3	99.0	64.0	64.9	27.0	8.1	41.4	18.4	40.2
2023-24	81	22.7	0.2	8.2	8.4	98.2	62.8	68.5	18.9	12.6	40.7	19.1	40.3
2024-25	69	23.2	0.2	8.2	8.3	95.5	68.2	72.2	19.4	8.3	42.6	17.6	39.8

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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	WSH	2.80	2.00	58.33	2.38	2.27	51.17	-0.12	-0.01	-1.11
2024-25	WSH	2.82	2.82	50.00	2.60	2.08	55.59	0.14	-0.23	3.95
2024-25	WSH	3.22	4.03	44.44	2.26	2.50	47.56	-0.16	0.25	-4.37
2024-25	WSH	2.69	2.69	50.00	0.79	3.61	17.93	-1.67	1.33	-33.94
2023-24	LAK	3.23	2.13	60.23	2.71	2.19	55.38	0.20	-0.05	2.46
2023-24	LAK	1.10	2.58	30.00	2.02	2.31	46.71	-0.62	0.12	-8.01
2023-24	LAK	2.67	3.34	44.44	3.27	1.88	63.46	0.91	-0.12	9.30
2023-24	LAK	1.33	0.00	100.00	2.84	2.17	56.68	0.19	-0.01	1.86
2023-24	LAK	3.89	1.95	66.67	2.37	1.44	62.22	-0.21	-0.77	8.38
2023-24	LAK	2.00	0.00	100.00	4.97	0.97	83.64	2.40	-1.22	29.70
2023-24	LAK	0.00	2.68	0.00	2.86	2.20	56.48	0.11	-0.07	1.73
2022-23	LAK	2.47	2.96	45.45	2.59	2.43	51.61	-0.04	0.09	-1.35
2022-23	LAK	3.36	0.84	80.00	3.68	1.75	67.78	1.19	-0.42	14.37
2022-23	LAK	2.99	2.24	57.14	2.67	1.61	62.35	0.01	-0.67	8.45
2022-23	LAK	2.88	4.31	40.00	2.23	3.05	42.29	-0.34	0.74	-10.44
2022-23	LAK	6.01	6.01	50.00	1.79	3.59	33.30	-0.86	1.27	-20.02
2022-23	LAK	0.00	0.00	-	4.07	0.31	93.01	1.48	-2.00	40.15
2021-22	LAK	2.32	1.71	57.58	2.49	2.39	51.07	-0.28	0.06	-3.24
2021-22	LAK	3.66	1.29	73.91	3.65	1.92	65.52	1.11	-0.58	15.19
2021-22	LAK	1.05	1.05	50.00	2.65	2.57	50.80	-0.13	0.10	-2.19
2021-22	LAK	2.10	0.00	100.00	2.92	2.70	51.96	0.10	-0.12	1.96
2021-22	LAK	3.15	3.15	50.00	3.14	1.43	68.79	0.30	-0.91	13.86
2021-22	LAK	2.50	4.99	33.33	1.78	3.71	32.45	-1.02	1.34	-21.69
2021-22	LAK	0.00	3.79	0.00	3.05	3.15	49.22	0.50	0.78	-2.58
2021-22	LAK	0.00	0.00	-	1.92	2.61	42.42	-1.69	0.67	-22.61
2020-21	LAK	1.69	2.00	45.83	2.01	2.72	42.49	-0.17	0.26	-4.44
2020-21	LAK	1.05	2.09	33.33	1.61	2.29	41.28	-0.62	-0.25	-5.47
2020-21	LAK	3.38	3.38	50.00	1.96	2.24	46.69	-0.10	-0.21	0.98
2020-21	LAK	3.46	0.00	100.00	2.16	2.34	48.02	-0.05	-0.42	3.48
2020-21	LAK	0.00	4.79	0.00	2.43	3.97	37.96	0.30	1.60	-9.36
2019-20	LAK	3.00	2.22	57.50	2.75	2.12	56.48	0.31	-0.38	7.01
2019-20	LAK	1.71	1.71	50.00	3.03	1.96	60.77	0.57	-0.38	9.42
2019-20	LAK	3.40	1.36	71.43	2.16	2.62	45.17	-0.15	-0.71	4.19
2019-20	LAK	3.84	5.38	41.67	3.38	2.13	61.36	0.80	-0.42	11.03
2019-20	LAK	0.86	0.00	100.00	2.11	1.81	53.87	-0.39	-0.61	3.08
2019-20	LAK	0.00	0.00	-	3.37	1.84	64.74	0.72	-0.59	12.55
2018-19	LAK	3.13	3.39	48.00	2.31	3.13	42.44	-0.18	0.65	-7.61
2018-19	LAK	3.97	3.97	50.00	2.69	2.96	47.58	0.55	0.36	2.45
2018-19	LAK	0.00	2.56	0.00	1.08	1.32	45.04	-0.60	-0.96	2.59

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.

News and Opinions

Spencer Carbery’s forward lines and defense pairings at last practice before Capitals’ Opening Night game against Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Washington Capitals Announce Opening Night Roster for 2025-26 Season at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Matt Roy and Declan Chisholm fully participate in Capitals practice after respective injury scares at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
NHL Injuries: Sabres, Flames, Blackhawks, Oilers, Devils, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Flyers, Capitals, and Jets at NHL Rumors (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
NHL Injuries: Sabres, Flames, Blackhawks, Oilers, Devils, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Flyers, Capitals, and Jets at NHL Rumors (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Declan Chisholm leaves Capitals practice after skate cut to leg: ‘Definitely a scary situation’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Matt Roy and Dylan McIlrath miss Capitals practice after suffering injuries in preseason finale against Blue Jackets at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
NHL season preview: Strengths, weaknesses, X factors for all 32 teams at ESPN (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
What Sunday’s NHL waivers decisions indicate about the Capitals’ final roster to begin 2025-26 season at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Matt Roy and Dylan McIlrath suffer injuries in final preseason game that could keep them out ‘maybe a week, two weeks’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Observations from the Capitals’ preseason finale, a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Capitals Are Counting on Underrated Fehervary in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster for preseason game in Hershey against Philadelphia Flyers at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Spencer Carbery’s forward lines and defense pairings are beginning to take shape after just one day of Capitals training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Martin Fehervary, Matt Roy, and Justin Sourdif begin first day of Capitals Training Camp in no-contact jerseys at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Biggest Steals from the 2015 NHL Draft at The Hockey Writers (Fri Sep 12, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Metro Moves: 2025-26 Washington Capitals preview at Pens Burgh (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
The best NHL draft pick ever, at every slot from No. 1 to 224 at ESPN (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
The Seattle Kraken’s 5 Worst Contracts: A heavy cap for the middle of the roster at Kraken Chronicle (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nic Dowd, John Carlson, and Sonny Milano have joined informal Capitals skates ahead of training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Aug 20, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	29	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
2025-26	30	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$3,000,000	$3,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	UFA
2026-27	31	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2027-28	32	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2028-29	33	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	UFA
2029-30	34	M-NTC	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$14,000,000	$20,500,000	$34,500,000	$34,500,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.53

Clause: Player can submit a 15 team no trade list for 2024-25 and 2025-26 and then a 10 team no trade list for 2026-27 to 2029-30.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	26	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	27	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA
2023-24	28	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$9,450,000	$9,450,000	$9,450,000

Signed: Mar 21, 2021

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Rob Blake

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.87

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	24	$700,000	$700,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$200,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	25	$700,000	$700,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$700,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$900,000

Signed: July 15, 2019

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Rob Blake

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.86

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2019-20 is $300,000.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	22	$833,750	$925,000	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	23	$833,750	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$182,500	$185,000	$1,482,500	$1,667,500	$140,000

Signed: Mar 27, 2017

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Dean Lombardi

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

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
2009-10	T1EBHL	Victory Honda Bantam Major AAA	30	1	11	12		22
2010-11	T1EHL U16	Victory Honda U16	35	3	10	13		24
2011-12	T1EHL	Det. V. Honda U18	37	1	8	9		28				7	2		2		5
2012-13	USHL	Indiana	10	1	2	3	-2	4	13	770.0
2012-13	T1EHL	Det. V. Honda U18	41	12	21	33		62				4		2	2		4
2013-14	USHL	Indiana	24	4	5	9	+11	21	26	1,540.0		12	2	4	6	+1	4	25	800.0
2014-15	WCHA	Michigan Tech	36	0	9	9		22
2015-16	NCAA	Michigan Tech	37	7	13	20	+24	37
2015-16	WCHA	Michigan Tech	37	7	13	20	+24	27	79
2016-17	NCAA	Michigan Tech	42	5	21	26	+6	74
2016-17	AHL	Ontario Reign	8	0	1	1	+1	7				2				-1	2
2017-18	AHL	Ontario Reign	49	4	13	17	+10	23				4	1	1	2	+3
2018-19	AHL	Ontario Reign	45	8	21	29	-21	17
2018-19	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	25	2	4	6	-1	8	34	5.9	17:08
2019-20	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	70	4	14	18	+16	10	112	3.6	18:07
2020-21	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	44	2	8	10		8	57	3.5	19:15
2020-21	WC	USA	8	0	1	1		4
2021-22	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	67	2	19	21	+23	28	153	1.3	20:59	7		1	1	-3		14	0.0	20:54
2022-23	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	82	9	17	26	+8	22	135	6.7	18:47	6	1	2	3	+4		8	12.5	21:36
2023-24	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	81	5	20	25	+21	42	135	3.7	20:54	5		2	2	+1	2	5	0.0	19:30
2024-25	NHL	Washington Capitals	69	3	21	24	+18	25	84	3.6	19:53	10		2	2	-1	2	7	0.0	23:52
NHL Career			438	27	103	130	+85	143	710	3.8	19:32	28	1	7	8	+1	4	34	2.9	21:52