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Matt Savoie

Position	Center	Current Team	Edmonton Oilers
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years
Height	5'9"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	179	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	23
Age	21 (Jan 1, 2004)	Expiry Status	RFA
Drafted	2022, Round 1, Overall 9 (BUF)

News and Opinions

What to Expect From the Oilers’ 5 New Additions in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Oilers Fans Need to Drastically Temper Expectations for Savoie and Howard at The Hockey Writers (Mon Jul 21, 2025)
NHL Rumours: Crosby Trade Speculation, Kadri, Sabres Interest in Chinakhov & More at The Hockey Writers (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
Who Knows Where The Time Goes at Lowetide (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – July 20, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
Setting Free The Bears at Lowetide (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
Making Betts at Lowetide (Wed Jul 9, 2025)
Sabres could make a bold bet on Victor Eklund’s raw finishing talent at Sabres Noise (Mon Jun 9, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Apr 24, 2025	Edmonton Oilers	Recalled from AHL
Mar 5, 2025	Edmonton Oilers	Assigned to AHL
Feb 22, 2025	Edmonton Oilers	Recalled from AHL
Oct 8, 2024	Edmonton Oilers	Assigned to AHL
Oct 7, 2024	Edmonton Oilers	Recalled from AHL
Jul 15, 2022	Edmonton Oilers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	Brick Invitational	Team Brick Alberta	6	3	2	5		2				2	1	2	3		4
2015-16	WSI U12	Draftday Hockey Selects U12	9	16	12	28		10
2016-17	AEHL U15	St. Albert Sabres U15 AAA	35	34	27	61		72				10	3	3	6		10
2016-17	WSI U13	Western Canada Selects U13	9	9	8	17		22
2017-18	CSSHL U16	Northern Alberta Xtreme U16 Prep	2	2	1	3
2017-18	WSI U15	Western Canada Selects U15	8	9	4	13		2
2017-18	CSSHL U15	Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep	30	28	69	97		22				4	1	5	6
2018-19	CWG	Team Alberta	6	6	7	13		4
2018-19	CSSHL U18	Northern Alberta Xtreme U18 Prep	31	31	40	71		53				5	3	9	12
2019-20	WHL	Wenatchee Wild	22	0	7	7	-6	12
2019-20	YOG	Canada U16	4	1	2	3	+5	28
2019-20	WHC-17	Canada White U17	6	1	5	6		2
2019-20	CSSHL U18	RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg U18	22	19	33	52		20				2	3	4	7		2
2020-21	USHL	Dubuque Fighting Saints	34	21	17	38	+11	8				2				-1	15
2020-21	AJHL	Sherwood Park Crusaders	4	3	3	6
2021-22	WHL	Wenatchee Wild	65	35	55	90	+54	32				10	6	6	12	+13	2
2022-23	AHL	Rochester Americans										2				-1
2022-23	WHL	Wenatchee Wild	62	38	57	95	+57	26				19	11	18	29	+8	8
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	1	0	0	0				0.0	3:55
2023-24	AHL	Rochester Americans	6	2	3	5		6
2023-24	WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors	23	19	28	47	+13	8				19	10	14	24	+5	10
2023-24	Memorial Cup	Moose Jaw Warriors	4	1	3	4	+2
2023-24	WHL	Wenatchee Wild	11	11	13	24	+11	2
2023-24	WJC-20	Canada U20	4	0	1	1	+2	4
2024-25	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	4	0	1	1	-4		6	0.0	12:31
2024-25	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	66	19	35	54	+21	28
NHL Career			5	0	1	1	-4	0	6	0.0	10:48

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.
2023-24	BUF	1	3:55	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	EDM	4	48:42	0.00	1.23	1.23	1.30	-1.30	0.00	17.58	-17.58	0.00	30.00

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
2023-24	BUF	1	3:55	15.32	0.00	0.53	15.32	0.00	0.23	-	70.04	-0.92	-3.28	40.78
2024-25	EDM	4	48:42	44.35	2.46	3.28	43.12	7.39	3.20	25.00	50.56	1.42	0.60	8.95

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	1	20.5	1.4	10.8	10.8	35.2	32.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.6	16.3	59.1
2024-25	4	23.2	0.7	10.0	10.0	74.2	53.8	0.0	20.0	80.0	40.9	17.5	41.5

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.

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.

Current Contract

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	18	$950,000	$1,950,000	-	$95,000	-	$95,000	-	ELC
2023-24	19	$918,333	$1,918,333	-	$95,000	-	$95,000	-	ELC
2024-25	20	$886,667	$1,886,667	$1,000,000	$95,000	$855,000	$950,000	$82,500	ELC
2025-26	21	$886,667	$1,886,667	$1,000,000	-	$855,000	$855,000	$82,500	ELC
2026-27	22	$886,667	$1,886,667	$1,000,000	-	$855,000	$855,000	$82,500	ELC
Total				$3,000,000	$285,000	$2,565,000	$2,850,000	$247,500

Signed: July 15, 2022

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15