Regular seasonNYI
Matthew Schaefer's 2025-2026 season
Points
59
NHL#85
Goals
23
NHL#90
Assists
36
NHL#87
Plus/minus
+13
NHL#91
Games
82
100%
Defenceman Matthew Schaefer was 18 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played all 82 games and scored 23 goals and 36 assists for 59 points, 0.72 points per game. New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs. He won Calder Memorial Trophy, the first since Elias Pettersson in 2019.
Below: the whole season, game by game.
2025-2026
- Year 20251 year agoNHL debut
Matthew Schaefer makes his NHL debut
Matthew was 18 years old ·
PPG Paints Arena, USAFirst NHL assistFirst NHL pointOther Swedes on the ice:
Simon Holmström, Emil Heineman, Rickard Rakell, among others.- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–4PITLgame 1/825His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG17:15TOI
MilestoneMatthew Schaefer records his first NHL assist
in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 9
- +1 goalThe gameWSH4–2NYILgame 2/823His night+1P+1G0+/-8SOG1PPP26:04TOI
MilestoneMatthew Schaefer scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Washington Capitals · October 11
- +1 assistThe gameWPG5–2NYILgame 3/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-4SOG26:35TOI
- +1 assistThe gameEDM2–4NYIWgame 4/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-0SOG1PPP17:38TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI5–4OTTWgame 5/825His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG22:33TOI
- The gameDET2–7NYIWgame 7/829His nightNo points+2+/-1SOG25:14TOI
- The gameNYI3–4PHILgame 8/824His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG27:40TOI
- The gameNYI2–5BOSLgame 9/825His nightNo points0+/-5SOG23:39TOI
- +1 goalThe gameNYI2–6CARLgame 10/824His night+1P+1G-2+/-3SOG1PPP18:38TOI
- The gameNYI3–1WSHWgame 11/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG17:58TOI
- November 2025
- +2 goalsThe gameCBJ2–3NYIWgame 12/823His night+2P+2G0+/-3SOG1PPP17:24TOI
- +1 assistThe gameBOS4–3NYILgame 13/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG22:31TOI
- The gameMIN5–2NYILgame 14/826His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG23:59TOI
- The gameNYI5–0NYRWgame 15/823His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG24:16TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–2NJDWgame 16/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP21:26TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameNYI4–3VGKWgame 17/823His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP25:59TOI
- The gameNYI1–4COLLgame 19/824His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG21:39TOI
- The gameNYI3–2DALWgame 20/822His nightNo points+2+/-1SOG21:05TOI
- The gameNYI5–0DETWgame 21/827His nightNo points+3+/-2SOG24:12TOI
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8215pointsNHL#877goalsNHL#628assistsNHL#120+7+/-NHL#24NYI12-7-2W-L-OT26Points3rd in the Metropolitan·3rd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL - The gameSTL2–1NYILgame 22/824His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG27:29TOI
- The gameSEA0–1NYIWgame 23/824His nightNo points0+/-4SOG27:23TOI
- +1 assistThe gameBOS3–1NYILgame 24/825His night+1P+1A0+/-7SOG25:18TOI
- +2 pointsThe gamePHI4–3NYILgame 25/824His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP28:53TOI
- December 2025
- The gameTBL1–2NYIWgame 27/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG21:21TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCOL3–6NYIWgame 28/824His night+1P+1A+2+/-3SOG25:41TOI
- The gameNYI2–0TBLWgame 29/826His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG24:27TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI1–4FLALgame 30/824His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG22:38TOI
- +1 assistThe gameVGK4–5NYIWgame 31/822His night+1P+1A-1+/-4SOG28:14TOI
- The gameANA2–5NYIWgame 32/823His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG25:19TOI
- +1 goalThe gameTBL2–3NYIWgame 33/824His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG1PPP26:16TOI
- The gameNYI2–3DETLgame 34/827His nightNo points0+/-1SOG25:56TOI
- The gameVAN4–1NYILgame 35/829His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG21:37TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI2–3BUFLgame 36/824His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP23:36TOI
- The gameNJD1–2NYIWgame 37/824His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG21:12TOI
- The gameNYR0–2NYIWgame 38/823His nightNo points0+/-2SOG27:03TOI
- The gameNYI2–4CBJLgame 39/822His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG25:00TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–2CHIWgame 40/823His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP26:54TOI
Year 2026this year- +1 goalThe gameUTA7–2NYILgame 41/824His night+1P+1G-1+/-3SOG1PPP24:24TOI
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8226pointsNHL#11010goalsNHL#10616assistsNHL#112+7+/-NHL#43NYI22-15-4W-L-OT48Points2nd in the Metropolitan·5th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
- +2 goalsThe gameTOR3–4NYIWgame 42/824His night+2P+2G+1+/-2SOG22:11TOI
- The gameNYI1–2NSHLgame 44/824His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG28:53TOI
- The gameNYI4–3MINWgame 45/826His nightNo points0+/-0SOG27:41TOI
- +1 goalThe gameNYI4–5WPGLgame 46/823His night+1P+1G0+/-1SOG22:39TOI
- The gameNYI1–0EDMWgame 47/825His nightNo points0+/-3SOG26:35TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI2–4CGYLgame 48/825His night+2P+2A-1+/-3SOG25:35TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI4–3VANWgame 49/8210His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG25:04TOI
- The gameNYI1–4SEALgame 50/824His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG25:54TOI
- The gameBUF5–0NYILgame 51/825His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG23:14TOI
- The gameNYI4–0PHIWgame 52/825His nightNo points0+/-1SOG22:19TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–5NYIWgame 53/823His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP24:36TOI
- +1 goalThe gameNYI2–1NYRWgame 54/823His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG23:25TOI
- February 2026
- The gameNYI1–4WSHLgame 56/823His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG23:23TOI
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT4–5NYIWgame 57/824His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-2SOG27:59TOI
- The gameNYI3–1NJDWgame 58/823His nightNo points+2+/-0SOG24:17TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameNYI4–3MTLWgame 59/822His night+2P+2G+1+/-3SOG1PPP25:56TOI
- The gameNYI4–3CBJWgame 60/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG25:31TOI
- March 2026
- +3 pointsThe gameFLA4–5NYIWgame 61/824His night+3P+2G+1A+4+/-5SOG23:17TOI
- The gameNYI1–5ANALgame 62/824His nightNo points-2+/-5SOG24:13TOI
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8244pointsNHL#8920goalsNHL#6324assistsNHL#116+12+/-NHL#32NYI35-22-5W-L-OT75PointsPlayoff spot3rd in the Metropolitan·7th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameNYI3–5LAKLgame 63/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG27:47TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI2–1SJSWgame 64/825His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG29:01TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–3STLWgame 65/825His night+1P+1A+1+/-6SOG27:21TOI
- The gameCGY2–3NYIWgame 67/824His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG22:06TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–1TORWgame 68/825His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP22:57TOI
- +1 goalThe gameNYI2–3OTTLgame 69/823His night+1P+1G+2+/-3SOG24:11TOI
- The gameCBJ0–1NYIWgame 71/824His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG26:43TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCHI4–3NYILgame 72/826His night+1P+1A+2+/-8SOG31:59TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameDAL1–2NYIWgame 73/825His night+2P+2A+1+/-3SOG26:38TOI
- The gamePIT8–3NYILgame 75/826His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG22:14TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–4BUFLgame 76/823His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG29:40TOI
- April 2026
- The gamePHI4–1NYILgame 77/823His nightNo points-3+/-2SOG28:43TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–4CARLgame 78/822His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG27:11TOI
- +1 goalThe gameTOR3–5NYIWgame 79/825His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG24:50TOI
- The gameOTT3–0NYILgame 80/824His nightNo points0+/-4SOG24:56TOI
- The gameMTL4–1NYILgame 81/822His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG28:01TOI
- The gameCAR2–1NYILgame 82/825His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG24:13TOI
The season in numbersMatthew Schaefer closes the 2025-2026 season with 59 points
New York Islanders did not reach the playoffsPoints59NHL#85Games82of 82100%Goals23NHL#90Assists36NHL#87P/GP0.72NHL#119+/-+13NHL#91Events59career best in points23career best in goals36career best in assists50career points1First NHL goal1First NHL assist8×First star2×Second star3×Third star6 i radgames with a point · 7 ptsHonourMatthew Schaefer won Calder Memorial Trophy for 2025-2026