What line and power-play unit is Matthew Schaefer on?

By ice time over NYI's last 5 games: pair 1, power-play unit 1, 25:26 a night with 4:00 on the power play. Derived from the NHL's ice-time reports, not an official line chart.

What does Matthew Schaefer help with in categories leagues?

Above the pool in shots on goal and blocked shots. Below it in hits and goals.

Matthew Schaefer fantasy outlook 2026-27

Matthew Schaefer ranks 83rd of 520 in points leagues at 1.97 fantasy points per game, 72nd in categories leagues and 12th among defensemen. In 2026-27 so far he has 0 goals and 4 assists in 5 games, playing 25:26 a night with 4:00 on the power play. In categories he helps most in shots on goal and blocked shots and costs you in hits and goals.

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Points leagues

#83

1.97 FP/G

How Matthew Schaefer is being used

Over NYI's last 5 games Matthew Schaefer played 5 games, 25:26 a night with 4:00 on the power play: pair 1 by even-strength ice time and the first power-play unit.

Lines and units are derived from the NHL's per-game ice time over NYI's last 5 games, not an official line chart. He was on the ice for 74% of the team's power-play time.

Per-game stats

Season	GP	TOI	PP TOI	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-
2026-27	5	25:26	4:00	0.00	0.80	0.80	0.40	3.8	0.4	0.8	0.00
2025-26	82	24:41	3:19	0.28	0.44	0.72	0.22	2.7	0.5	1.4	0.16

Category profile

Each bar is his per-game output against the 180 skaters a 12-team league rosters, in standard deviations. Right helps your team, left hurts it.

G-0.6
A+0.1
+/-+0.1
PPP+0.1
SOG+0.9
HIT-0.7
BLK+0.8

Last 5 games, 2026-27

Game	TOI	A	PPP	SOG	+/-	PIM
10-10 vs TBL	27:01	1	0	8	-1	0
10-08 vs CHI	26:45	1	1	4	1	0
10-06 at NYR	25:03	0	0	2	-2	0
10-03 vs NJD	20:34	2	1	2	2	0
09-30 at TOR	27:45	0	0	3	0	2

Matthew Schaefer in Week 3 (Oct 12-18)

New York Islanders play 3 games in Week 3: Tue VAN, Thu @OTT, Sat @TOR. At 1.97 fantasy points a game, that projects to 5.9 for the week in points leagues. Week 4 (Oct 19-25): 3 games.

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Defensemans ranked around him

D9
Moritz Seider
DDET
2.01 FP/G
D10
Mikhail Sergachev
DUTA
2.01 FP/G
D11
Jakob Chychrun
DWSH
2.00 FP/G
D12
Matthew Schaefer
DNYI
1.97 FP/G
D13
Jake Sanderson
DOTT
1.96 FP/G
D14
John Carlson
DTBL
1.94 FP/G
D15
Shayne Gostisbehere
DCAR
1.90 FP/G

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Common questions

Where does Matthew Schaefer rank in fantasy hockey for 2026-27?
83rd of 520 in points leagues at 1.97 fantasy points per game, 72nd in categories leagues, and 12th among defensemen.
What line and power-play unit is Matthew Schaefer on?
By ice time over NYI's last 5 games: pair 1, power-play unit 1, 25:26 a night with 4:00 on the power play. Derived from the NHL's ice-time reports, not an official line chart.
What does Matthew Schaefer help with in categories leagues?
Above the pool in shots on goal and blocked shots. Below it in hits and goals.

By the Parlae deskPlayer data updated Oct 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number