GRIT & GF
Mathew Dumba

Pittsburgh Penguins, Defence

Mathew Dumba

  • Edgy
  • Heavy
  • Finisher
Points, 2025–26
3
1 G, 2 A in 11 GP
Individual xG
0.3
1 goals from it
Ice time per game
14:56
7 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
46.5
share of chances while he's on

Mathew Dumba has 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) in 11 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025–26, with 7 shots on goal and 14:56 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 28.7 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

11 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

28.7050100
Rated above 66% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.5
Wins
−0.08
Physicality73thGF41thIntimidation59thChemistry29thClutch52th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.36, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 65.5% of 281 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality

+0.49 SD · 73th percentile · weight 38% · −0.2 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.4.778th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.4.356th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.5498th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.6077th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.1.1213th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.8022th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 161 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. vs BUF

    Wednesday, November 26

    Drought over

    Mathew Dumba scored for the first time in 26 games. He has 1 goal this season. He played 16:16 and had one shot on goal. The Penguins beat the Sabres 4-2.

Player card

Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. He hasn't played enough yet to be ranked, so treat these as early. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game14:56
    15
  • Points per 601.10
    68
  • Goals per 600.37
    83
  • Individual xG per 600.12
    13
  • Shots per 602.6
    14

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.04
    5
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.34
    74
  • xGF%46.5%
    25

Physical

  • Hits per 605.8
    89
  • Blocks per 604.4
    57
  • Penalty minutes per 604.0
    7

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Ryan Graves680:2473–832.5–3.52–642%
Connor Clifton224:3024–290.8–0.70–152%
Owen Pickering224:1020–310.7–1.11–040%
Harrison Brunicke114:0911–160.5–0.80–238%
Kris Letang105:138–10.4–0.00–0100%
Erik Karlsson104:452–50.1–0.11–061%
Parker Wotherspoon93:176–30.3–0.20–062%
Ryan Shea102:412–30.1–0.01–0100%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 1 goals from 14 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.20
03-3112-07

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–261112370.314:56161246.5
2024–25631910573.115:18706250.3
2023–24764812865.419:4520210945.7

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2025-12-0716:220010.00120
2025-11-2915:170000.02010
2025-11-2814:140010.02030
2025-11-2616:161010.06200
2025-11-2213:280010.03310
2025-11-1413:330100.00110
2025-10-3015:450020.05210
2025-10-2814:330100.00214
2025-10-2715:160010.08210
2025-10-2514:250000.00215
2025-10-1415:090000.09102
2025-04-1611:500020.08200
2025-04-1421:530020.00200
2025-04-1220:160130.00110
2025-04-1014:390010.00000
2025-04-0814:470010.00012
2025-04-0614:280030.17100
2025-04-0516:060110.04010
2025-04-0317:150010.01100
2025-03-3115:210120.04032