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Matt Nieto

#83

age31

posLW

shotl

h5'11"

w201lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$900,000$900K

Year 2 of 2

23/24

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 32

Profile

Draft Position round2 pick47

Draft Class 2011

Draft Team Sharks

Birthdate Nov 5, 1992

Nationality USA

Agent Darren Ferris

UFA Year 2020

ELC Year 20

Waivers Age 21

Est Career Earnings $12,162,500

2023-24 Stats

Regular Season

GP22

PPG0.18

PIM4

EV TOI/GM 9.03

G60 0.30

P60 1.21

GF% 66.70

DFF% 41.40

REL DFF% -13.50

CF% 42.40

REL CF% -12.30

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,800,000$1.80M

cap hit$900,000$900K

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.08%

Signing Status

UFA

age 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	UFAage 32
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2023-24	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	22	1	3	4	4	199	66.70	41.40	-13.50	42.40	-12.30	0.30	1.21
2022-23	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	36	4	5	9	8	343	63.60	55.40	3.80	49.70	-2.80	1.40	2.45	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2022-23	$850,000 $850K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	45	8	7	15	8	554	37.50	47.00	-4.80	48.00	-1.10	0.87	1.52
2021-22	$850,000 $850K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	70	6	11	17	19	858	36.80	47.20	0.30	44.10	-1.40	0.42	1.19
2020-21	$700,000 $700K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	28	5	2	7	4	303	42.90	46.50	-2.80	44.40	-4.30	0.79	1.19
2019-20	$1,975,000 $1.98M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	70	8	13	21	6	751	56.40	50.60	-0.70	52.50	1.10	0.48	1.36	Playoffs	14	1	2	3	0
2018-19	$1,975,000 $1.98M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	64	4	19	23	8	695	45.00	55.77	8.77	51.52	2.13	0.17	1.47	Playoffs	12	4	3	7	0
2017-18	$1,000,000 $1.00M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	74	15	11	26	14	898	50.77	44.29	-3.14	46.42	-2.20	0.67	1.27	Playoffs	6	0	3	3	0
2016-17	$735,000 $735K	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	43	7	4	11	4	565	33.33	47.75	1.56	49.83	2.37	0.64	0.85
2016-17	$735,000 $735K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	16	0	2	2	4	171	36.36	47.26	-7.06	51.99	-0.15	0.00	0.70
2015-16	$759,167 $759K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	67	8	9	17	10	783	40.43	46.54	-10.07	51.25	-0.42	0.38	1.00	Playoffs	16	1	2	3	0
2014-15	$759,167 $759K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	72	10	17	27	20	920	40.74	48.98	-1.97	52.82	1.25	0.39	1.24
2013-14	$759,167 $759K	AHL	Worcester Sharks	2	2	3	5	0
2013-14	$759,167 $759K	NHL	San Jose Sharks	66	10	14	24	16	809	46.30	55.41	-2.14	52.86	-2.62	0.67	1.34	Playoffs	7	2	3	5	0
2012-13	-	AHL	Worcester Sharks	11	2	4	6	0
2012-13	-	NCAA	Boston Univ.	39	18	19	37	24
2011-12	-	NCAA	Boston Univ.	37	16	26	42	26
2010-11	-	NCAA	Boston Univ.	39	10	13	23	16
2009-10	-	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	3	1	0	1	0
2009-10	-	WJC-18	USA U18	7	1	3	4	4
2009-10	-	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	54	28	26	54	31
2009-10	-	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	24	15	14	29	19
2008-09	-	WHC-17	USA U17	6	3	3	6	6
2008-09	-	International-Jr	USA U17 (all)	12	6	7	13	8
2008-09	-	NAHL	U.S. National U18 Team	38	11	24	35	14
2008-09	-	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	13	6	8	14	14
2008-09	-	WJC-18	USA U18	7	4	0	4	12
2008-09	-	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	13	9	9	18	8
2007-08	-	USHS-Prep	Salisbury School	23	8	10	18	0
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Contract History

2021-2023 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,700,000$1.70M

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2023 UFA age 30

Signed On Jun 21 2021

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.04%

Signing Status

UFA

age 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	UFAage 30
AAV	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Base	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 UFA age 28

Signed On Oct 13 2020

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status

UFA

age 27

Notes

Minors Salary Unconfirmed

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	UFAage 28
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,950,000$3.95M

cap hit$1,975,000$1.98M

expiry 2020 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 6 2018

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.48%

Signing Status

RFA

age 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Base	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Minors Salary	$1,975,000$1.98M	$1,975,000$1.98M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2017-2018 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,000,000$1.00M

cap hit$1,000,000$1.00M

expiry 2018 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 25 2017

Signing Agent Darren Ferris

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.33%

Signing Status

RFA

age 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$1,000,000$1.00M	RFAage 25
AAV	$1,000,000$1.00M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2016-2017 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$735,000$735K

cap hit$735,000$735K

expiry 2017 RFA age 24

Signed On Jul 15 2016

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.01%

Signing Status

RFA

age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$735,000$735K	RFAage 24
AAV	$735,000$735K
Base	$735,000$735K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$735,000$735K
Minors Salary	$735,000$735K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2013-2016 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2016 RFA age 23

Signed On Apr 1 2013

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.18%

Signing Status age 20

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$759,167$759K	$759,167$759K	$759,167$759K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$600,000$600K	$700,000$700K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	$232,500$233K	$132,500$133K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$692,500$693K	$792,500$793K	$792,500$793K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses	-	-	-
UFA Year

Matt Nieto Updates

May 15 2024

Nieto underwent reconstructive MCL surgery on his left knee surgery May 2, the team announced Wednesday. He's expected to require six-to-seven months to recover.

OUT | Knee

Matt Nieto

Nieto (knee) sustained an undisclosed injury while rehabbing from his knee surgery. The center could find himself heading back under the knife ahead of the 2024-25 campaign, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024

Apr 19 2024

Apr 18 2024

Nieto (knee) was unable to get back onto the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, missing 60 games total.

Jan 4 2024

Nieto underwent successful laparoscopic surgery Thursday and is expected to miss the next 6-8 weeks.

Jan 2 2024

Nieto (lower body) is still considered out "longer-term" according to coach Mike Sullivan, Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports Tuesday.

Dec 22 2023

Nieto (lower body) skated for the first time since suffering his injury Friday, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Dec 2 2023

Nieto will miss Saturday's tilt versus Philadelphia with a lower-body injury, according to Penguins reporter Michelle Crechiolo.

Dec 1 2023

Nieto recorded an assist in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Nov 4 2023

Nieto scored a goal and went plus-2 in Saturday's 10-2 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Jul 1 2023 | Pittsburgh Penguins

Matt Nieto

Standard | 2 yrs

$1,800,000