NHL.com's fantasy staff continues to cover the latest trends and storylines in the League through the lens of NHL EDGE puck and player tracker stats. Today, we look at the early prowess of rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer.

Matthew Schaefer is making an immediate impact for the New York Islanders early on in his rookie season and is already near the top of the charts in terms of NHL EDGE stats.

Schaefer, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, became the youngest such defenseman (18 years, 34 days) to play an NHL game and the third 18-year-old defenseman in history to have points in each of his first three games, joining Phil Housley (1982-83) and Jakob Chychrun (2016-17). Schaefer ranks second among NHL defensemen in shots on goal (13; trailing Zach Werenski ’s 19) and has been

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