21 Facts Behind Islanders Defenseman Matthew Schaefer’s Calder Trophy-Winning Season

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New York Islanders rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer was named the 2025-26 Calder Trophy winner on Wednesday. 

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Schaefer became: 

  • The sixth Islanders player to win the Calder: Mathew Barzal (2018, Bryan Berard (1997), Mike Bossy (1978), Bryan Trottier (1976), and Denis Potvin (1974). 
  • The 13th first overall pick to win the Calder
  • The eighth player to win the award during his age-18 season
  • The fourth-ever defenseman to win the award
  • The youngest Calder winning in NHL history at 18 years, 223 days old (Nathan MacKinnon, 2013-14 was 18 years, 224 days)t
  • The first unanimous Calder winner since Winnipeg Jets forward Teemu Selanne in 1993
  • The youngest defenseman in NHL history to reach 20 goals and 50 points in a season
  • The first rookie defenseman to score 20 goals and just the fourth rookie defenseman to ever reach that milestone
  • The youngest player in league history to score an overtime goal
  • The youngest blueliner to record a power-play goal, game-winning goal, multi-goal game, and have a point in his NHL debut
  • The fifth Islanders rookie to play in all 82 games and just the third rookie defenseman in franchise history to do so

Schaefer:

  • Recorded the most points by an 18-year-old defenseman in NHL history (59)
  • Avegared 24:41, the most by an 18-year-old skater in NHL history
  • Recorded the most overtime points by a teenager (4)
  • Logged 31:59 TOI on March 24, the most by a teenager since TOI tracking began
  • Led all rookies in average time on ice, power-play goals (8), and shots on goal (222), while tying for first in goals and overtime goals (2)
  • Ranked second in goals (23), shots on goal (222), and power play goals (8) amongst all NHL defenseman
  • Ranked ninth in takeaways (38)
  • Drew 38 penalties, the most by a rookie defenseman since P.K. Subban (40 in 2010-11)
  • Set the Islanders' rookie defenseman franchise record for goals, points, power-play goals, overtime goals, and game-winning goals
  • Scored the sixth most goals by an Islanders defenseman in a season and the most by an Islanders blueliner since Denis Potvin (1981-1982)

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