Murray owns a 25-10-5 record, .930 save percentage, 2.15 goals-against average and two shutouts 40 appearances with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals this season.

Nashville Predators General Manager Barry Trotz announced today that the team has signed goaltender Matt Murray to a two-year, two-way contract worth $775,000 at the NHL level in both the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons.

Murray, 27 (2/2/98), owns a 25-10-5 record, .930 save percentage, 2.15 goals-against average and two shutouts 40 appearances with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals this season. He has the most wins, best save percentage and fourth-best goals-against average among AHL goaltenders in 2024-25, all of which are career bests. The netminder was selected to represent Milwaukee in the 2025 AHL All-Star Classic and has helped the Admirals clinch a spot in the Calder Cup Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. In 111 career games at the AHL level with Milwaukee and Texas, Murray is 62-36-12 with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage.

The 6-foot-1, 196-pound native of St. Albert, Alta., posted a 14-15-2 record, 3.02 goals-against average, .896 save percentage and one shutout in 31 games for the AHL’s Texas Stars in 2023-24. He played in one NHL game for Dallas last season, recording a 23-save shutout against Minnesota. Undrafted, Murray is 2-2-0 with a 2.53 goals-against average in four career NHL starts with the Stars. Prior to turning pro, Murray enjoyed a five-year career at the UMass-Amherst, earning numerous accolades, including an NCAA championship in 2021, three Hockey East regular-season titles and was named to the All-Hockey East Third All-Star Team in 2021.

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