Matthew Tomkins (born June 19, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career Tomkins played junior hockey in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for two seasons (2011–2013). He was selected in the 2012 NHL entry draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. After junior career, Tomkins committed to the Ohio State University and played for their Buckeyes ice hockey team. After graduation Tomkins signed a one-year contract with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL), the affiliates of the Chicago Blackhawks, on June 27, 2017. He later signed one-year contract extensions with Rockford in 2018 and 2019. On January 23, 2020, Tomkins signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Chicago Blackhawks and was assigned back to Rockford.

However, Tomkins left North American and signed a one-year contract with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) on May 28, 2021. On June 2, 2022, he signed a one-year contract with Färjestad BK of the SHL.

Tomkins returned to North America following the 2022–23 SHL season and May 10, 2023, he was signed as a free agent to a two-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tomkins made his NHL debut with the Lightning on October 15, in a 5–2 loss to the Ottawa Senators where he made 33 saves. Later during the 2023–24 season, on November 7, 11 years after he was drafted, Tomkins picked up his first NHL career win in a 5–3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.

Spending the 2024–25 season with the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL, Tomkins was a co-recipient of the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award, the Crunch and the Laval Rocket having tied for the fewest goals allowed in the league. He had a 12–10–4 record in 26 appearances with the Crunch, with a 2.55 goals against average, a .907 save percentage and three shutouts.

Tomkins left the Lightning organization following two seasons, and was signed as a free agent to a two-year, two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers on July 1, 2025.

International play

After the NHL decided not to send players to the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tomkins was selected to Canada national team as one of three goaltenders. Tomkins was backup for the first two games of the preliminary round, a win over Germany and a loss to the United States. In the third game, he made his first start for Canada and got a shutout against China in a 5–0 win. Tomkins would follow by backstopping Canada to a 7–2 qualification round win over China again, before bowing out to Sweden in a 2–0 quarterfinal loss.

After his play in the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tomkins was once again called upon to Canada national team at the 2022 IIHF World Championship. He did not play until the gold medal game, where an injury early in the third period to starter Chris Driedger forced Tomkins into the game, where Canada would eventually lose 4–3 in overtime to Finland.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2011–12 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 33 18 11 2 1,898 108 0 3.41 .894 10 4 6 — — 1 3.53 0.897 2012–13 Sherwood Park Crusaders AJHL 44 22 14 6 2,533 108 4 2.56 .924 10 5 5 — — 0 3.26 .899 2013–14 Ohio State University B1G 17 6 7 2 928 43 0 2.78 .911 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Ohio State University B1G 14 6 7 2 768 42 2 3.28 .876 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Ohio State University B1G 14 5 7 1 775 50 0 3.87 .888 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 Ohio State University B1G 22 12 5 3 1,136 47 1 2.48 .909 — — — — — — — — 2017–18 Indy Fuel ECHL 25 11 9 2 1,382 80 0 3.47 .912 — — — — — — — — 2017–18 Rockford IceHogs AHL 8 1 4 1 445 30 0 4.04 .871 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Indy Fuel ECHL 54 29 19 5 3,221 163 2 3.04 .905 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Rockford IceHogs AHL 13 5 7 1 769 40 0 3.12 .896 — — — — — — — — 2020–21 Rockford IceHogs AHL 15 5 9 1 879 47 0 3.21 .907 — — — — — — — — 2021–22 Frölunda HC SHL 33 19 13 0 1,855 76 3 2.46 .908 8 5 3 512 23 0 2.70 .885 2022–23 Färjestad BK SHL 32 20 12 0 1,918 81 2 2.53 .911 7 3 4 403 18 0 2.68 .905 2023–24 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 6 3 2 1 360 20 0 3.33 .892 — — — — — — — — 2023–24 Syracuse Crunch AHL 29 15 12 2 1730 73 1 2.53 .904 1 0 1 58 5 0 5.16 .808 2024–25 Syracuse Crunch AHL 26 12 10 4 1529 65 3 2.55 .907 — — — — — — — — 2025–26 Bakersfield Condors AHL 42 20 13 7 2458 122 4 2.98 .904 3 1 2 178 11 0 3.71 .875SHL totals 65 39 25 0 3,773 157 5 2.50 .910 15 8 7 915 41 0 2.69 .895NHL totals 6 3 2 1 360 20 0 3.33 .892 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2022 Canada OG 6th 3 2 1 0 178 3 1 1.01 .963 2022 Canada WC 1 0 1 0 21 2 0 2.00 .786Senior totals 4 2 2 0 199 5 1 1.26 .875

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