Matthew Stajan (/steɪˈdʒæn/ stay-JAN; born December 19, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.

Stajan played his final professional season with EHC Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) Internationally, Stajan was a member of the Canadian national junior team that won a silver medal at the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships.

[2] Stajan was assigned to the American Hockey League (AHL)'s St. John's Maple Leafs at the conclusion of Belleville's season.

[7] Stajan earned a spot on the Toronto roster in 2003–04; he appeared in 69 games in his rookie season, scored 14 goals and recorded 27 points.

[13] He was again among Toronto's leading scorers, with 41 points in 55 games,[14] when he was included in a blockbuster trade: On January 31, 2010, Stajan was sent to the Calgary Flames, along with Niklas Hagman, Ian White and Jamal Mayers in exchange for Dion Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjöström and Keith Aulie.

[3] Though he was set to become an unrestricted free agent following the season, Stajan opted to remain in Calgary and signed a four-year, $14 million contract with the Flames.

[16] Stajan's offensive production rapidly declined over the following two seasons – he scored 31 points in 2010–11 and only 18 in 2011–12 –[3] which resulted increasing condemnation of his play and arguments that his contract had become one of the "worst in franchise history" while head coach Brent Sutter dropped him from the top scoring lines to the fourth line in a checking role.

[19] However, he suffered a leg contusion in the team's season opening game that caused him to miss several weeks of play.

He suffered a knee injury as a result of a knee-on-knee collision with Montreal's Jarred Tinordi that was expected to keep him out of the Flames' lineup for six weeks.

With the emergence of rookie Sam Bennett, Stajan centred the Flames' fourth line throughout the following season, 2015–16, and saw his offensive production decrease accordingly.

Coach Bob Hartley was fired in the offseason following a disastrous 2015-16 campaign, and was replaced with former Canucks assistant Glen Gulutzan, who quickly re-established Stajan's third-line position, this time with Kris Versteeg and Troy Brouwer.

[22] On August 29, 2018, after fifteen seasons in the NHL, Stajan signed with EHC Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

He was the Toronto Maple Leafs' nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 2007, which recognizes players who exhibit leadership qualities while making a significant contribution to their community.

[27] Following the death of his first child, Stajan and his wife Katie hosted an event called "A Night Under the Stars", which raised over $100,000 for the neonatal intensive care unit at Calgary's Foothills Medical Centre.