Aaron Ekblad

The five the coach goes back to is Ekblad with Forsling, Lundell, Luostarinen and Reinhart, 163 minutes at 5v5.

His best five is with Forsling, Lundell, Luostarinen and Reinhart: 55.9% of the expected goals over 163 minutes.

Ekblad is at his best beside Tkachuk: 61.9% of the expected goals together against 49.3% apart.

Tkachuk is a different player beside him: 61.9% of the expected goals with Ekblad, 57.0% without him.

The pairing that generates most is Ekblad and Tkachuk: 5.98 expected goals an hour.

With Greer on the ice too, the Panthers have outscored opponents 14 to 9 at 5v5.

On the power play his best partner is Jones: 97.6% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

On the power play his unit generates 11.38 expected goals an hour.

Ekblad's line owns 52.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

Opponents get 54.25 shot attempts an hour with Ekblad on the ice at 5v5.

The Panthers create 4.5 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Ekblad on.

50.6% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Ekblad is on.

Seth Jones has assisted on 2 of his 4 goals, 50.0% of them.

He has helped on 5 of Sam Reinhart's goals, 22.7% of his own assists.

Ekblad plays 22:28 a night, 48th among defencemen.

He draws 2:51 of penalty kill time a game, 26th among defencemen.

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

Ekblad has 3 game winners this season.

He blocks 3.82 shots an hour of ice time.

He gives it away 2.52 times an hour.

On the power play he produces 0.18 points an hour.

His average attempt comes from 39.5 feet.

26.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

26.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

Ekblad has taken 241 shot attempts this season.

44.0% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

Ekblad has scored 1 times on Jesper Wallstedt this season, more than on any other goaltender.