Adam Wilsby Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Karel Vejmelka: 6 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

32.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

44 of 136 attempts, 47th of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

27.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

37 of 136 attempts, 48th of 241 defencemen

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

27.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

37 attempts from inside the home plate, 48th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

34.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

47 attempts, 1 goals

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 39.8 feet.

136 located attempts, 68th of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Wilsby has taken 136 shot attempts this season.

58 on goal, 33 missed, 44 blocked, 162nd of 241 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

44.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

60 long-range attempts, 87th of 241 defencemen

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 8.27 attempts an hour of ice time.

136 attempts in 986 minutes, 154th of 244 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

59 of 92 unblocked, 116th of 241 defencemen

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 37 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Wilsby has 1 goals off 5.3 expected: 4.3 short of what the chances say.

209th of 241 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 1.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 59 shots, 206th of 241 defencemen

He gives the puck away more than he should

15 takeaways against 47 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.32 takeaways per giveaway

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.7 checks an hour.

731st in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.59 shots on goal an hour.

714th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.06 goals an hour of ice time.

741st in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +2 on the season.

278th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.76 penalty minutes an hour.

370th most penalty minutes an hour

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 0.91 assists an hour of ice time.

387th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Wilsby produces 0.97 points an hour of ice time.

597th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.91 times an hour.

401st in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.86 shots an hour of ice time.

426th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.86 times an hour.

480th most giveaways an hour

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.69 expected goals an hour.

7 goals against in 59 minutes, 33rd of 156 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.2, close to neutral.

8.0% shooting and 91.2% goaltending behind him, 157th of 244 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.16 shot attempts an hour with Wilsby on the ice at 5v5.

75th of 244 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Wilsby's line owns 51.0% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

839 for, 807 against, 81st of 244 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.18 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

82nd of 244 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Predators score 47.0% of the 5v5 goals with Wilsby out there.

31 for, 35 against, 152nd of 244 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 47.0% of the goals off 50.0% of the expected goals.

3.0 points of goal share below expectation

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Predators create 4.18 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Wilsby on.

147th of 244 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Predators are down 6 goals with Wilsby on the ice.

39 for, 45 against, 121st of 244 defencemen

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Predators generate 50.0% of the expected goals with Wilsby on the ice.

62.3 xGF to 62.3 xGA over 894 minutes, 115th of 244 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

49.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Wilsby is on.

389 for, 397 against, 121st of 244 defencemen

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:34 of penalty kill time a game, 131st among defencemen.

5.9% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Wilsby plays 17:00 a night, 176th among defencemen.

986 minutes across 58 games

Luke Evangelista is the partner who brings the best out of him

Wilsby is at his best beside Evangelista: 61.1% of the expected goals together against 46.5% apart.

231 minutes together, 663 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Reid Schaefer

The pairing with Schaefer is the one that costs him: 31.8% of the expected goals together, 52.3% apart.

110 minutes together, 784 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Schaefer does better away from him: 48.6% of the expected goals apart against 31.8% together.

110 minutes together, 336 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Svechkov is a different player beside him: 56.6% of the expected goals with Wilsby, 48.1% without him.

157 minutes together, 618 minutes apart for Svechkov

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

Only 5 of his 17 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Wilsby than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Michael Bunting are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Wilsby and Bunting: 5.16 expected goals an hour.

169 minutes together at 5v5

Brady Skjei is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Skjei than anyone: 304 minutes, worth 51.3% of the expected goals.

11 goals for, 8 against together

The goals go his team's way when Fedor Svechkov is out there with him

With Svechkov on the ice too, the Predators have outscored opponents 8 to 5 at 5v5.

61.5% goal share over 157 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Luke Evangelista are out together

He gives up least beside Evangelista: 3.04 expected goals against an hour.

231 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Wilsby with Forsberg, O'Reilly, Skjei and Stamkos, 47 minutes at 5v5.

53.1% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Forsberg, O'Reilly, Skjei and Stamkos: 53.1% of the expected goals over 47 minutes.

2 goals for, 2 against, 53.4% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Wilsby has been shuffled through 42 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

18 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Wilsby this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Filip Forsberg is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Filip Forsberg's goals, 26.7% of his own assists.

1 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

46.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 15 assists

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