Adrian Kempe Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Kempe has scored 5 times on Juuse Saros this season, more than on any other goaltender.

5 goals on 14 attempts, 35.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Cam Talbot has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Juuse Saros: 35.7% of his attempts against him go in.

5 goals on 14 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 5 goals against the Predators this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jesper Wallstedt: 17 attempts, 3 goals.

17.6% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Canadiens have held him without a goal on 20 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Kempe has finished his check on Dante Fabbro 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Danila Yurov.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 33.7 feet.

516 located attempts, 466th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

26.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

137 long-range attempts, 464th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

31.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

162 of 516 attempts, 456th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Kempe has taken 516 shot attempts this season.

194 on goal, 118 missed, 162 blocked, 14th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

36.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

189 of 516 attempts, 450th of 468 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

36.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

189 attempts from inside the home plate, 448th of 468 forwards

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 19.8 attempts an hour of ice time.

516 attempts in 1,564 minutes, 31st of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

32.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

166 attempts, 13 goals

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

236 of 354 unblocked, 186th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Kempe has 42 goals off 25.2 expected: 16.8 more than the chances alone say.

14th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 15.9% of his attempts.

30 goals on 189 close attempts, 17th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 17.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

42 goals on 236 shots, 55th of 468 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the tip: 26.3% of them go in.

5 goals on 19 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 21.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 90.

42 goals located by coordinate

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.38 goals an hour of ice time.

50th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Kempe produces 2.8 points an hour of ice time.

79th in the league

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 8.67 shots on goal an hour.

72nd in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +14 on the season.

89th in the league

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

103rd in the league

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

He sets up 1.42 assists an hour of ice time.

159th in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Kempe has 8 game winners including 4 in overtime this season.

36 goals in total

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.5 shots an hour of ice time.

751st in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

24 takeaways against 67 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.36 takeaways per giveaway

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.46 points an hour.

214th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.23 penalty minutes an hour.

274th most penalty minutes an hour

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 36.2% of his draws.

411th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.57 times an hour.

607th most giveaways an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 4.87 checks an hour.

367th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.92 times an hour.

393rd in the league

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.7, running hot and likely to cool.

10.6% shooting and 92.1% goaltending behind him, 70th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 59.1% of the goals off 49.4% of the expected goals.

9.7 points of goal share above expectation

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Kings score 59.1% of the 5v5 goals with Kempe out there.

55 for, 38 against, 46th of 454 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Kings are up 30 goals with Kempe on the ice.

99 for, 69 against, 66th of 466 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Kempe's line owns 52.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,164 for, 1,069 against, 118th of 454 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

51.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kempe is on.

520 for, 484 against, 133rd of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.69 shot attempts an hour with Kempe on the ice at 5v5.

176th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.5 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

267th of 454 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.22 expected goals an hour.

26 goals in 241 minutes, 112th of 269 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Kings create 4.4 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kempe on.

200th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Kings generate 49.4% of the expected goals with Kempe on the ice.

84.4 xGF to 86.4 xGA over 1,152 minutes, 239th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Kempe plays 19:18 a night, 44th among forwards.

1,564 minutes across 81 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:07 of power play time a game, 76th among forwards.

15.4% of his total ice time

Artemi Panarin is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kempe is at his best beside Panarin: 56.6% of the expected goals together against 45.9% apart.

347 minutes together, 805 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Kuzmenko does better away from him: 61.0% of the expected goals apart against 46.6% together.

151 minutes together, 447 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Quinton Byfield

The pairing with Byfield is the one that costs him: 42.6% of the expected goals together, 50.4% apart.

148 minutes together, 1,004 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Perry is a different player beside him: 51.6% of the expected goals with Kempe, 44.4% without him.

120 minutes together, 106 minutes apart for Perry

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

Only 3 of his 13 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kempe than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Artemi Panarin are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kempe and Panarin: 5.45 expected goals an hour.

347 minutes together at 5v5

Anze Kopitar is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Kopitar than anyone: 706 minutes, worth 51.1% of the expected goals.

40 goals for, 19 against together

The goals go his team's way when Cody Ceci is out there with him

With Ceci on the ice too, the Kings have outscored opponents 13 to 6 at 5v5.

68.4% goal share over 268 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Cody Ceci are out together

He gives up least beside Ceci: 3.75 expected goals against an hour.

268 minutes together at 5v5

Quinton Byfield is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Byfield: 94.0% of the expected goals over 98 minutes.

12 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Anderson, Doughty, Kopitar and Panarin: 72.4% of the expected goals over 69 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 64.0% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kempe with Clarke, Edmundson, Kopitar and Panarin, 171 minutes at 5v5.

53.1% of the expected goals, 13 goals for and 7 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Clarke, Kopitar, Laferriere and Panarin: 4 goals in 40 minutes.

5.94 goals an hour, 8.7 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kempe has played 39 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

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

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

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kempe this season.

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

Artemi Panarin is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Artemi Panarin has assisted on 11 of his 42 goals, 26.2% of them.

5 primary, 6 secondary

Quinton Byfield is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 6 of Quinton Byfield's goals, 16.2% of his own assists.

3 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

62.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

23 primary of 37 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 42 goals.

Panarin (11), Kopitar (10), Fiala (6), Clarke (5)

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