Alexander Kerfoot Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Kerfoot has taken 63 shot attempts this season.

21 on goal, 18 missed, 17 blocked, 437th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 8.68 attempts an hour of ice time.

63 attempts in 435 minutes, 418th of 466 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

27.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

17 of 63 attempts, 413th of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

60.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

28 of 46 unblocked, 400th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

17.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

11 long-range attempts, 401st of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

19.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

12 attempts, 3 goals

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.6 feet.

63 located attempts, 311th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

55.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

35 of 63 attempts, 176th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

52.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

33 attempts from inside the home plate, 237th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 25.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

7 goals on 28 shots, 1st of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 11.4% of his attempts.

4 goals on 35 close attempts, 101st of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 25.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 59.

7 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Kerfoot has 7 goals off 4.6 expected: 2.4 more than the chances alone say.

153rd of 468 forwards

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 3.17 penalty minutes an hour.

153rd most penalty minutes an hour

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.97 goals an hour of ice time.

167th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 51.1% of his draws.

132nd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.59 times an hour.

223rd most giveaways an hour

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

224th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Kerfoot produces 1.79 points an hour of ice time.

286th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.73 shots an hour of ice time.

273rd in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.87 shots on goal an hour.

661st in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.83 assists an hour of ice time.

457th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.14 checks an hour.

449th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.83 times an hour.

484th in the league

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.77 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

48th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 51.26 shot attempts an hour with Kerfoot on the ice at 5v5.

63rd of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.1, running cold and likely to correct.

11.6% shooting and 86.6% goaltending behind him, 319th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Kerfoot's line owns 53.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

345 for, 305 against, 84th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 43.8% of the goals off 51.0% of the expected goals.

7.2 points of goal share below expectation

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Predators create 3.93 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kerfoot on.

344th of 454 forwards

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Predators are down 8 goals with Kerfoot on the ice.

20 for, 28 against, 336th of 466 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Predators score 43.8% of the 5v5 goals with Kerfoot out there.

14 for, 18 against, 329th of 454 forwards

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.74 expected goals an hour.

9 goals against in 52 minutes, 48th of 180 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

47.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kerfoot is on.

121 for, 134 against, 305th of 454 forwards

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Predators generate 51.0% of the expected goals with Kerfoot on the ice.

23.4 xGF to 22.5 xGA over 357 minutes, 178th of 454 forwards

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Kerfoot plays 12:48 a night, 334th among forwards.

435 minutes across 34 games

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:43 of penalty kill time a game, 96th among forwards.

11.9% of his total ice time

Ian Cole is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kerfoot is at his best beside Cole: 57.2% of the expected goals together against 47.7% apart.

116 minutes together, 241 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Kevin Stenlund

The pairing with Stenlund is the one that costs him: 46.5% of the expected goals together, 57.6% apart.

201 minutes together, 156 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Schmidt does better away from him: 57.5% of the expected goals apart against 46.0% together.

118 minutes together, 1,243 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Cole is a different player beside him: 57.2% of the expected goals with Kerfoot, 51.5% without him.

116 minutes together, 1,095 minutes apart for Cole

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

Only 2 of his 7 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kerfoot than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Ian Cole are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kerfoot and Cole: 4.69 expected goals an hour.

116 minutes together at 5v5

Kevin Stenlund is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Stenlund than anyone: 201 minutes, worth 46.5% of the expected goals.

6 goals for, 12 against together

Nothing gets through when he and John Marino are out together

He gives up least beside Marino: 3.42 expected goals against an hour.

125 minutes together at 5v5

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kerfoot has been shuffled through 15 different five-man units and none 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

7 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kerfoot this season.

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

Sean Durzi is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Sean Durzi has assisted on 3 of his 7 goals, 42.9% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Nick Schmaltz is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 1 of Nick Schmaltz's goals, 16.7% of his own assists.

0 primary, 1 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

6 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Durzi (3), Carcone (2), Cole (2), Marino (1)

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