Alexander Petrovic Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joey Daccord: 7 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Jack McBain has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Jake Middleton has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

79.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

57 of 72 unblocked, 2nd of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

14.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

18 of 121 attempts, 231st of 241 defencemen

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

14.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

18 attempts from inside the home plate, 231st of 241 defencemen

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 44.6 feet.

121 located attempts, 212th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

54.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

66 long-range attempts, 206th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

25.6% of his attempts are the snap shot.

31 attempts, 1 goals

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

40.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

49 of 121 attempts, 184th of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Petrovic has taken 121 shot attempts this season.

55 on goal, 15 missed, 49 blocked, 176th of 241 defencemen

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

73.6% of his attempts come from the right side.

10 left, 22 middle, 89 right

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 8.76 attempts an hour of ice time.

121 attempts in 829 minutes, 132nd of 245 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 18 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 5.9% of them go in.

1 goals on 17 attempts

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 3.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

2 goals on 57 shots, 168th of 241 defencemen

He scores about what his chances are worth

Petrovic has 2 goals off 3.4 expected: 1.4 short of what the chances say.

97th of 241 defencemen

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 5.5 shots an hour of ice time.

71st in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 3.4 penalty minutes an hour.

141st most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

9 takeaways against 45 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.2 takeaways per giveaway

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 6.37 checks an hour.

269th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +2 on the season.

281st in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Petrovic produces 0.72 points an hour of ice time.

710th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.65 times an hour.

643rd in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 4.13 shots on goal an hour.

631st in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.14 goals an hour of ice time.

676th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.26 times an hour.

331st most giveaways an hour

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.58 assists an hour of ice time.

631st in the league

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Petrovic's line owns 44.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

637 for, 798 against, 224th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.5, close to neutral.

10.5% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 64th of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Stars create 3.98 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Petrovic on.

182nd of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 60.49 shot attempts an hour with Petrovic on the ice at 5v5.

180th of 246 defencemen

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

The Stars are up 2 goals with Petrovic on the ice.

35 for, 33 against, 67th of 245 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 51.5% of the goals off 47.6% of the expected goals.

3.9 points of goal share above expectation

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Stars generate 47.6% of the expected goals with Petrovic on the ice.

52.5 xGF to 57.9 xGA over 792 minutes, 160th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

47.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Petrovic is on.

334 for, 366 against, 159th of 246 defencemen

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

The Stars score 51.5% of the 5v5 goals with Petrovic out there.

35 for, 33 against, 91st of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.39 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

129th of 246 defencemen

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Petrovic plays 15:21 a night, 222nd among defencemen.

829 minutes across 54 games

It stops working when he is paired with Matt Duchene

The pairing with Duchene is the one that costs him: 36.2% of the expected goals together, 49.8% apart.

107 minutes together, 685 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Blackwell does better away from him: 52.4% of the expected goals apart against 36.9% together.

164 minutes together, 517 minutes apart

Jason Robertson is the partner who brings the best out of him

Petrovic is at his best beside Robertson: 53.2% of the expected goals together against 45.2% apart.

221 minutes together, 570 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Rantanen is a different player beside him: 52.7% of the expected goals with Petrovic, 48.5% without him.

190 minutes together, 760 minutes apart for Rantanen

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

Only 5 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Petrovic than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Thomas Harley are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Petrovic and Harley: 5.27 expected goals an hour.

148 minutes together at 5v5

Lian Bichsel is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Bichsel than anyone: 287 minutes, worth 45.0% of the expected goals.

12 goals for, 9 against together

The goals go his team's way when Kyle Capobianco is out there with him

With Capobianco on the ice too, the Stars have outscored opponents 9 to 4 at 5v5.

69.2% goal share over 136 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Radek Faksa are out together

He gives up least beside Faksa: 3.59 expected goals against an hour.

166 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Petrovic with Bäck, Bichsel, Bourque and Hryckowian, 34 minutes at 5v5.

66.6% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 1 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Bäck, Bichsel, Bourque and Hryckowian: 66.6% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 59.2% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Petrovic has been shuffled through 40 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

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

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Bichsel, Hintz, Robertson and Seguin: 42.8% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 0 against over 31 minutes

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

16 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Petrovic this season.

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

Adam Erne is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Adam Erne's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 1 secondary

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

62.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 8 assists

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