Alexey Toropchenko Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Walker does better away from him: 57.6% of the expected goals apart against 40.8% together.

277 minutes together, 218 minutes apart

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

Only 0 of his 8 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Toropchenko than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

It stops working when he is paired with Justin Faulk

The pairing with Faulk is the one that costs him: 35.9% of the expected goals together, 43.3% apart.

165 minutes together, 493 minutes apart

Colton Parayko is the partner who brings the best out of him

Toropchenko is at his best beside Parayko: 45.6% of the expected goals together against 39.4% apart.

232 minutes together, 426 minutes apart

He and Cam Fowler are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Toropchenko and Fowler: 3.31 expected goals an hour.

229 minutes together at 5v5

Oskar Sundqvist is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Sundqvist than anyone: 286 minutes, worth 38.4% of the expected goals.

11 goals for, 15 against together

The goals go his team's way when Philip Broberg is out there with him

With Broberg on the ice too, the Blues have outscored opponents 9 to 6 at 5v5.

60.0% goal share over 224 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Colton Parayko are out together

He gives up least beside Parayko: 3.8 expected goals against an hour.

232 minutes together at 5v5

Pius Suter is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Suter: 6.1 expected goals against an hour.

31 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Toropchenko with Broberg, Parayko, Sundqvist and Walker, 31 minutes at 5v5.

28.1% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Broberg, Parayko and Suter: 1 goal against in 11 minutes.

5.5 against an hour, 0.8 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Toropchenko has been shuffled through 25 different five-man units, and only 1 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

9 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Toropchenko this season.

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

Pius Suter is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Pius Suter has assisted on 2 of his 4 goals, 50.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Oskar Sundqvist is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Oskar Sundqvist's goals, 28.6% of his own assists.

2 primary, 0 secondary

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Blues create 3.11 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Toropchenko on.

446th of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Toropchenko's line owns 41.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

453 for, 642 against, 444th of 454 forwards

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

The Blues are down 27 goals with Toropchenko on the ice.

19 for, 46 against, 452nd of 466 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Blues score 33.3% of the 5v5 goals with Toropchenko out there.

15 for, 30 against, 426th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Blues generate 41.5% of the expected goals with Toropchenko on the ice.

34.1 xGF to 48.2 xGA over 658 minutes, 429th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 95.8, running cold and likely to correct.

7.0% shooting and 88.8% goaltending behind him, 413th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

44.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Toropchenko is on.

213 for, 267 against, 400th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 33.3% of the goals off 41.5% of the expected goals.

8.2 points of goal share below expectation

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 9.09 expected goals an hour.

16 goals against in 105 minutes, 56th of 180 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.55 shot attempts an hour with Toropchenko on the ice at 5v5.

296th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

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

218th of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Toropchenko plays 11:59 a night, 384th among forwards.

780 minutes across 65 games

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:43 of penalty kill time a game, 97th among forwards.

13.4% of his total ice time

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 66.7% of his draws.

15th in the league

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

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

41st in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 10.17 checks an hour.

139th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -11 on the season.

801st in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.31 shots an hour of ice time.

185th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.31 times an hour.

711th most giveaways an hour

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.16 penalty minutes an hour.

282nd most penalty minutes an hour

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.62 times an hour.

672nd in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.54 assists an hour of ice time.

662nd in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Toropchenko produces 0.85 points an hour of ice time.

658th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.31 goals an hour of ice time.

540th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.24 shots on goal an hour.

458th in the league

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

74.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

68 of 91 unblocked, 15th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 8.7 attempts an hour of ice time.

113 attempts in 780 minutes, 417th of 466 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

17.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

20 long-range attempts, 402nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

37.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

42 attempts, 1 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Toropchenko has taken 113 shot attempts this season.

64 on goal, 23 missed, 22 blocked, 359th of 468 forwards

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

43.4% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

28 left, 49 middle, 36 right

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

19.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

22 of 113 attempts, 146th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.5 feet.

113 located attempts, 307th of 468 forwards

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

49.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

56 attempts from inside the home plate, 291st of 468 forwards

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

50.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

57 of 113 attempts, 276th of 468 forwards

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Juuse Saros has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Juuse Saros: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 5.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 68 shots, 427th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Toropchenko has 4 goals off 7.5 expected: 3.5 short of what the chances say.

376th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 14.3% of them go in.

2 goals on 14 attempts

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.0% of his attempts.

4 goals on 57 close attempts, 324th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 10.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 16.

4 goals located by coordinate

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