Andrei Kuzmenko Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Kuzmenko has scored 3 times on Joey Daccord this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 11 attempts, 27.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jesper Wallstedt has turned him away every time: 9 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Joey Daccord: 27.3% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 11 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Kraken this season.

13 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joey Daccord: 11 attempts, 3 goals.

27.3% conversion

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

30.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

53 of 175 attempts, 451st of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

58.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

71 of 122 unblocked, 435th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

29.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

52 attempts, 6 goals

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

50.3% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

54 left, 88 middle, 33 right

He gets almost nothing from long range

14.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

25 long-range attempts, 313th of 468 forwards

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

55.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

97 attempts from inside the home plate, 177th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

55.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

97 of 175 attempts, 182nd of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 13.54 attempts an hour of ice time.

175 attempts in 776 minutes, 194th of 466 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Kuzmenko has taken 175 shot attempts this season.

58 on goal, 51 missed, 53 blocked, 263rd of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 25.8 feet.

175 located attempts, 213th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 18.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 71 shots, 48th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 23.8% of them go in.

5 goals on 21 attempts

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 11.3% of his attempts.

11 goals on 97 close attempts, 105th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 18.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 62.

13 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Kuzmenko has 13 goals off 12.1 expected: 0.9 more than the chances alone say.

191st of 468 forwards

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 1.01 points an hour.

52nd in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.08 shots an hour of ice time.

850th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.01 goals an hour of ice time.

152nd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.87 times an hour.

156th most giveaways an hour

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

52.0% of his points come on the power play, so his even-strength production is thinner than the totals suggest.

13 of 25 points with the man advantage

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.39 checks an hour.

777th in the league

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

Kuzmenko has 3 game winners this season.

13 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

10 takeaways against 50 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.2 takeaways per giveaway

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Kuzmenko produces 1.94 points an hour of ice time.

246th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -4 on the season.

639th in the league

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

He sets up 0.93 assists an hour of ice time.

376th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.77 times an hour.

540th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.34 shots on goal an hour.

437th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.24 penalty minutes an hour.

524th most penalty minutes an hour

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

At 5v5 the Kings generate 57.3% of the expected goals with Kuzmenko on the ice.

50.6 xGF to 37.8 xGA over 599 minutes, 33rd of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 47.7% of the goals off 57.3% of the expected goals.

9.6 points of goal share below expectation

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.78 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

54th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.8, running cold and likely to correct.

7.7% shooting and 90.1% goaltending behind him, 336th of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Kings create 5.07 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kuzmenko on.

61st of 454 forwards

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

54.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kuzmenko is on.

273 for, 232 against, 66th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Kuzmenko's line owns 53.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

609 for, 535 against, 81st of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.6 shot attempts an hour with Kuzmenko on the ice at 5v5.

110th of 454 forwards

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

The Kings are up 15 goals with Kuzmenko on the ice.

43 for, 28 against, 123rd of 466 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 9.24 expected goals an hour.

19 goals in 150 minutes, 180th of 269 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Kings score 47.7% of the 5v5 goals with Kuzmenko out there.

21 for, 23 against, 258th of 454 forwards

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

He draws 2:56 of power play time a game, 99th among forwards.

19.3% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Kuzmenko plays 14:54 a night, 239th among forwards.

776 minutes across 52 games

Cody Ceci is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kuzmenko is at his best beside Ceci: 67.4% of the expected goals together against 52.8% apart.

185 minutes together, 414 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Joel Edmundson

The pairing with Edmundson is the one that costs him: 47.5% of the expected goals together, 62.3% apart.

195 minutes together, 404 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Ceci is a different player beside him: 67.4% of the expected goals with Kuzmenko, 52.0% without him.

185 minutes together, 1,059 minutes apart for Ceci

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

7 of his 10 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kuzmenko than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Edmundson does better away from him: 51.0% of the expected goals apart against 47.5% together.

195 minutes together, 1,064 minutes apart

He and Alex Turcotte are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kuzmenko and Turcotte: 6.18 expected goals an hour.

220 minutes together at 5v5

Brandt Clarke is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Clarke than anyone: 235 minutes, worth 51.8% of the expected goals.

12 goals for, 9 against together

The goals go his team's way when Mikey Anderson is out there with him

With Anderson on the ice too, the Kings have outscored opponents 8 to 5 at 5v5.

61.5% goal share over 168 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Cody Ceci are out together

He gives up least beside Ceci: 2.86 expected goals against an hour.

185 minutes together at 5v5

Anze Kopitar is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Kopitar: 93.9% of the expected goals over 71 minutes.

5 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kuzmenko with Clarke, Edmundson, Fiala and Turcotte, 55 minutes at 5v5.

62.8% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Byfield, Fiala, Kempe and Kopitar: 3 goals in 32 minutes.

5.55 goals an hour, 4.7 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Ceci, Dumoulin, Fiala and Turcotte: 77.5% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

0 goals for, 1 against, 61.5% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kuzmenko has played 24 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 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

10 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kuzmenko this season.

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

Kevin Fiala is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Kevin Fiala has assisted on 7 of his 13 goals, 53.8% of them.

2 primary, 5 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

25.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

3 primary of 12 assists

Adrian Kempe is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Adrian Kempe's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

1 primary, 3 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

Fiala (7), Kempe (3), Doughty (3), Clarke (2)

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