Anze Kopitar Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Brian Dumoulin

The pairing with Dumoulin is the one that costs him: 42.3% of the expected goals together, 52.7% apart.

236 minutes together, 717 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Dumoulin does better away from him: 53.3% of the expected goals apart against 42.3% together.

236 minutes together, 1,063 minutes apart

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

Kopitar is at his best beside Panarin: 54.3% of the expected goals together against 47.2% apart.

352 minutes together, 601 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Kempe is a different player beside him: 51.1% of the expected goals with Kopitar, 46.9% without him.

706 minutes together, 446 minutes apart for Kempe

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

Only 3 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kopitar 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 Kopitar and Panarin: 5.14 expected goals an hour.

352 minutes together at 5v5

Adrian Kempe is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Kempe 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 Alex Laferriere is out there with him

With Laferriere on the ice too, the Kings have outscored opponents 9 to 3 at 5v5.

75.0% goal share over 175 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Trevor Moore are out together

He gives up least beside Moore: 3.38 expected goals against an hour.

142 minutes together at 5v5

Drew Doughty is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Doughty: 95.8% of the expected goals over 48 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against together

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Anderson, Doughty, Kempe 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 Kopitar with Clarke, Edmundson, Kempe 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, Kempe, Laferriere and Panarin: 4 goals in 40 minutes.

5.94 goals an hour, 8.7 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kopitar has played 30 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

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kopitar this season.

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

Adrian Kempe is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Adrian Kempe has assisted on 5 of his 12 goals, 41.7% of them.

5 primary, 0 secondary

Adrian Kempe is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 10 of Adrian Kempe's goals, 38.5% of his own assists.

8 primary, 2 secondary

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

61.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

16 primary of 26 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

12 different teammates have assisted on his 12 goals.

Kempe (5), Panarin (4), Clarke (3), Edmundson (2)

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 66.7% of the goals off 50.1% of the expected goals.

16.6 points of goal share above expectation

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

The Kings score 66.7% of the 5v5 goals with Kopitar out there.

48 for, 24 against, 7th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 105.4, running hot and likely to cool.

11.5% shooting and 93.8% goaltending behind him, 12th of 454 forwards

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

The Kings are up 21 goals with Kopitar on the ice.

74 for, 53 against, 98th of 466 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Kopitar's line owns 51.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

938 for, 879 against, 132nd of 454 forwards

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

51.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kopitar is on.

416 for, 388 against, 140th of 454 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.68 expected goals an hour.

17 goals in 190 minutes, 86th of 269 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.21 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

161st of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.38 shot attempts an hour with Kopitar on the ice at 5v5.

165th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Kings create 4.23 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kopitar on.

253rd of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Kings generate 50.1% of the expected goals with Kopitar on the ice.

67.2 xGF to 66.8 xGA over 952 minutes, 217th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Kopitar plays 19:07 a night, 53rd among forwards.

1,281 minutes across 67 games

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

He draws 3:03 of power play time a game, 85th among forwards.

14.8% of his total ice time

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +19 on the season.

44th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 56.9% of his draws.

55th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.56 points an hour.

169th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.55 checks an hour.

746th in the league

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

He sets up 1.22 assists an hour of ice time.

221st in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

23 takeaways against 59 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.39 takeaways per giveaway

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.47 penalty minutes an hour.

803rd most penalty minutes an hour

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Kopitar produces 1.78 points an hour of ice time.

290th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.08 times an hour.

268th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.56 goals an hour of ice time.

388th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.73 shots on goal an hour.

534th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.76 times an hour.

533rd most giveaways an hour

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.86 shots an hour of ice time.

427th in the league

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 23.0 feet.

212 located attempts, 71st of 468 forwards

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

62.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

132 attempts from inside the home plate, 76th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

62.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

132 of 212 attempts, 80th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 9.93 attempts an hour of ice time.

212 attempts in 1,281 minutes, 365th of 466 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

102 of 164 unblocked, 362nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

64 attempts, 3 goals

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

58.0% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

55 left, 123 middle, 34 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

9.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

21 long-range attempts, 145th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

22.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

48 of 212 attempts, 286th of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Kopitar has taken 212 shot attempts this season.

90 on goal, 62 missed, 48 blocked, 213th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Kopitar has scored 2 times on Jake Allen this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 6 attempts, 33.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Juuse Saros has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Devils this season.

11 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Kevin Lankinen: 11 attempts, 1 goal.

9.1% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 82.4% of his draws against Frederick Gaudreau.

14 of 17 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Bo Horvat beats him on the draw: he wins only 12.5% of them.

1 of 8 faceoffs

He is not converting the chances he gets

Kopitar has 12 goals off 18.2 expected: 6.2 short of what the chances say.

442nd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 12.5% of them go in.

5 goals on 40 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 12.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 33.

12 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.6% of his attempts.

10 goals on 132 close attempts, 297th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 11.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

12 goals on 102 shots, 268th of 468 forwards

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