Arseny Gritsyuk Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Brett Pesce

The pairing with Pesce is the one that costs him: 45.7% of the expected goals together, 56.8% apart.

146 minutes together, 745 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Palat is a different player beside him: 60.3% of the expected goals with Gritsyuk, 44.3% without him.

119 minutes together, 463 minutes apart for Palat

Dawson Mercer is the partner who brings the best out of him

Gritsyuk is at his best beside Mercer: 60.7% of the expected goals together against 53.4% apart.

219 minutes together, 673 minutes apart

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

12 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Gritsyuk than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Hughes does better away from him: 56.1% of the expected goals apart against 51.4% together.

142 minutes together, 873 minutes apart

He and Timo Meier are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Gritsyuk and Meier: 6.49 expected goals an hour.

127 minutes together at 5v5

Cody Glass is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Glass than anyone: 351 minutes, worth 54.5% of the expected goals.

18 goals for, 14 against together

The goals go his team's way when Simon Nemec is out there with him

With Nemec on the ice too, the Devils have outscored opponents 19 to 11 at 5v5.

63.3% goal share over 270 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Connor Brown are out together

He gives up least beside Brown: 2.91 expected goals against an hour.

284 minutes together at 5v5

Simon Nemec is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Nemec: 92.7% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Gritsyuk with Brown, Glass, Hamilton and Siegenthaler, 34 minutes at 5v5.

75.5% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Brown, Glass, Hamilton and Siegenthaler: 75.5% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

2 goals for, 2 against, 69.7% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Gritsyuk has been shuffled through 37 different five-man units, and only 2 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

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Gritsyuk this season.

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

Timo Meier is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Timo Meier has assisted on 3 of his 13 goals, 23.1% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Connor Brown is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Connor Brown's goals, 27.8% of his own assists.

5 primary, 0 secondary

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

72.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

13 primary of 18 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

12 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

Meier (3), Hamilton (2), Brown (2), Glass (2)

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

58.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Gritsyuk is on.

480 for, 348 against, 14th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Gritsyuk's line owns 58.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,002 for, 722 against, 18th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 48.6 shot attempts an hour with Gritsyuk on the ice at 5v5.

27th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.7, running cold and likely to correct.

8.3% shooting and 89.4% goaltending behind him, 340th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Devils generate 55.3% of the expected goals with Gritsyuk on the ice.

73.3 xGF to 59.3 xGA over 891 minutes, 67th of 454 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.69 expected goals an hour.

10 goals in 68 minutes, 44th of 269 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Devils create 4.93 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Gritsyuk on.

83rd of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.99 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

96th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 51.9% of the goals off 55.3% of the expected goals.

3.4 points of goal share below expectation

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

The Devils score 51.9% of the 5v5 goals with Gritsyuk out there.

40 for, 37 against, 169th of 454 forwards

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

The Devils are up 7 goals with Gritsyuk on the ice.

53 for, 46 against, 177th of 466 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:19 of power play time a game, 252nd among forwards.

6.8% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Gritsyuk plays 15:10 a night, 221st among forwards.

1,002 minutes across 66 games

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 8.93 shots on goal an hour.

54th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.08 shots an hour of ice time.

851st in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.44 times an hour.

100th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 30.8% of his draws.

458th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

24 takeaways against 46 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.52 takeaways per giveaway

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Gritsyuk produces 1.86 points an hour of ice time.

268th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.78 goals an hour of ice time.

277th in the league

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

He sets up 1.08 assists an hour of ice time.

288th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.3 points an hour.

290th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -3 on the season.

612th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.56 penalty minutes an hour.

420th most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.76 times an hour.

540th most giveaways an hour

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.48 checks an hour.

508th in the league

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

33.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

91 of 270 attempts, 461st of 468 forwards

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

33.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

91 attempts from inside the home plate, 460th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 32.9 feet.

270 located attempts, 459th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

22.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

61 long-range attempts, 453rd of 468 forwards

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 16.18 attempts an hour of ice time.

270 attempts in 1,002 minutes, 89th of 466 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

69.8% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

150 of 215 unblocked, 88th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

44.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

119 attempts, 4 goals

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

42.2% of his attempts come from the left side.

114 left, 79 middle, 77 right

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Gritsyuk has taken 270 shot attempts this season.

137 on goal, 65 missed, 55 blocked, 147th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

20.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

55 of 270 attempts, 175th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Gritsyuk has scored 2 times on Alex Lyon 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

Connor Hellebuyck has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Sabres this season.

12 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Logan Thompson: 13 attempts, 1 goal.

7.7% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Islanders have held him without a goal on 17 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Matvei Michkov.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Juuso Parssinen has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 8.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 150 shots, 372nd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 13.5% of them go in.

7 goals on 52 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 23.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 44.

13 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.7% of his attempts.

7 goals on 91 close attempts, 288th of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Gritsyuk has 13 goals off 13.6 expected: 0.6 short of what the chances say.

252nd of 468 forwards

Arseny Gritsyuk

Most Impactful Pairings

Crunching the Numbers