Artem Zub Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Zub has scored 1 times on Andrei Vasilevskiy this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 8 attempts, 12.5%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

John Gibson 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 Sergei Bobrovsky: 9 attempts, 1 goal.

11.1% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Zub has finished his check on Tanner Jeannot 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Ryan Donato.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Mathew Barzal has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 45.9 feet.

223 located attempts, 227th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

56.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

126 long-range attempts, 220th of 241 defencemen

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

31.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

70 of 223 attempts, 32nd of 241 defencemen

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

18.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

41 attempts from inside the home plate, 198th of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

18.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

42 of 223 attempts, 196th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

39.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

87 attempts, 3 goals

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

70.0% of his attempts come from the right side.

15 left, 52 middle, 156 right

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

60.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

92 of 153 unblocked, 174th of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 7.94 attempts an hour of ice time.

223 attempts in 1,684 minutes, 168th of 245 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Zub has taken 223 shot attempts this season.

87 on goal, 61 missed, 70 blocked, 86th of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 7.4% of them go in.

2 goals on 27 attempts

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.8% of his attempts.

2 goals on 42 close attempts, 46th of 221 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 35.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 65.

5 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Zub has 5 goals off 6.3 expected: 1.3 short of what the chances say.

93rd of 241 defencemen

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 5.4% of the shots he puts on goal.

5 goals on 92 shots, 124th of 241 defencemen

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +22 on the season.

33rd in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.28 shots an hour of ice time.

190th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.35 shots on goal an hour.

750th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

26 takeaways against 78 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.33 takeaways per giveaway

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.03 penalty minutes an hour.

305th most penalty minutes an hour

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.39 checks an hour.

628th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.18 goals an hour of ice time.

646th in the league

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

He sets up 0.89 assists an hour of ice time.

410th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.93 times an hour.

386th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.78 times an hour.

521st most giveaways an hour

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Zub produces 1.07 points an hour of ice time.

558th in the league

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.7 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

12th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 51.1 shot attempts an hour with Zub on the ice at 5v5.

27th of 246 defencemen

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

53.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Zub is on.

602 for, 516 against, 36th of 246 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Senators generate 53.5% of the expected goals with Zub on the ice.

97.2 xGF to 84.7 xGA over 1,373 minutes, 47th of 246 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.77 expected goals an hour.

36 goals against in 228 minutes, 39th of 156 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.8, close to neutral.

9.3% shooting and 90.5% goaltending behind him, 137th of 246 defencemen

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

The Senators score 53.3% of the 5v5 goals with Zub out there.

56 for, 49 against, 67th of 246 defencemen

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

The Senators are down 14 goals with Zub on the ice.

75 for, 89 against, 166th of 245 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Zub's line owns 51.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,236 for, 1,169 against, 73rd of 246 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Senators create 4.25 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Zub on.

137th of 246 defencemen

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:55 of penalty kill time a game, 18th among defencemen.

13.6% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Zub plays 20:47 a night, 82nd among defencemen.

1,684 minutes across 81 games

Drake Batherson is the partner who brings the best out of him

Zub is at his best beside Batherson: 63.1% of the expected goals together against 51.2% apart.

266 minutes together, 1,106 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Thomas Chabot

The pairing with Chabot is the one that costs him: 44.6% of the expected goals together, 55.0% apart.

177 minutes together, 1,196 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Batherson is a different player beside him: 63.1% of the expected goals with Zub, 53.8% without him.

266 minutes together, 772 minutes apart for Batherson

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Kleven does better away from him: 56.5% of the expected goals apart against 45.0% together.

157 minutes together, 914 minutes apart

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

Only 4 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Zub than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Brady Tkachuk are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Zub and Tkachuk: 5.51 expected goals an hour.

231 minutes together at 5v5

Jake Sanderson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Sanderson than anyone: 896 minutes, worth 56.3% of the expected goals.

40 goals for, 28 against together

The goals go his team's way when Claude Giroux is out there with him

With Giroux on the ice too, the Senators have outscored opponents 22 to 14 at 5v5.

61.1% goal share over 433 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Drake Batherson are out together

He gives up least beside Batherson: 2.92 expected goals against an hour.

266 minutes together at 5v5

Michael Amadio is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Amadio: 5.39 expected goals against an hour.

48 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Cozens, Greig, Sanderson and Tkachuk: 75.8% of the expected goals over 52 minutes.

3 goals for, 1 against, 66.7% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Zub with Amadio, Giroux, Pinto and Sanderson, 145 minutes at 5v5.

60.2% of the expected goals, 6 goals for and 3 against

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Amadio, Chabot, Cousins and Pinto: 28.4% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 2 against over 40 minutes

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Giroux, Sanderson and Stützle: 6 goals against in 46 minutes.

7.85 against an hour, 7.5 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Zub has played 41 different five-man units at 5v5, 8 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

15 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Zub this season.

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

Brady Tkachuk is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Brady Tkachuk has assisted on 2 of his 5 goals, 40.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Michael Amadio is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Michael Amadio's goals, 16.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

52.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

13 primary of 25 assists

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