Auston Matthews Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Matthews has scored 3 times on Karel Vejmelka this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 9 attempts, 33.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Adin Hill has turned him away every time: 7 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Karel Vejmelka: 33.3% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Sharks this season.

10 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Mackenzie Blackwood: 12 attempts, 1 goal.

8.3% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 72.7% of his draws against Noah Ostlund.

8 of 11 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Charlie Coyle beats him on the draw: he wins only 30.8% of them.

4 of 13 faceoffs

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

He has drawn 3 penalties on Dylan Guenther.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

13.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

9 of 68 attempts, 11th of 137 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

7.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

5 long-range attempts, 29th of 137 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Matthews has taken 68 shot attempts this season.

28 on goal, 22 missed, 9 blocked, 29th of 137 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

45.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

31 attempts, 6 goals

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 24.1 feet.

68 located attempts, 32nd of 137 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

57.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

39 of 68 attempts, 38th of 137 forwards

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

54.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

37 attempts from inside the home plate, 49th of 137 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

37 of 59 unblocked, 82nd of 137 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Matthews has 9 goals off 4.1 expected: 4.9 more than the chances alone say.

6th of 137 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 20.5% of his attempts.

8 goals on 39 close attempts, 6th of 137 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 24.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

9 goals on 37 shots, 8th of 137 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 22.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 61.

9 goals located by coordinate

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +5 on the season.

42nd in the league

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Matthews plays 21:13 a night, 14th among forwards.

191 minutes across 9 games

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Marchenko, McKenna, Nylander and Raddysh: 6 goals in 18 minutes.

20.38 goals an hour, 4.1 expected

Kirill Marchenko is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Kirill Marchenko has assisted on 4 of his 12 goals, 33.3% of them.

3 primary, 1 secondary

Jack Roslovic is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Jack Roslovic's goals, 38.5% of his own assists.

3 primary, 2 secondary

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

69.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

9 primary of 13 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

7 different teammates have assisted on his 12 goals.

Marchenko (4), Nylander (4), Raddysh (3), Tavares (3)

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