Ben Meyers Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

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

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

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Winterton is a different player beside him: 49.4% of the expected goals with Meyers, 41.5% without him.

258 minutes together, 484 minutes apart for Winterton

It stops working when he is paired with Frederick Gaudreau

The pairing with Gaudreau is the one that costs him: 43.7% of the expected goals together, 49.8% apart.

194 minutes together, 335 minutes apart

Ryker Evans is the partner who brings the best out of him

Meyers is at his best beside Evans: 50.9% of the expected goals together against 45.7% apart.

186 minutes together, 343 minutes apart

He and Ryan Winterton are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Meyers and Winterton: 4.71 expected goals an hour.

258 minutes together at 5v5

Ryan Winterton is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Winterton than anyone: 258 minutes, worth 49.4% of the expected goals.

13 goals for, 19 against together

The goals go his team's way when Ryker Evans is out there with him

With Evans on the ice too, the Kraken have outscored opponents 14 to 10 at 5v5.

58.3% goal share over 186 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Tye Kartye are out together

He gives up least beside Kartye: 3.83 expected goals against an hour.

144 minutes together at 5v5

Ryan Lindgren is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Lindgren: 8.9 expected goals against an hour.

52 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Meyers with Dunn, Gaudreau, Larsson and Winterton, 30 minutes at 5v5.

41.6% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 2 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Gaudreau, Larsson and Lindgren: 4 goals against in 31 minutes.

7.84 against an hour, 3.9 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Meyers has been shuffled through 21 different five-man units, and only 1 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

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

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

Ryan Winterton is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Ryan Winterton has assisted on 4 of his 7 goals, 57.1% of them.

2 primary, 2 secondary

Ryan Winterton is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Ryan Winterton's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 0 secondary

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

62.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 8 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

8 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Winterton (4), Gaudreau (2), Kartye (2), Larsson (1)

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

The Kraken are down 23 goals with Meyers on the ice.

22 for, 45 against, 443rd of 465 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

44.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Meyers is on.

204 for, 256 against, 407th of 456 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.5, running cold and likely to correct.

10.8% shooting and 86.7% goaltending behind him, 360th of 456 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Meyers's line owns 45.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

439 for, 525 against, 383rd of 456 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 39.3% of the goals off 47.5% of the expected goals.

8.2 points of goal share below expectation

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Kraken score 39.3% of the 5v5 goals with Meyers out there.

22 for, 34 against, 382nd of 456 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Kraken create 3.92 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Meyers on.

348th of 456 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 59.57 shot attempts an hour with Meyers on the ice at 5v5.

335th of 456 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Kraken generate 47.5% of the expected goals with Meyers on the ice.

34.5 xGF to 38.2 xGA over 529 minutes, 302nd of 456 forwards

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 10.29 expected goals an hour.

11 goals against in 83 minutes, 107th of 180 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.33 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

204th of 456 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Meyers plays 11:56 a night, 388th among forwards.

621 minutes across 52 games

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:43 of penalty kill time a game, 95th among forwards.

13.4% of his total ice time

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 55.1% of his draws.

72nd in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -12 on the season.

820th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.26 shots an hour of ice time.

810th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

11 takeaways against 29 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.38 takeaways per giveaway

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 6.38 checks an hour.

267th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.06 times an hour.

278th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.68 goals an hour of ice time.

329th in the league

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

He puts 5.9 shots on goal an hour.

348th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Meyers produces 1.45 points an hour of ice time.

394th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.55 penalty minutes an hour.

421st most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.8 times an hour.

506th most giveaways an hour

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.77 assists an hour of ice time.

499th in the league

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

41.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

48 attempts, 3 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Meyers has taken 115 shot attempts this season.

54 on goal, 28 missed, 26 blocked, 352nd of 468 forwards

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

42.6% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

38 left, 49 middle, 28 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

61 of 89 unblocked, 131st of 468 forwards

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

47.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

55 attempts from inside the home plate, 317th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

48.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

56 of 115 attempts, 310th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 11.11 attempts an hour of ice time.

115 attempts in 621 minutes, 299th of 465 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

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

26 of 115 attempts, 286th of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

13.0% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

15 long-range attempts, 268th of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.0 feet.

115 located attempts, 220th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Meyers has scored 1 times on Thatcher Demko 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

Joel Hofer has turned him away every time: 6 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Thatcher Demko: 8 attempts, 1 goal.

12.5% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 62.5% of his draws against Mark Jankowski.

5 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Kevin Stenlund beats him on the draw: he wins only 22.2% of them.

2 of 9 faceoffs

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 12.5% of his attempts.

7 goals on 56 close attempts, 63rd of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 13.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 24.

7 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 11.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

7 goals on 61 shots, 281st of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Meyers has 7 goals off 7.3 expected: 0.3 short of what the chances say.

236th of 468 forwards

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