Blake Coleman Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Coleman has scored 2 times on Igor Shesterkin this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 9 attempts, 22.2%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Joel Hofer has turned him away every time: 9 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Igor Shesterkin: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Juuse Saros: 18 attempts, 1 goal.

5.6% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Coleman has finished his check on Derek Forbort 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

72.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

176 of 243 unblocked, 34th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

96 attempts, 9 goals

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

He fires 15.36 attempts an hour of ice time.

306 attempts in 1,196 minutes, 110th of 466 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Coleman has taken 306 shot attempts this season.

156 on goal, 67 missed, 63 blocked, 113th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

15.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

47 long-range attempts, 351st of 468 forwards

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

43.1% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

87 left, 132 middle, 87 right

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

56.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

172 of 306 attempts, 166th of 468 forwards

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

55.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

169 attempts from inside the home plate, 182nd of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

20.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

63 of 306 attempts, 187th of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.7 feet.

306 located attempts, 265th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 11.5% of them go in.

6 goals on 52 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 20.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 52.

20 goals located by coordinate

He is not converting the chances he gets

Coleman has 20 goals off 22.0 expected: 2.0 short of what the chances say.

323rd of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

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

13 goals on 172 close attempts, 297th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 11.4% of the shots he puts on goal.

20 goals on 176 shots, 282nd of 468 forwards

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 4 short-handed points this season.

13th in the league

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

He puts 8.84 shots on goal an hour.

60th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +12 on the season.

106th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.36 times an hour.

126th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1 goals an hour of ice time.

153rd in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 2.9% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 35 points with the man advantage

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Coleman has 3 game winners this season.

20 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

27 takeaways against 62 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.44 takeaways per giveaway

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.46 penalty minutes an hour.

233rd most penalty minutes an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 7.63 checks an hour.

216th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Coleman produces 1.76 points an hour of ice time.

299th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 37.1% of his draws.

403rd in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 3.11 times an hour.

385th most giveaways an hour

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.41 shots an hour of ice time.

528th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.05 points an hour.

430th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.75 assists an hour of ice time.

512th in the league

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 8.49 expected goals an hour.

6 goals in 88 minutes, 217th of 269 forwards

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

53.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Coleman is on.

449 for, 395 against, 88th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

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

9.1% shooting and 90.6% goaltending behind him, 221st of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Coleman's line owns 51.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

896 for, 831 against, 122nd of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.8 shot attempts an hour with Coleman on the ice at 5v5.

153rd of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Wild generate 51.8% of the expected goals with Coleman on the ice.

68.6 xGF to 63.8 xGA over 910 minutes, 150th of 454 forwards

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

The Wild score 52.6% of the 5v5 goals with Coleman out there.

41 for, 37 against, 157th of 454 forwards

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

The Wild are down 4 goals with Coleman on the ice.

61 for, 65 against, 289th of 466 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

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Wild create 4.53 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Coleman on.

166th of 454 forwards

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.47 expected goals an hour.

20 goals against in 147 minutes, 73rd of 180 forwards

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

He draws 2:13 of penalty kill time a game, 30th among forwards.

12.3% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Coleman plays 17:19 a night, 124th among forwards.

1,196 minutes across 69 games

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:45 of power play time a game, 208th among forwards.

7.4% of his total ice time

It stops working when he is paired with Matt Coronato

The pairing with Coronato is the one that costs him: 44.3% of the expected goals together, 53.6% apart.

161 minutes together, 749 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Kuznetsov is a different player beside him: 56.3% of the expected goals with Coleman, 42.7% without him.

188 minutes together, 809 minutes apart for Kuznetsov

Yan Kuznetsov is the partner who brings the best out of him

Coleman is at his best beside Kuznetsov: 56.3% of the expected goals together against 50.4% apart.

188 minutes together, 722 minutes apart

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

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

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Whitecloud does better away from him: 47.7% of the expected goals apart against 45.2% together.

155 minutes together, 620 minutes apart

He and Yan Kuznetsov are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Coleman and Kuznetsov: 5.74 expected goals an hour.

188 minutes together at 5v5

Mikael Backlund is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Backlund than anyone: 731 minutes, worth 50.4% of the expected goals.

34 goals for, 31 against together

The goals go his team's way when Yan Kuznetsov is out there with him

With Kuznetsov on the ice too, the Wild have outscored opponents 10 to 5 at 5v5.

66.7% goal share over 188 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Samuel Honzek are out together

He gives up least beside Honzek: 3.54 expected goals against an hour.

155 minutes together at 5v5

MacKenzie Weegar is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Weegar: 96.2% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against together

Zach Whitecloud is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Whitecloud: 5.21 expected goals against an hour.

33 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Coleman with Andersson, Backlund, Bahl and Zary, 92 minutes at 5v5.

44.4% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 4 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Coronato, Frost, Gridin and Parekh: 3 goals in 25 minutes.

7.28 goals an hour, 3.1 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Andersson, Backlund, Bahl and Coronato: 40.7% of the expected goals.

3 goals for, 0 against over 47 minutes

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Andersson, Backlund and Bahl: 8 goals against in 46 minutes.

10.35 against an hour, 10.4 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Backlund, Hanley, Honzek and Weegar: 60.1% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

1 goal for, 5 against, 70.0% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Coleman has played 27 different five-man units at 5v5, 6 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

11 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Coleman this season.

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

Mikael Backlund is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Mikael Backlund has assisted on 10 of his 20 goals, 50.0% of them.

10 primary, 0 secondary

Mikael Backlund is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Mikael Backlund's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

4 primary, 1 secondary

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

60.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

9 primary of 15 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

10 different teammates have assisted on his 20 goals.

Backlund (10), Farabee (3), Kuznetsov (2), Hanley (2)

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