Brady Skjei Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

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

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joel Hofer: 9 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Blues have held him without a goal on 16 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Kiefer Sherwood has hit him 5 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Troy Terry has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Skjei has taken 273 shot attempts this season.

108 on goal, 59 missed, 103 blocked, 51st of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

83 attempts, 1 goals

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

26.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

73 of 273 attempts, 55th of 241 defencemen

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

26.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

73 attempts from inside the home plate, 55th of 241 defencemen

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 39.5 feet.

273 located attempts, 57th of 241 defencemen

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

56.8% of his attempts come from the left side.

155 left, 84 middle, 34 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

42.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

117 long-range attempts, 69th of 241 defencemen

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

65.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

111 of 170 unblocked, 91st of 241 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

37.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

103 of 273 attempts, 138th of 241 defencemen

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 8.84 attempts an hour of ice time.

273 attempts in 1,854 minutes, 129th of 246 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Skjei has 3 goals off 10.0 expected: 7.0 short of what the chances say.

236th of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 3.7% of them go in.

1 goals on 27 attempts

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 2.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 111 shots, 186th of 241 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 50.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 63.

3 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 1.4% of his attempts.

1 goals on 73 close attempts, 140th of 221 defencemen

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

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

102nd in the league

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

Only 11.5% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

3 of 26 points with the man advantage

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -7 on the season.

741st in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.66 times an hour.

203rd most giveaways an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

30 takeaways against 113 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.27 takeaways per giveaway

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.59 shots on goal an hour.

713th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.27 checks an hour.

650th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.1 goals an hour of ice time.

712th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Skjei produces 0.84 points an hour of ice time.

661st in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.97 times an hour.

351st in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.1 points an hour.

399th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.29 penalty minutes an hour.

498th most penalty minutes an hour

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.72 shots an hour of ice time.

458th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.74 assists an hour of ice time.

521st in the league

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

The Predators are down 27 goals with Skjei on the ice.

85 for, 112 against, 220th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.4, close to neutral.

9.4% shooting and 91.1% goaltending behind him, 111th of 245 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

47.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Skjei is on.

630 for, 704 against, 171st of 245 defencemen

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Predators create 4.54 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Skjei on.

79th of 245 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Predators generate 51.4% of the expected goals with Skjei on the ice.

107.9 xGF to 102.1 xGA over 1,426 minutes, 83rd of 245 defencemen

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 10.59 expected goals an hour.

27 goals against in 232 minutes, 102nd of 156 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 59.23 shot attempts an hour with Skjei on the ice at 5v5.

158th of 245 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 48.4% of the goals off 51.4% of the expected goals.

3.0 points of goal share below expectation

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Skjei's line owns 48.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,303 for, 1,408 against, 150th of 245 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Predators score 48.4% of the 5v5 goals with Skjei out there.

59 for, 63 against, 139th of 245 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.3 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

108th of 245 defencemen

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 9.36 expected goals an hour.

9 goals in 90 minutes, 42nd of 85 defencemen

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

He draws 2:58 of penalty kill time a game, 15th among defencemen.

12.5% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Skjei plays 22:36 a night, 41st among defencemen.

1,854 minutes across 82 games

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:17 of power play time a game, 73rd among defencemen.

4.9% of his total ice time

Luke Evangelista is the partner who brings the best out of him

Skjei is at his best beside Evangelista: 59.6% of the expected goals together against 46.8% apart.

477 minutes together, 949 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Reid Schaefer

The pairing with Schaefer is the one that costs him: 30.5% of the expected goals together, 53.1% apart.

130 minutes together, 1,296 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Schaefer does better away from him: 49.9% of the expected goals apart against 30.5% together.

130 minutes together, 316 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Wood is a different player beside him: 53.0% of the expected goals with Skjei, 47.9% without him.

214 minutes together, 527 minutes apart for Wood

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

Only 5 of his 17 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Skjei than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Luke Evangelista are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Skjei and Evangelista: 5.61 expected goals an hour.

477 minutes together at 5v5

Ryan O'Reilly is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with O'Reilly than anyone: 567 minutes, worth 55.3% of the expected goals.

28 goals for, 21 against together

The goals go his team's way when Steven Stamkos is out there with him

With Stamkos on the ice too, the Predators have outscored opponents 24 to 17 at 5v5.

58.5% goal share over 460 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Steven Stamkos are out together

He gives up least beside Stamkos: 3.77 expected goals against an hour.

460 minutes together at 5v5

Filip Forsberg is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Forsberg: 95.4% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

3 goals for, 0 against together

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

Killing penalties he is tightest with McCarron: 9.17 expected goals against an hour.

101 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Skjei with Evangelista, Josi, O'Reilly and Stamkos, 97 minutes at 5v5.

50.7% of the expected goals, 9 goals for and 3 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Evangelista, Forsberg, Josi and O'Reilly: 67.5% of the expected goals over 40 minutes.

3 goals for, 1 against, 61.5% of the attempts

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with McCarron, Perbix and Smith: 10 goals against in 50 minutes.

12.1 against an hour, 8.0 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Skjei has played 48 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 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

17 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Skjei this season.

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

Luke Evangelista is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Luke Evangelista's goals, 13.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

56.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

13 primary of 23 assists

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