Brandon Tanev Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Juuse Saros: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Tanev has finished his check on Brayden Pachal 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 Tom Wilson.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Tanev has taken 86 shot attempts this season.

42 on goal, 25 missed, 19 blocked, 397th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

17.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

15 long-range attempts, 400th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 9.85 attempts an hour of ice time.

86 attempts in 524 minutes, 369th of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

23.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

20 attempts, 0 goals

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

42 of 67 unblocked, 342nd of 468 forwards

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

43.0% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

29 left, 37 middle, 20 right

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

58.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

50 of 86 attempts, 132nd of 468 forwards

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

55.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

48 attempts from inside the home plate, 170th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

22.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

19 of 86 attempts, 264th of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.5 feet.

86 located attempts, 255th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 0.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

0 goals on 42 shots, 467th of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 50 close attempts, 464th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Tanev has 0 goals off 5.5 expected: 5.5 short of what the chances say.

432nd of 468 forwards

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 5.73 penalty minutes an hour.

40th most penalty minutes an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 17.76 checks an hour.

40th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -15 on the season.

861st in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 21.4% of his draws.

504th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.01 times an hour.

127th most giveaways an hour

The points are not coming for him this season

Tanev produces 0.34 points an hour of ice time.

823rd in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

7 takeaways against 35 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.2 takeaways per giveaway

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.9 shots an hour of ice time.

245th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.34 assists an hour of ice time.

764th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.81 shots on goal an hour.

522nd in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.8 times an hour.

510th in the league

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 25.8% of the goals off 48.3% of the expected goals.

22.5 points of goal share below expectation

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Mammoth score 25.8% of the 5v5 goals with Tanev out there.

8 for, 23 against, 449th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 93.4, running cold and likely to correct.

4.4% shooting and 88.9% goaltending behind him, 452nd of 454 forwards

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

The Mammoth are down 16 goals with Tanev on the ice.

9 for, 25 against, 414th of 466 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

46.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Tanev is on.

180 for, 208 against, 353rd of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Mammoth create 3.98 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Tanev on.

330th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.71 shot attempts an hour with Tanev on the ice at 5v5.

148th of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Tanev's line owns 47.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

424 for, 464 against, 300th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Mammoth generate 48.3% of the expected goals with Tanev on the ice.

33.8 xGF to 36.1 xGA over 509 minutes, 274th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.26 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

177th of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Tanev plays 9:21 a night, 534th among forwards.

524 minutes across 56 games

It stops working when he is paired with Mikhail Sergachev

The pairing with Sergachev is the one that costs him: 39.2% of the expected goals together, 51.4% apart.

136 minutes together, 373 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Yamamoto does better away from him: 57.5% of the expected goals apart against 42.0% together.

130 minutes together, 531 minutes apart

John Marino is the partner who brings the best out of him

Tanev is at his best beside Marino: 53.2% of the expected goals together against 45.2% apart.

176 minutes together, 332 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

O'Brien is a different player beside him: 50.6% of the expected goals with Tanev, 42.7% without him.

189 minutes together, 154 minutes apart for O'Brien

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

Only 1 of his 6 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Tanev than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Nate Schmidt are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Tanev and Schmidt: 5.04 expected goals an hour.

170 minutes together at 5v5

Ian Cole is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Cole than anyone: 196 minutes, worth 49.5% of the expected goals.

1 goals for, 11 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Kailer Yamamoto are out together

He gives up least beside Yamamoto: 3.78 expected goals against an hour.

130 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Tanev with Marino, O'Brien, Schmidt and Stenlund, 44 minutes at 5v5.

56.9% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Tanev has been shuffled through 17 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

6 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Tanev this season.

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

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