Brian Dumoulin Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Karel Vejmelka: 6 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

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

He fires 7.01 attempts an hour of ice time.

170 attempts in 1,456 minutes, 206th of 245 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

40.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

69 of 170 attempts, 187th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

51 attempts, 0 goals

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

59.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

60 of 101 unblocked, 184th of 241 defencemen

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

64.7% of his attempts come from the left side.

110 left, 40 middle, 20 right

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

25.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

43 attempts from inside the home plate, 80th of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

25.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

43 of 170 attempts, 81st of 241 defencemen

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Dumoulin has taken 170 shot attempts this season.

58 on goal, 41 missed, 69 blocked, 134th of 241 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

48.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

82 long-range attempts, 126th of 241 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.4 feet.

170 located attempts, 121st of 241 defencemen

The chances in tight are not going in for him

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

0 goals on 43 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Dumoulin has 2 goals off 5.7 expected: 3.7 short of what the chances say.

195th of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 5.6% of them go in.

1 goals on 18 attempts

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 3.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

2 goals on 60 shots, 170th of 241 defencemen

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.52 shots on goal an hour.

852nd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.92 times an hour.

149th most giveaways an hour

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.48 checks an hour.

757th in the league

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

207th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

21 takeaways against 95 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.22 takeaways per giveaway

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.08 goals an hour of ice time.

725th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Dumoulin produces 0.7 points an hour of ice time.

720th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.67 shots an hour of ice time.

291st in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.91 penalty minutes an hour.

670th most penalty minutes an hour

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.62 assists an hour of ice time.

598th in the league

The scoreboard is roughly even with him out there

He is -1 on the season.

502nd in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.87 times an hour.

440th in the league

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 7.25 expected goals an hour.

8 goals against in 109 minutes, 6th of 156 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.2, close to neutral.

7.4% shooting and 91.8% goaltending behind him, 152nd of 246 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Dumoulin's line owns 51.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,245 for, 1,193 against, 79th of 246 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 47.6% of the goals off 51.3% of the expected goals.

3.7 points of goal share below expectation

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

At 5v5 the Kings generate 51.3% of the expected goals with Dumoulin on the ice.

96.5 xGF to 91.6 xGA over 1,298 minutes, 86th of 246 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.23 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

88th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.13 shot attempts an hour with Dumoulin on the ice at 5v5.

91st of 246 defencemen

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Kings create 4.46 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Dumoulin on.

90th of 246 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Kings are down 9 goals with Dumoulin on the ice.

44 for, 53 against, 139th of 245 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Kings score 47.6% of the 5v5 goals with Dumoulin out there.

40 for, 44 against, 141st of 246 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Dumoulin is on.

538 for, 537 against, 103rd of 246 defencemen

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:45 of penalty kill time a game, 114th among defencemen.

7.5% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Dumoulin plays 17:45 a night, 156th among defencemen.

1,456 minutes across 82 games

Alex Turcotte is the partner who brings the best out of him

Dumoulin is at his best beside Turcotte: 61.4% of the expected goals together against 48.6% apart.

232 minutes together, 1,067 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Anze Kopitar

The pairing with Kopitar is the one that costs him: 42.3% of the expected goals together, 53.3% apart.

236 minutes together, 1,063 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Laughton is a different player beside him: 55.7% of the expected goals with Dumoulin, 31.7% without him.

131 minutes together, 339 minutes apart for Laughton

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Kopitar does better away from him: 52.7% of the expected goals apart against 42.3% together.

236 minutes together, 717 minutes apart

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

Only 6 of his 19 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Dumoulin than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Alex Turcotte are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Dumoulin and Turcotte: 6.4 expected goals an hour.

232 minutes together at 5v5

Cody Ceci is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Ceci than anyone: 769 minutes, worth 53.4% of the expected goals.

21 goals for, 32 against together

The goals go his team's way when Anze Kopitar is out there with him

With Kopitar on the ice too, the Kings have outscored opponents 11 to 4 at 5v5.

73.3% goal share over 236 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Andrei Kuzmenko are out together

He gives up least beside Kuzmenko: 3.48 expected goals against an hour.

200 minutes together at 5v5

Joel Armia is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Armia: 6.01 expected goals against an hour.

37 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Dumoulin with Armia, Ceci, Laughton and Wright, 51 minutes at 5v5.

55.3% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 1 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Armia, Ceci and Moore: 2 goals against in 12 minutes.

10.1 against an hour, 1.5 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Ceci, Fiala, Kuzmenko and Turcotte: 77.5% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

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

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Dumoulin has played 50 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

20 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Dumoulin this season.

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

Alex Laferriere is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Alex Laferriere's goals, 20.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

46.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 15 assists

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