Collin Graf Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Vincent Desharnais is the partner who brings the best out of him

Graf is at his best beside Desharnais: 56.8% of the expected goals together against 46.2% apart.

210 minutes together, 838 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Timothy Liljegren

The pairing with Liljegren is the one that costs him: 36.7% of the expected goals together, 51.0% apart.

178 minutes together, 869 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Dickinson is a different player beside him: 55.4% of the expected goals with Graf, 45.3% without him.

284 minutes together, 797 minutes apart for Dickinson

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Liljegren does better away from him: 48.5% of the expected goals apart against 36.7% together.

178 minutes together, 516 minutes apart

He and Sam Dickinson are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Graf and Dickinson: 5.17 expected goals an hour.

284 minutes together at 5v5

Macklin Celebrini is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Celebrini than anyone: 404 minutes, worth 51.0% of the expected goals.

21 goals for, 17 against together

The goals go his team's way when Vincent Desharnais is out there with him

With Desharnais on the ice too, the Sharks have outscored opponents 7 to 5 at 5v5.

58.3% goal share over 210 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Shakir Mukhamadullin are out together

He gives up least beside Mukhamadullin: 3.41 expected goals against an hour.

197 minutes together at 5v5

Vincent Desharnais is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Desharnais: 9.34 expected goals against an hour.

90 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Graf with Celebrini, Klingberg, Orlov and Smith, 75 minutes at 5v5.

44.3% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 7 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Desharnais, Ferraro and Wennberg: 2 goals against in 39 minutes.

3.09 against an hour, 4.9 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Celebrini, Desharnais, Dickinson and Smith: 65.6% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against, 52.5% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Celebrini, Dickinson, Leddy and Smith: 39.1% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 0 against over 32 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Graf has played 39 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 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 Graf this season.

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

Macklin Celebrini is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Macklin Celebrini has assisted on 9 of his 21 goals, 42.9% of them.

5 primary, 4 secondary

Macklin Celebrini is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 11 of Macklin Celebrini's goals, 44.0% of his own assists.

8 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

56.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

14 primary of 25 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 21 goals.

Celebrini (9), Smith (4), Dickinson (3), Wennberg (3)

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Graf's line owns 44.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

820 for, 1,037 against, 419th of 456 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

43.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Graf is on.

383 for, 494 against, 417th of 456 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.5, running hot and likely to cool.

11.0% shooting and 91.5% goaltending behind him, 79th of 456 forwards

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

The Sharks are down 9 goals with Graf on the ice.

59 for, 68 against, 344th of 466 forwards

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 11.1 expected goals an hour.

18 goals against in 197 minutes, 134th of 180 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 59.38 shot attempts an hour with Graf on the ice at 5v5.

327th of 456 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Sharks generate 48.3% of the expected goals with Graf on the ice.

73.2 xGF to 78.4 xGA over 1,048 minutes, 276th of 456 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Sharks create 4.19 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Graf on.

268th of 456 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.49 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

267th of 456 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Sharks score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Graf out there.

42 for, 42 against, 205th of 456 forwards

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

He draws 2:27 of penalty kill time a game, 16th among forwards.

14.8% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Graf plays 16:26 a night, 168th among forwards.

1,332 minutes across 81 games

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

He has 3 short-handed points this season.

20th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.53 times an hour.

72nd in the league

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

Only 2.2% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 46 points with the man advantage

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.95 goals an hour of ice time.

178th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 29.2% of his draws.

468th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +6 on the season.

181st in the league

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

Graf has 4 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

21 goals in total

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Graf produces 2.07 points an hour of ice time.

206th in the league

He manages the puck about as well as anyone

34 takeaways against 55 giveaways: roughly a wash.

0.62 takeaways per giveaway

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

He takes 0.54 penalty minutes an hour.

782nd most penalty minutes an hour

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.13 assists an hour of ice time.

257th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.48 times an hour.

651st most giveaways an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 2.16 shots an hour of ice time.

586th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.04 points an hour.

438th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.32 shots on goal an hour.

440th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.97 checks an hour.

461st in the league

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

70.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

152 of 216 attempts, 11th of 468 forwards

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

69.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

149 attempts from inside the home plate, 17th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 20.9 feet.

216 located attempts, 22nd of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

6.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

14 long-range attempts, 41st of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

71.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

120 of 167 unblocked, 46th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 9.73 attempts an hour of ice time.

216 attempts in 1,332 minutes, 376th of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

38.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

83 attempts, 12 goals

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

56.0% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

45 left, 121 middle, 50 right

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

22.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

49 of 216 attempts, 294th of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Graf has taken 216 shot attempts this season.

99 on goal, 47 missed, 49 blocked, 206th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Graf has scored 3 times on Jake Oettinger this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 6 attempts, 50.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Dustin Wolf has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Jakub Dobes: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Stars this season.

7 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Dustin Wolf: 10 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Ryan Lindgren.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 17.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

21 goals on 120 shots, 59th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 11.2% of his attempts.

17 goals on 152 close attempts, 112th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 14.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 37.

21 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Graf has 21 goals off 18.5 expected: 2.5 more than the chances alone say.

151st of 468 forwards

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