Connor Zary Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Brayden Pachal is the partner who brings the best out of him

Zary is at his best beside Pachal: 58.2% of the expected goals together against 47.1% apart.

120 minutes together, 790 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Pachal is a different player beside him: 58.2% of the expected goals with Zary, 49.3% without him.

120 minutes together, 385 minutes apart for Pachal

It stops working when he is paired with Kevin Bahl

The pairing with Bahl is the one that costs him: 43.7% of the expected goals together, 51.0% apart.

305 minutes together, 605 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Kadri does better away from him: 53.5% of the expected goals apart against 47.1% together.

252 minutes together, 649 minutes apart

He and Brayden Pachal are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Zary and Pachal: 5.44 expected goals an hour.

120 minutes together at 5v5

Kevin Bahl is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Bahl than anyone: 305 minutes, worth 43.7% of the expected goals.

10 goals for, 16 against together

The goals go his team's way when Joel Farabee is out there with him

With Farabee on the ice too, the Flames have outscored opponents 10 to 8 at 5v5.

55.6% goal share over 189 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Zayne Parekh are out together

He gives up least beside Parekh: 3.58 expected goals against an hour.

128 minutes together at 5v5

Blake Coleman is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Coleman: 95.6% of the expected goals over 39 minutes.

1 goals for, 1 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

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

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

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Backlund, Coleman, Kuznetsov and Weegar: 57.7% of the expected goals over 55 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 51.4% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Andersson, Backlund, Bahl and Coleman: 44.4% of the expected goals.

4 goals for, 4 against over 92 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Zary has been shuffled through 34 different five-man units, and only 2 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

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Zary 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 3 of his 12 goals, 25.0% of them.

2 primary, 1 secondary

Mikael Backlund is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Mikael Backlund's goals, 23.1% of his own assists.

0 primary, 3 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

38.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 13 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 12 goals.

Backlund (3), Whitecloud (2), Coleman (2), Parekh (1)

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

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

8.1% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 265th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 8.73 expected goals an hour.

9 goals in 120 minutes, 206th of 269 forwards

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

51.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Zary is on.

419 for, 391 against, 140th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.59 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

301st of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Zary's line owns 50.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

856 for, 850 against, 176th of 454 forwards

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Flames generate 48.6% of the expected goals with Zary on the ice.

65.9 xGF to 69.6 xGA over 910 minutes, 270th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 56.02 shot attempts an hour with Zary on the ice at 5v5.

186th of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Flames break even with Zary on the ice.

44 for, 44 against, 234th of 466 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Flames score 49.3% of the 5v5 goals with Zary out there.

34 for, 35 against, 238th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Flames create 4.34 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Zary on.

220th of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:54 of power play time a game, 186th among forwards.

11.3% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Zary plays 14:22 a night, 268th among forwards.

1,063 minutes across 74 games

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.96 shots an hour of ice time.

874th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -9 on the season.

765th in the league

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

Zary has 3 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

12 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

14 takeaways against 44 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.32 takeaways per giveaway

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.4 points an hour.

245th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.48 times an hour.

650th most giveaways an hour

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.68 goals an hour of ice time.

328th in the league

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

He puts 6.09 shots on goal an hour.

307th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.54 checks an hour.

600th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Zary produces 1.41 points an hour of ice time.

414th in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 45.8% of his draws.

255th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.79 times an hour.

520th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.73 assists an hour of ice time.

524th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.24 penalty minutes an hour.

522nd most penalty minutes an hour

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

72.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

112 of 154 unblocked, 30th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

39.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

77 attempts, 4 goals

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

51.5% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

62 left, 101 middle, 33 right

He gets almost nothing from long range

14.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

28 long-range attempts, 313th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 11.06 attempts an hour of ice time.

196 attempts in 1,063 minutes, 305th of 466 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.3 feet.

196 located attempts, 241st of 468 forwards

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

53.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

105 of 196 attempts, 220th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

53.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

104 attempts from inside the home plate, 223rd of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Zary has taken 196 shot attempts this season.

100 on goal, 42 missed, 42 blocked, 228th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

21.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

42 of 196 attempts, 235th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Zary has scored 1 times on Joel Hofer this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 7 attempts, 14.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Lukas Dostal has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Oilers this season.

9 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Lukas Dostal: 10 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on A.J. Greer.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 10.7% of them go in.

3 goals on 28 attempts

He is not converting the chances he gets

Zary has 12 goals off 14.3 expected: 2.3 short of what the chances say.

335th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 19.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 86.

12 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 10.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

12 goals on 112 shots, 305th of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.6% of his attempts.

9 goals on 105 close attempts, 229th of 468 forwards

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