Daniil But 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: 6 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

26.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

25 of 94 attempts, 408th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

But has taken 94 shot attempts this season.

40 on goal, 26 missed, 25 blocked, 380th of 468 forwards

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 15.6 attempts an hour of ice time.

94 attempts in 362 minutes, 101st of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

26.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

25 attempts, 1 goals

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

43 of 69 unblocked, 358th of 468 forwards

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

59.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

56 attempts from inside the home plate, 106th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

59.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

56 of 94 attempts, 109th of 468 forwards

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

45.7% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

23 left, 43 middle, 28 right

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 24.6 feet.

94 located attempts, 139th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

13.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

13 long-range attempts, 295th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 7.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 43 shots, 406th of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 5.4% of his attempts.

3 goals on 56 close attempts, 384th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

But has 3 goals off 6.5 expected: 3.5 short of what the chances say.

376th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 6.2% of them go in.

1 goals on 16 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 11.6 feet out, and the longest went in from 19.

3 goals located by coordinate

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

He puts 7.14 shots on goal an hour.

176th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.5 points an hour.

197th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 33.3% of his draws.

434th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.66 times an hour.

630th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +1 on the season.

320th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.65 checks an hour.

591st in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.5 goals an hour of ice time.

426th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.99 shots an hour of ice time.

402nd in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.66 assists an hour of ice time.

568th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.99 times an hour.

426th most giveaways an hour

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.33 penalty minutes an hour.

491st most penalty minutes an hour

He produces at about the rate you would expect

But produces 1.16 points an hour of ice time.

521st in the league

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

At 5v5 the Mammoth generate 60.6% of the expected goals with But on the ice.

30.4 xGF to 19.8 xGA over 319 minutes, 3rd of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Mammoth create 5.72 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with But on.

9th of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.71 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

29th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

But's line owns 55.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

345 for, 280 against, 46th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 52.2% of the goals off 60.6% of the expected goals.

8.4 points of goal share below expectation

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 52.61 shot attempts an hour with But on the ice at 5v5.

85th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.1, close to neutral.

8.1% shooting and 92.0% goaltending behind him, 202nd of 454 forwards

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

51.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when But is on.

148 for, 137 against, 129th of 454 forwards

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Mammoth score 52.2% of the 5v5 goals with But out there.

12 for, 11 against, 163rd of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Mammoth are up 4 goals with But on the ice.

15 for, 11 against, 191st of 466 forwards

He gets a normal share of the minutes

But plays 12:28 a night, 358th among forwards.

362 minutes across 29 games

Barrett Hayton is the partner who brings the best out of him

But is at his best beside Hayton: 68.8% of the expected goals together against 57.4% apart.

115 minutes together, 204 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with John Marino

The pairing with Marino is the one that costs him: 53.2% of the expected goals together, 63.4% apart.

101 minutes together, 218 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Hayton is a different player beside him: 68.8% of the expected goals with But, 53.9% without him.

115 minutes together, 717 minutes apart for Hayton

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

4 of his 5 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside But than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Jack McBain are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is But and McBain: 7.16 expected goals an hour.

136 minutes together at 5v5

Michael Carcone is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Carcone than anyone: 144 minutes, worth 64.7% of the expected goals.

5 goals for, 5 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Barrett Hayton are out together

He gives up least beside Hayton: 2.32 expected goals against an hour.

115 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is But with Carcone, Cole, DeSimone and McBain, 31 minutes at 5v5.

58.0% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Carcone, Crouse, Durzi and Hayton: 3 goals in 25 minutes.

7.29 goals an hour, 5.7 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

But has been shuffled through 11 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

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

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

JJ Peterka is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of JJ Peterka's goals, 50.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 0 secondary

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