Easton Cowan Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Cowan has scored 2 times on Dan Vladar this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 9 attempts, 22.2%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Spencer Knight has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Dan Vladar: 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 2 goals against the Flyers this season.

11 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jet Greaves: 10 attempts, 1 goal.

10.0% conversion

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Mikey Anderson.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Jackson LaCombe has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 28.9 feet.

186 located attempts, 381st of 468 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

44.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

82 attempts from inside the home plate, 383rd of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

44.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

83 of 186 attempts, 378th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

38.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

72 attempts, 5 goals

He gets almost nothing from long range

15.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

28 long-range attempts, 337th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

22.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

42 of 186 attempts, 286th of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 11.49 attempts an hour of ice time.

186 attempts in 971 minutes, 276th of 466 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

93 of 144 unblocked, 268th of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Cowan has taken 186 shot attempts this season.

82 on goal, 51 missed, 42 blocked, 242nd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 8.8% of them go in.

3 goals on 34 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 22.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 38.

11 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.2% of his attempts.

6 goals on 83 close attempts, 314th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 11.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

11 goals on 93 shots, 268th of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Cowan has 11 goals off 10.4 expected: 0.6 more than the chances alone say.

201st of 468 forwards

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.89 times an hour.

48th most giveaways an hour

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.78 penalty minutes an hour.

186th most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

13 takeaways against 79 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.16 takeaways per giveaway

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 33.3% of his draws.

427th in the league

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

He sets up 1.11 assists an hour of ice time.

266th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.37 points an hour.

253rd in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Cowan produces 1.79 points an hour of ice time.

287th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -5 on the season.

654th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.68 goals an hour of ice time.

323rd in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.98 shots an hour of ice time.

625th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.63 shots on goal an hour.

388th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.39 checks an hour.

418th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.8 times an hour.

505th in the league

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 64.88 shot attempts an hour with Cowan on the ice at 5v5.

430th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 103.3, running hot and likely to cool.

9.7% shooting and 93.6% goaltending behind him, 50th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

43.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Cowan is on.

341 for, 436 against, 409th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 54.1% of the goals off 44.8% of the expected goals.

9.3 points of goal share above expectation

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Cowan's line owns 45.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

746 for, 902 against, 389th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Maple Leafs generate 44.8% of the expected goals with Cowan on the ice.

54.4 xGF to 66.9 xGA over 834 minutes, 388th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.82 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

376th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Maple Leafs create 3.91 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Cowan on.

350th of 454 forwards

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

The Maple Leafs score 54.1% of the 5v5 goals with Cowan out there.

33 for, 28 against, 128th of 454 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Maple Leafs are up 8 goals with Cowan on the ice.

49 for, 41 against, 168th of 466 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.03 expected goals an hour.

12 goals in 102 minutes, 126th of 269 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:45 of power play time a game, 207th among forwards.

10.5% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Cowan plays 14:42 a night, 251st among forwards.

971 minutes across 66 games

It stops working when he is paired with Philippe Myers

The pairing with Myers is the one that costs him: 35.7% of the expected goals together, 46.1% apart.

108 minutes together, 726 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Benoit is a different player beside him: 44.3% of the expected goals with Cowan, 36.8% without him.

247 minutes together, 860 minutes apart for Benoit

Auston Matthews is the partner who brings the best out of him

Cowan is at his best beside Matthews: 50.3% of the expected goals together against 44.0% apart.

109 minutes together, 725 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Myers does better away from him: 40.5% of the expected goals apart against 35.7% together.

108 minutes together, 414 minutes apart

He and Auston Matthews are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Cowan and Matthews: 4.67 expected goals an hour.

109 minutes together at 5v5

John Tavares is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Tavares than anyone: 336 minutes, worth 45.2% of the expected goals.

15 goals for, 12 against together

The goals go his team's way when Oliver Ekman-Larsson is out there with him

With Ekman-Larsson on the ice too, the Maple Leafs have outscored opponents 17 to 10 at 5v5.

63.0% goal share over 251 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Brandon Carlo are out together

He gives up least beside Carlo: 4.0 expected goals against an hour.

167 minutes together at 5v5

Max Domi is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Domi: 95.9% of the expected goals over 38 minutes.

1 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Cowan with Ekman-Larsson, Nylander, Rielly and Tavares, 34 minutes at 5v5.

72.3% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Ekman-Larsson, Knies, Nylander and Tavares: 5 goals in 22 minutes.

13.87 goals an hour, 2.8 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Cowan has been shuffled through 37 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

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

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

John Tavares is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

John Tavares has assisted on 6 of his 11 goals, 54.5% of them.

4 primary, 2 secondary

William Nylander is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of William Nylander's goals, 27.8% of his own assists.

3 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

55.6% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

10 primary of 18 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

10 different teammates have assisted on his 11 goals.

Tavares (6), Nylander (3), Knies (2), Ekman-Larsson (1)

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