Elias Pettersson Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Pettersson has scored 4 times on Sergei Bobrovsky this season, more than on any other goaltender.

4 goals on 9 attempts, 44.4%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Spencer Knight has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Sergei Bobrovsky: 44.4% of his attempts against him go in.

4 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 4 goals against the Panthers this season.

13 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Yaroslav Askarov: 21 attempts, 1 goal.

4.8% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 87.5% of his draws against Robert Thomas.

7 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Auston Matthews beats him on the draw: he wins only 11.1% of them.

1 of 9 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Kings have held him without a goal on 18 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

60.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

137 of 226 unblocked, 405th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

41.9% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

125 attempts, 7 goals

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

24.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

72 of 298 attempts, 347th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Pettersson has taken 298 shot attempts this season.

122 on goal, 89 missed, 72 blocked, 120th of 468 forwards

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

41.9% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

76 left, 125 middle, 97 right

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

46.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

139 attempts from inside the home plate, 336th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

47.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

140 of 298 attempts, 332nd of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.3 feet.

298 located attempts, 297th of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

11.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

35 long-range attempts, 212th of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 12.74 attempts an hour of ice time.

298 attempts in 1,403 minutes, 226th of 466 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 5.7% of his attempts.

8 goals on 140 close attempts, 369th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 9.1% of them go in.

2 goals on 22 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 21.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 34.

15 goals located by coordinate

He is not converting the chances he gets

Pettersson has 15 goals off 16.8 expected: 1.8 short of what the chances say.

313th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 10.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

15 goals on 137 shots, 300th of 468 forwards

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -30 on the season.

933rd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.94 points an hour.

69th in the league

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

He sets up 1.54 assists an hour of ice time.

130th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.33 times an hour.

142nd in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.62 shots an hour of ice time.

151st in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Pettersson produces 2.18 points an hour of ice time.

192nd in the league

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

196th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

31 takeaways against 68 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.46 takeaways per giveaway

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.64 goals an hour of ice time.

346th in the league

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

He takes 0.86 penalty minutes an hour.

692nd most penalty minutes an hour

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 47.4% of his draws.

220th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.87 checks an hour.

571st in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.61 shots on goal an hour.

395th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.91 times an hour.

464th most giveaways an hour

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 64.69 shot attempts an hour with Pettersson on the ice at 5v5.

428th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 5.09 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

421st of 454 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 12.95 expected goals an hour.

37 goals in 228 minutes, 20th of 269 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.2, running cold and likely to correct.

7.5% shooting and 89.7% goaltending behind him, 368th of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Pettersson's line owns 44.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

854 for, 1,067 against, 411th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

44.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Pettersson is on.

401 for, 506 against, 404th of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Canucks score 36.6% of the 5v5 goals with Pettersson out there.

30 for, 52 against, 402nd of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 36.6% of the goals off 45.8% of the expected goals.

9.2 points of goal share below expectation

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

The Canucks are down 11 goals with Pettersson on the ice.

80 for, 91 against, 368th of 466 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Canucks generate 45.8% of the expected goals with Pettersson on the ice.

70.9 xGF to 83.9 xGA over 990 minutes, 364th of 454 forwards

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 10.98 expected goals an hour.

15 goals against in 67 minutes, 130th of 180 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Canucks create 4.3 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Pettersson on.

232nd of 454 forwards

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:09 of penalty kill time a game, 170th among forwards.

4.8% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Pettersson plays 18:57 a night, 61st among forwards.

1,403 minutes across 74 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:15 of power play time a game, 60th among forwards.

16.2% of his total ice time

Drew O'Connor is the partner who brings the best out of him

Pettersson is at his best beside O'Connor: 58.9% of the expected goals together against 42.9% apart.

195 minutes together, 794 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Elias Pettersson

The pairing with Pettersson is the one that costs him: 35.3% of the expected goals together, 48.5% apart.

207 minutes together, 783 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

O'Connor is a different player beside him: 58.9% of the expected goals with Pettersson, 46.1% without him.

195 minutes together, 848 minutes apart for O'Connor

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Pettersson does better away from him: 42.8% of the expected goals apart against 35.3% together.

207 minutes together, 747 minutes apart

He and Quinn Hughes are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Pettersson and Hughes: 6.6 expected goals an hour.

167 minutes together at 5v5

Jake DeBrusk is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with DeBrusk than anyone: 455 minutes, worth 44.1% of the expected goals.

17 goals for, 21 against together

The goals go his team's way when Quinn Hughes is out there with him

With Hughes on the ice too, the Canucks have outscored opponents 9 to 7 at 5v5.

56.2% goal share over 167 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Drew O'Connor are out together

He gives up least beside O'Connor: 3.57 expected goals against an hour.

195 minutes together at 5v5

Conor Garland is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Garland: 97.6% of the expected goals over 67 minutes.

9 goals for, 0 against together

Filip Hronek is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Hronek: 10.42 expected goals against an hour.

35 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Pettersson with Garland, Hronek, Hughes and Kane, 31 minutes at 5v5.

47.1% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek and Rossi: 16 goals in 49 minutes.

19.53 goals an hour, 7.6 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Garland, Myers and Pettersson: 3 goals against in 12 minutes.

15.04 against an hour, 2.3 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Pettersson has been shuffled through 54 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 Pettersson this season.

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

Filip Hronek is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Filip Hronek has assisted on 6 of his 15 goals, 40.0% of them.

3 primary, 3 secondary

Jake DeBrusk is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 13 of Jake DeBrusk's goals, 36.1% of his own assists.

5 primary, 8 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.

20 primary of 36 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

10 different teammates have assisted on his 15 goals.

Hronek (6), Boeser (3), Karlsson (3), Kane (3)

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