Elias Salomonsson Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Kyle Connor is the partner who brings the best out of him

Salomonsson is at his best beside Connor: 61.2% of the expected goals together against 50.9% apart.

164 minutes together, 353 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jonathan Toews

The pairing with Toews is the one that costs him: 44.5% of the expected goals together, 57.4% apart.

115 minutes together, 403 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Connor is a different player beside him: 61.2% of the expected goals with Salomonsson, 47.5% without him.

164 minutes together, 1,154 minutes apart for Connor

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

7 of his 8 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Salomonsson than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Toews does better away from him: 48.0% of the expected goals apart against 44.5% together.

115 minutes together, 853 minutes apart

He and Alex Iafallo are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Salomonsson and Iafallo: 6.14 expected goals an hour.

141 minutes together at 5v5

Dylan Samberg is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Samberg than anyone: 342 minutes, worth 53.9% of the expected goals.

10 goals for, 12 against together

The goals go his team's way when Kyle Connor is out there with him

With Connor on the ice too, the Jets have outscored opponents 9 to 6 at 5v5.

60.0% goal share over 164 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Kyle Connor are out together

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

164 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Lowry, Perfetti, Samberg and Vilardi: 66.2% of the expected goals over 51 minutes.

1 goal for, 1 against, 55.8% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Salomonsson with Lowry, Perfetti, Samberg and Vilardi, 51 minutes at 5v5.

66.2% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Salomonsson has been shuffled through 19 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

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

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

Cole Koepke is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 1 of Cole Koepke's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

0 primary, 1 secondary

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Jets create 5.03 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Salomonsson on.

29th of 246 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 45.5% of the goals off 54.0% of the expected goals.

8.5 points of goal share below expectation

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

At 5v5 the Jets generate 54.0% of the expected goals with Salomonsson on the ice.

43.4 xGF to 37.0 xGA over 518 minutes, 42nd of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.1, close to neutral.

6.6% shooting and 92.5% goaltending behind him, 159th of 246 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Salomonsson's line owns 52.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

504 for, 462 against, 57th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.56 shot attempts an hour with Salomonsson on the ice at 5v5.

59th of 246 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Jets score 45.5% of the 5v5 goals with Salomonsson out there.

15 for, 18 against, 176th of 246 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

48.6% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Salomonsson is on.

226 for, 239 against, 141st of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.28 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

104th of 246 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Jets are down 8 goals with Salomonsson on the ice.

17 for, 25 against, 133rd of 245 defencemen

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Salomonsson plays 17:57 a night, 148th among defencemen.

575 minutes across 32 games

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.21 times an hour.

817th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.66 times an hour.

204th most giveaways an hour

The points are not coming for him this season

Salomonsson produces 0.52 points an hour of ice time.

781st in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -6 on the season.

691st in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.42 assists an hour of ice time.

737th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.87 shots on goal an hour.

660th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.1 goals an hour of ice time.

707th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 5.22 checks an hour.

338th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.1 points an hour.

395th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.72 shots an hour of ice time.

459th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.25 penalty minutes an hour.

518th most penalty minutes an hour

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

56.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

37 of 65 unblocked, 212th of 241 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

41.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

46 of 111 attempts, 193rd of 241 defencemen

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

27.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

30 attempts from inside the home plate, 51st of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

27.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

30 of 111 attempts, 51st of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

34 attempts, 0 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Salomonsson has taken 111 shot attempts this season.

36 on goal, 28 missed, 46 blocked, 185th of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 11.59 attempts an hour of ice time.

111 attempts in 575 minutes, 58th of 245 defencemen

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

62.2% of his attempts come from the right side.

18 left, 24 middle, 69 right

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 42.3 feet.

111 located attempts, 150th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

50.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

56 long-range attempts, 152nd of 241 defencemen

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Andrei Vasilevskiy has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Andrei Vasilevskiy: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 30 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 2.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 37 shots, 186th of 241 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Salomonsson has 1 goals off 3.6 expected: 2.6 short of what the chances say.

162nd of 241 defencemen

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