Emil Heineman Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Heineman has scored 3 times on Darcy Kuemper this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 9 attempts, 33.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Brandon Bussi has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Darcy Kuemper: 33.3% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Alex Lyon: 18 attempts, 1 goal.

5.6% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Capitals have held him without a goal on 22 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Heineman has finished his check on Louis Crevier 5 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Matt Roy has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

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

43.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

144 attempts from inside the home plate, 386th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

44.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

145 of 328 attempts, 387th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Heineman has taken 328 shot attempts this season.

153 on goal, 82 missed, 69 blocked, 95th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

29.6% of his attempts are the snap shot.

97 attempts, 13 goals

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

177 of 259 unblocked, 136th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.8 feet.

328 located attempts, 322nd of 468 forwards

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

He fires 14.44 attempts an hour of ice time.

328 attempts in 1,363 minutes, 151st of 466 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

10.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

33 long-range attempts, 154th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

21.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

69 of 328 attempts, 207th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Heineman has 24 goals off 20.2 expected: 3.8 more than the chances alone say.

117th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 24.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 40.

24 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.6% of his attempts.

11 goals on 145 close attempts, 297th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 13.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

24 goals on 177 shots, 194th of 468 forwards

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -13 on the season.

845th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 10.89 checks an hour.

122nd in the league

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

He puts 7.63 shots on goal an hour.

133rd in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.97 goals an hour of ice time.

166th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.4 times an hour.

791st in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 12.9% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

4 of 31 points with the man advantage

He gives the puck away more than he should

9 takeaways against 53 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.17 takeaways per giveaway

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.34 times an hour.

704th most giveaways an hour

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 35.0% of his draws.

422nd in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.4 assists an hour of ice time.

749th in the league

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

He takes 0.79 penalty minutes an hour.

709th most penalty minutes an hour

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.18 points an hour.

346th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Heineman produces 1.37 points an hour of ice time.

437th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.38 shots an hour of ice time.

535th in the league

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.0, running cold and likely to correct.

7.0% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 326th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.85 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

380th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Islanders generate 46.0% of the expected goals with Heineman on the ice.

75.3 xGF to 88.3 xGA over 1,092 minutes, 359th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 8.97 expected goals an hour.

14 goals in 140 minutes, 192nd of 269 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Islanders score 44.4% of the 5v5 goals with Heineman out there.

36 for, 45 against, 310th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Islanders create 4.14 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Heineman on.

286th of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.39 shot attempts an hour with Heineman on the ice at 5v5.

291st of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Heineman's line owns 50.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,085 for, 1,063 against, 162nd of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Heineman is on.

517 for, 500 against, 178th of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Islanders are down 2 goals with Heineman on the ice.

60 for, 62 against, 266th of 466 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Heineman plays 16:36 a night, 159th among forwards.

1,363 minutes across 82 games

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:56 of power play time a game, 181st among forwards.

10.3% of his total ice time

Mathew Barzal is the partner who brings the best out of him

Heineman is at his best beside Barzal: 54.1% of the expected goals together against 43.2% apart.

280 minutes together, 813 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Scott Mayfield

The pairing with Mayfield is the one that costs him: 36.7% of the expected goals together, 48.5% apart.

275 minutes together, 818 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Mayfield does better away from him: 46.0% of the expected goals apart against 36.7% together.

275 minutes together, 888 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Palmieri is a different player beside him: 50.2% of the expected goals with Heineman, 42.1% without him.

121 minutes together, 194 minutes apart for Palmieri

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

Only 4 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Heineman than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Anders Lee are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Heineman and Lee: 5.06 expected goals an hour.

169 minutes together at 5v5

Bo Horvat is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Horvat than anyone: 645 minutes, worth 47.1% of the expected goals.

27 goals for, 25 against together

The goals go his team's way when Ryan Pulock is out there with him

With Pulock on the ice too, the Islanders have outscored opponents 15 to 10 at 5v5.

60.0% goal share over 415 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Mathew Barzal are out together

He gives up least beside Barzal: 4.15 expected goals against an hour.

280 minutes together at 5v5

Mathew Barzal is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Barzal: 95.1% of the expected goals over 54 minutes.

7 goals for, 2 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Heineman with Drouin, Horvat, Pelech and Pulock, 40 minutes at 5v5.

30.6% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Drouin, Horvat, Pelech and Pulock: 30.6% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 2 against over 40 minutes

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Horvat, Palmieri, Pulock and Schaefer: 65.9% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

1 goal for, 1 against, 59.6% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Heineman has played 37 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 of them for real minutes.

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 Heineman this season.

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

Mathew Barzal is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Mathew Barzal has assisted on 7 of his 24 goals, 29.2% of them.

4 primary, 3 secondary

Bo Horvat is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 7 of Bo Horvat's goals, 77.8% of his own assists.

3 primary, 4 secondary

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

33.3% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

3 primary of 9 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 24 goals.

Barzal (7), DeAngelo (7), Horvat (6), Drouin (5)

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