Erik Haula Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Haula has scored 2 times on Karel Vejmelka this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 10 attempts, 20.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Joel Hofer has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Karel Vejmelka: 20.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 10 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Mammoth this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joel Hofer: 12 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 90.0% of his draws against Adam Fantilli.

9 of 10 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Elias Lindholm beats him on the draw: he wins only 8.3% of them.

1 of 12 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Kraken have held him without a goal on 15 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

David Pastrnak has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

60.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

128 of 212 unblocked, 409th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

16.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

43 of 255 attempts, 66th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

91 attempts, 5 goals

He gets almost nothing from long range

15.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

39 long-range attempts, 346th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Haula has taken 255 shot attempts this season.

113 on goal, 84 missed, 43 blocked, 163rd of 468 forwards

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 11.33 attempts an hour of ice time.

255 attempts in 1,351 minutes, 286th of 465 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.8 feet.

255 located attempts, 272nd of 468 forwards

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

53.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

136 of 255 attempts, 230th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

52.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

134 attempts from inside the home plate, 234th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 9.3% of them go in.

4 goals on 43 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 12.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 33.

15 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Haula has 15 goals off 16.1 expected: 1.1 short of what the chances say.

279th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 11.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

15 goals on 128 shots, 273rd of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.6% of his attempts.

13 goals on 136 close attempts, 187th of 468 forwards

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

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

38th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -15 on the season.

856th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.84 penalty minutes an hour.

177th most penalty minutes an hour

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.53 points an hour.

181st in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

15 takeaways against 59 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.25 takeaways per giveaway

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

He sets up 1.07 assists an hour of ice time.

297th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Haula produces 1.69 points an hour of ice time.

323rd in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 49.2% of his draws.

187th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.67 times an hour.

629th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.62 goals an hour of ice time.

363rd in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 5.24 checks an hour.

336th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.62 times an hour.

588th most giveaways an hour

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.27 shots an hour of ice time.

562nd in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.51 shots on goal an hour.

409th in the league

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 38.5% of the goals off 50.5% of the expected goals.

12.0 points of goal share below expectation

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 63.03 shot attempts an hour with Haula on the ice at 5v5.

411th of 455 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.5, running cold and likely to correct.

6.9% shooting and 90.6% goaltending behind him, 358th of 455 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Predators score 38.5% of the 5v5 goals with Haula out there.

30 for, 48 against, 389th of 455 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

45.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Haula is on.

433 for, 510 against, 367th of 455 forwards

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

The Predators are down 10 goals with Haula on the ice.

62 for, 72 against, 358th of 465 forwards

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.8 expected goals an hour.

12 goals against in 160 minutes, 50th of 180 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Predators create 4.57 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Haula on.

157th of 455 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 9.34 expected goals an hour.

17 goals in 120 minutes, 174th of 269 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Haula's line owns 48.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

991 for, 1,044 against, 263rd of 455 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.47 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

250th of 455 forwards

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Predators generate 50.5% of the expected goals with Haula on the ice.

75.6 xGF to 74.1 xGA over 994 minutes, 200th of 455 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:34 of power play time a game, 229th among forwards.

8.9% of his total ice time

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:06 of penalty kill time a game, 45th among forwards.

11.9% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Haula plays 16:40 a night, 155th among forwards.

1,351 minutes across 81 games

Luke Evangelista is the partner who brings the best out of him

Haula is at his best beside Evangelista: 60.1% of the expected goals together against 46.9% apart.

246 minutes together, 747 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jonathan Marchessault

The pairing with Marchessault is the one that costs him: 42.2% of the expected goals together, 54.9% apart.

353 minutes together, 641 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Jost is a different player beside him: 56.8% of the expected goals with Haula, 47.8% without him.

120 minutes together, 629 minutes apart for Jost

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Forsberg does better away from him: 53.3% of the expected goals apart against 42.2% together.

240 minutes together, 943 minutes apart

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

Only 5 of his 15 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Haula than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Luke Evangelista are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Haula and Evangelista: 6.01 expected goals an hour.

246 minutes together at 5v5

Michael Bunting is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Bunting than anyone: 403 minutes, worth 55.4% of the expected goals.

17 goals for, 24 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Nick Blankenburg are out together

He gives up least beside Blankenburg: 3.63 expected goals against an hour.

197 minutes together at 5v5

Luke Evangelista is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Evangelista: 90.8% of the expected goals over 86 minutes.

14 goals for, 0 against together

Nicolas Hague is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Hague: 6.17 expected goals against an hour.

63 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Haula with Blankenburg, Bunting, Evangelista and Hague, 31 minutes at 5v5.

76.0% 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 Blankenburg, Bunting, Evangelista and Wood: 7 goals in 25 minutes.

16.5 goals an hour, 3.8 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with O'Reilly, Perbix and Skjei: 0 goals against in 12 minutes.

0.0 against an hour, 2.7 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Haula has been shuffled through 50 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

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

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

Steven Stamkos is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Steven Stamkos has assisted on 4 of his 15 goals, 26.7% of them.

1 primary, 3 secondary

Michael Bunting is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Michael Bunting's goals, 20.8% of his own assists.

1 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.

8 primary of 24 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 15 goals.

Stamkos (4), Evangelista (3), Marchessault (3), Skjei (2)

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