Filip Forsberg Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Forsberg 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

Cam Talbot 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 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 5 goals against the Blues this season.

26 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Alex Lyon: 20 attempts, 1 goal.

5.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Oilers have held him without a goal on 19 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Sam Steel has drawn 3 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Forsberg has taken 558 shot attempts this season.

208 on goal, 147 missed, 161 blocked, 7th of 468 forwards

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

33.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

188 attempts from inside the home plate, 460th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

34.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

190 of 558 attempts, 460th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 21.62 attempts an hour of ice time.

558 attempts in 1,549 minutes, 16th of 466 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 31.5 feet.

558 located attempts, 442nd of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

28.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

161 of 558 attempts, 439th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

16.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

93 long-range attempts, 384th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

32.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

182 attempts, 25 goals

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

42.7% of his attempts come from the right side.

163 left, 157 middle, 238 right

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

250 of 397 unblocked, 331st of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Forsberg has 42 goals off 26.5 expected: 15.5 more than the chances alone say.

15th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 12.1% of his attempts.

23 goals on 190 close attempts, 75th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 16.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

42 goals on 250 shots, 80th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 20.0% of them go in.

5 goals on 25 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 26.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 93.

42 goals located by coordinate

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.55 goals an hour of ice time.

29th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.86 times an hour.

32nd in the league

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

He puts 9.46 shots on goal an hour.

39th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 1.01 points an hour.

51st in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Forsberg produces 2.91 points an hour of ice time.

65th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.07 times an hour.

117th most giveaways an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.28 shots an hour of ice time.

802nd in the league

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

He sets up 1.36 assists an hour of ice time.

173rd in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Forsberg has 3 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

40 goals in total

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 31.2% of his draws.

454th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

48 takeaways against 105 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.46 takeaways per giveaway

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 4.8 checks an hour.

373rd in the league

The scoreboard is roughly even with him out there

He is -2 on the season.

554th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.32 penalty minutes an hour.

494th most penalty minutes an hour

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

The Predators are up 37 goals with Forsberg on the ice.

102 for, 65 against, 43rd of 466 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.5, running hot and likely to cool.

9.2% shooting and 92.3% goaltending behind him, 132nd of 458 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Forsberg's line owns 52.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,215 for, 1,117 against, 121st of 458 forwards

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

The Predators score 53.8% of the 5v5 goals with Forsberg out there.

50 for, 43 against, 133rd of 458 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Predators create 4.58 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Forsberg on.

155th of 458 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Predators generate 51.4% of the expected goals with Forsberg on the ice.

90.2 xGF to 85.3 xGA over 1,183 minutes, 163rd of 458 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.13 expected goals an hour.

38 goals in 245 minutes, 119th of 269 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.33 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

205th of 458 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

49.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Forsberg is on.

544 for, 562 against, 244th of 458 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 56.65 shot attempts an hour with Forsberg on the ice at 5v5.

224th of 458 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Forsberg plays 18:53 a night, 66th among forwards.

1,549 minutes across 82 games

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

He draws 2:59 of power play time a game, 90th among forwards.

15.8% of his total ice time

Spencer Stastney is the partner who brings the best out of him

Forsberg is at his best beside Stastney: 72.8% of the expected goals together against 49.2% apart.

102 minutes together, 1,080 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jonathan Marchessault

The pairing with Marchessault is the one that costs him: 38.5% of the expected goals together, 55.7% apart.

308 minutes together, 874 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Stastney is a different player beside him: 72.8% of the expected goals with Forsberg, 48.4% without him.

102 minutes together, 286 minutes apart for Stastney

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Marchessault does better away from him: 50.4% of the expected goals apart against 38.5% together.

308 minutes together, 499 minutes apart

He and Spencer Stastney are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Forsberg and Stastney: 7.0 expected goals an hour.

102 minutes together at 5v5

Ryan O'Reilly is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with O'Reilly than anyone: 576 minutes, worth 56.5% of the expected goals.

28 goals for, 18 against together

The goals go his team's way when Nicolas Hague is out there with him

With Hague on the ice too, the Predators have outscored opponents 14 to 8 at 5v5.

63.6% goal share over 296 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Spencer Stastney are out together

He gives up least beside Stastney: 2.61 expected goals against an hour.

102 minutes together at 5v5

Brady Skjei is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Skjei: 95.4% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

3 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Forsberg with Evangelista, O'Reilly, Perbix and Skjei, 68 minutes at 5v5.

56.3% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Josi, Marchessault, O'Reilly and Stamkos: 16 goals in 109 minutes.

8.78 goals an hour, 18.5 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Blankenburg, Evangelista, Hague and O'Reilly: 75.0% of the expected goals over 38 minutes.

4 goals for, 0 against, 75.6% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Josi, O'Reilly, Perbix and Stamkos: 39.6% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 2 against over 32 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Forsberg has played 45 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 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

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

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

Roman Josi is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Roman Josi has assisted on 11 of his 42 goals, 26.2% of them.

5 primary, 6 secondary

Ryan O'Reilly is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 10 of Ryan O'Reilly's goals, 28.6% of his own assists.

7 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

68.6% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

24 primary of 35 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 42 goals.

Josi (11), O'Reilly (11), Evangelista (7), Stamkos (6)

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