Isaac Howard Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Nurse does better away from him: 49.2% of the expected goals apart against 41.9% together.

112 minutes together, 1,419 minutes apart

Matt Savoie is the partner who brings the best out of him

Howard is at his best beside Savoie: 43.3% of the expected goals together against 40.1% apart.

129 minutes together, 154 minutes apart

Matt Savoie is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Savoie than anyone: 129 minutes, worth 43.3% of the expected goals.

4 goals for, 8 against together

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Oilers create 3.29 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Howard on.

434th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Oilers generate 41.7% of the expected goals with Howard on the ice.

15.5 xGF to 21.7 xGA over 283 minutes, 428th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 94.2, running cold and likely to correct.

6.8% shooting and 87.4% goaltending behind him, 443rd of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Howard's line owns 44.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

236 for, 298 against, 418th of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 63.11 shot attempts an hour with Howard on the ice at 5v5.

412th of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Oilers score 36.4% of the 5v5 goals with Howard out there.

8 for, 14 against, 405th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 36.4% of the goals off 41.7% of the expected goals.

5.3 points of goal share below expectation

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

The Oilers are down 6 goals with Howard on the ice.

9 for, 15 against, 314th of 463 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.6 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

304th of 454 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

51.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Howard is on.

117 for, 111 against, 162nd of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Howard plays 10:18 a night, 485th among forwards.

299 minutes across 29 games

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1 shots an hour of ice time.

866th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.4 times an hour.

789th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.41 checks an hour.

774th in the league

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

He puts 7.23 shots on goal an hour.

168th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.41 penalty minutes an hour.

247th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -6 on the season.

692nd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.42 times an hour.

274th most giveaways an hour

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.6 assists an hour of ice time.

611th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Howard produces 1 points an hour of ice time.

590th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.4 goals an hour of ice time.

485th in the league

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Howard has taken 75 shot attempts this season.

34 on goal, 21 missed, 18 blocked, 417th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 30.1 feet.

75 located attempts, 415th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

44.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

33 of 75 attempts, 388th of 468 forwards

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

44.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

33 attempts from inside the home plate, 384th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

42.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

32 attempts, 1 goals

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

He fires 15.05 attempts an hour of ice time.

75 attempts in 299 minutes, 123rd of 463 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

24.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

18 of 75 attempts, 339th of 468 forwards

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

40.0% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

27 left, 30 middle, 18 right

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

36 of 57 unblocked, 324th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

13.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

10 long-range attempts, 280th of 468 forwards

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Connor Hellebuyck: 6 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 5.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

2 goals on 36 shots, 434th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 5.9% of them go in.

1 goals on 17 attempts

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 6.1% of his attempts.

2 goals on 33 close attempts, 357th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Howard has 2 goals off 3.8 expected: 1.8 short of what the chances say.

313th of 468 forwards

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