Jake Neighbours Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Neighbours has scored 1 times on Arvid Soderblom this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Karel Vejmelka has turned him away every time: 7 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Panthers this season.

4 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Juuse Saros: 9 attempts, 1 goal.

11.1% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Neighbours has finished his check on Nick Perbix 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Brandt Clarke.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 20.6 feet.

164 located attempts, 17th of 468 forwards

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

67.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

110 attempts from inside the home plate, 31st of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

67.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

110 of 164 attempts, 32nd of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

7.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

12 long-range attempts, 65th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 9.36 attempts an hour of ice time.

164 attempts in 1,051 minutes, 395th of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

52 attempts, 6 goals

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

59.8% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

44 left, 98 middle, 22 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

67.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

89 of 131 unblocked, 150th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

20.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

33 of 164 attempts, 167th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Neighbours has taken 164 shot attempts this season.

74 on goal, 42 missed, 33 blocked, 280th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 16.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

15 goals on 89 shots, 76th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 17.9% of them go in.

5 goals on 28 attempts

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.9% of his attempts.

12 goals on 110 close attempts, 121st of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 16.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 47.

15 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Neighbours has 15 goals off 14.5 expected: 0.5 more than the chances alone say.

204th of 468 forwards

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 25.0% of his draws.

488th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 8.74 checks an hour.

175th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Neighbours produces 2.06 points an hour of ice time.

213th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -7 on the season.

738th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.86 goals an hour of ice time.

228th in the league

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

He sets up 1.2 assists an hour of ice time.

229th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

14 takeaways against 43 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.33 takeaways per giveaway

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.46 penalty minutes an hour.

235th most penalty minutes an hour

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.4 points an hour.

242nd in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.46 times an hour.

662nd most giveaways an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 2.06 shots an hour of ice time.

607th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.8 times an hour.

512th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.92 shots on goal an hour.

511th in the league

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 7.96 expected goals an hour.

20 goals in 144 minutes, 235th of 269 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.78 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

54th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Blues create 3.91 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Neighbours on.

350th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.53 shot attempts an hour with Neighbours on the ice at 5v5.

108th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.5, close to neutral.

11.9% shooting and 88.5% goaltending behind him, 179th of 454 forwards

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

The Blues are up 13 goals with Neighbours on the ice.

67 for, 54 against, 125th of 466 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Blues generate 50.9% of the expected goals with Neighbours on the ice.

56.6 xGF to 54.7 xGA over 869 minutes, 182nd of 454 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Blues score 50.6% of the 5v5 goals with Neighbours out there.

43 for, 42 against, 196th of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

49.6% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Neighbours is on.

360 for, 366 against, 226th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Neighbours's line owns 49.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

753 for, 775 against, 229th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Neighbours plays 15:13 a night, 218th among forwards.

1,051 minutes across 69 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:07 of power play time a game, 161st among forwards.

13.7% of his total ice time

Jordan Kyrou is the partner who brings the best out of him

Neighbours is at his best beside Kyrou: 57.9% of the expected goals together against 46.0% apart.

368 minutes together, 501 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jimmy Snuggerud

The pairing with Snuggerud is the one that costs him: 37.7% of the expected goals together, 53.1% apart.

106 minutes together, 763 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Snuggerud does better away from him: 49.2% of the expected goals apart against 37.7% together.

106 minutes together, 855 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Buchnevich is a different player beside him: 54.5% of the expected goals with Neighbours, 47.0% without him.

362 minutes together, 688 minutes apart for Buchnevich

He and Robert Thomas are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Neighbours and Thomas: 5.14 expected goals an hour.

301 minutes together at 5v5

Jordan Kyrou is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Kyrou than anyone: 368 minutes, worth 57.9% of the expected goals.

19 goals for, 9 against together

The goals go his team's way when Jordan Kyrou is out there with him

With Kyrou on the ice too, the Blues have outscored opponents 19 to 9 at 5v5.

67.9% goal share over 368 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Jordan Kyrou are out together

He gives up least beside Kyrou: 3.17 expected goals against an hour.

368 minutes together at 5v5

Cam Fowler is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Fowler: 93.2% of the expected goals over 35 minutes.

5 goals for, 1 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Neighbours with Broberg, Buchnevich, Parayko and Thomas, 40 minutes at 5v5.

59.3% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Broberg, Holloway, Snuggerud and Thomas: 6 goals in 26 minutes.

14.05 goals an hour, 4.7 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Broberg, Kyrou, Parayko and Thomas: 72.2% of the expected goals over 39 minutes.

3 goals for, 0 against, 60.0% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Neighbours has been shuffled through 41 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

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Neighbours this season.

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

Pavel Buchnevich is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Pavel Buchnevich has assisted on 4 of his 15 goals, 26.7% of them.

2 primary, 2 secondary

Pavel Buchnevich is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Pavel Buchnevich's goals, 19.0% of his own assists.

3 primary, 1 secondary

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

66.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

14 primary of 21 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 15 goals.

Buchnevich (4), Thomas (4), Kyrou (3), Fowler (3)

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