Jayden Struble Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Juraj Slafkovský is the partner who brings the best out of him

Struble is at his best beside Slafkovský: 57.7% of the expected goals together against 45.0% apart.

205 minutes together, 595 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Brendan Gallagher

The pairing with Gallagher is the one that costs him: 40.8% of the expected goals together, 51.0% apart.

178 minutes together, 622 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Slafkovský is a different player beside him: 57.7% of the expected goals with Struble, 45.5% without him.

205 minutes together, 934 minutes apart for Slafkovský

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Gallagher does better away from him: 53.2% of the expected goals apart against 40.8% together.

178 minutes together, 648 minutes apart

He and Juraj Slafkovský are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Struble and Slafkovský: 4.73 expected goals an hour.

205 minutes together at 5v5

Lane Hutson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Hutson than anyone: 475 minutes, worth 52.3% of the expected goals.

21 goals for, 20 against together

The goals go his team's way when Nick Suzuki is out there with him

With Suzuki on the ice too, the Canadiens have outscored opponents 12 to 3 at 5v5.

80.0% goal share over 194 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Cole Caufield are out together

He gives up least beside Caufield: 3.43 expected goals against an hour.

181 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Suzuki: 72.6% of the expected goals over 83 minutes.

3 goals for, 1 against, 64.5% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Demidov, Hutson, Kapanen and Newhook: 36.3% of the expected goals.

5 goals for, 2 against over 62 minutes

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Struble with Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Suzuki, 83 minutes at 5v5.

72.6% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Struble has been shuffled through 30 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

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Struble this season.

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

Cole Caufield is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Cole Caufield's goals, 20.0% of his own assists.

0 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

50.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 10 assists

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.5, running hot and likely to cool.

11.4% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 31st of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.02 shot attempts an hour with Struble on the ice at 5v5.

47th of 246 defencemen

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

The Canadiens score 53.8% of the 5v5 goals with Struble out there.

35 for, 30 against, 60th of 246 defencemen

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

The Canadiens are up 4 goals with Struble on the ice.

36 for, 32 against, 53rd of 245 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 53.8% of the goals off 48.2% of the expected goals.

5.6 points of goal share above expectation

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Canadiens create 4.01 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Struble on.

179th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

47.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Struble is on.

306 for, 335 against, 159th of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Canadiens generate 48.2% of the expected goals with Struble on the ice.

53.5 xGF to 57.4 xGA over 800 minutes, 147th of 246 defencemen

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Struble's line owns 50.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

710 for, 707 against, 104th of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.3 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

107th of 246 defencemen

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Struble plays 14:01 a night, 262nd among defencemen.

827 minutes across 59 games

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 1.81 shots on goal an hour.

899th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 4.21 penalty minutes an hour.

92nd most penalty minutes an hour

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.77 times an hour.

176th most giveaways an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 8.34 checks an hour.

188th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

13 takeaways against 52 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.25 takeaways per giveaway

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +4 on the season.

220th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.14 goals an hour of ice time.

677th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Struble produces 0.87 points an hour of ice time.

640th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.94 times an hour.

377th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.32 shots an hour of ice time.

545th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.73 assists an hour of ice time.

530th in the league

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

53.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

26 of 49 unblocked, 235th of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 6.46 attempts an hour of ice time.

89 attempts in 827 minutes, 225th of 245 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

44.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

40 of 89 attempts, 219th of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Struble has taken 89 shot attempts this season.

24 on goal, 23 missed, 40 blocked, 203rd of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

28.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

25 of 89 attempts, 38th of 241 defencemen

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

28.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

25 attempts from inside the home plate, 37th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

34.8% of his attempts are the snap shot.

31 attempts, 1 goals

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

53.9% of his attempts come from the left side.

48 left, 18 middle, 23 right

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 40.9 feet.

89 located attempts, 97th of 241 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

47.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

42 long-range attempts, 117th of 241 defencemen

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Struble has finished his check on Nick Paul 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Yanni Gourde has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

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

His deadliest shot is the wrist shot: 6.2% of them go in.

1 goals on 16 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 7.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

2 goals on 26 shots, 59th of 241 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.0% of his attempts.

1 goals on 25 close attempts, 60th of 221 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Struble has 2 goals off 3.3 expected: 1.3 short of what the chances say.

93rd of 241 defencemen

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