JJ Peterka Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Peterka has scored 3 times on Yaroslav Askarov this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 11 attempts, 27.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Joel Hofer has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Yaroslav Askarov: 27.3% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 11 attempts

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joel Hofer: 11 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

28.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

97 of 338 attempts, 436th of 468 forwards

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

41.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

140 attempts from inside the home plate, 410th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

42.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

145 of 338 attempts, 398th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 29.3 feet.

338 located attempts, 393rd of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Peterka has taken 338 shot attempts this season.

135 on goal, 81 missed, 97 blocked, 82nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.2% of his attempts are the snap shot.

102 attempts, 11 goals

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

He fires 15.47 attempts an hour of ice time.

338 attempts in 1,311 minutes, 104th of 466 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

160 of 241 unblocked, 197th of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

12.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

43 long-range attempts, 256th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Peterka has 25 goals off 16.5 expected: 8.5 more than the chances alone say.

42nd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 14.3% of them go in.

3 goals on 21 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

25 goals on 160 shots, 121st of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 23.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 48.

25 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.3% of his attempts.

12 goals on 145 close attempts, 247th of 468 forwards

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.87 shots an hour of ice time.

890th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.73 checks an hour.

873rd in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.14 goals an hour of ice time.

104th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.98 times an hour.

136th most giveaways an hour

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 10.6% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

5 of 47 points with the man advantage

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

He puts 7.28 shots on goal an hour.

163rd in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Peterka produces 2.15 points an hour of ice time.

196th in the league

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

Peterka has 4 game winners this season.

25 goals in total

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +6 on the season.

185th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

19 takeaways against 87 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.22 takeaways per giveaway

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 33.3% of his draws.

437th in the league

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

He sets up 1.01 assists an hour of ice time.

323rd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.23 points an hour.

320th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.87 times an hour.

433rd in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.28 penalty minutes an hour.

502nd most penalty minutes an hour

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 6.9 expected goals an hour.

12 goals in 157 minutes, 259th of 269 forwards

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

The Bruins score 57.3% of the 5v5 goals with Peterka out there.

51 for, 38 against, 70th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.7, running hot and likely to cool.

9.8% shooting and 91.9% goaltending behind him, 112th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Peterka's line owns 53.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,140 for, 994 against, 77th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.35 shot attempts an hour with Peterka on the ice at 5v5.

100th of 454 forwards

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

52.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Peterka is on.

519 for, 469 against, 109th of 454 forwards

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

The Bruins are up 17 goals with Peterka on the ice.

66 for, 49 against, 115th of 466 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.04 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

112th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Bruins generate 52.5% of the expected goals with Peterka on the ice.

83.2 xGF to 75.3 xGA over 1,118 minutes, 120th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 57.3% of the goals off 52.5% of the expected goals.

4.8 points of goal share above expectation

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Bruins create 4.47 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Peterka on.

176th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Peterka plays 15:59 a night, 186th among forwards.

1,311 minutes across 82 games

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 2:02 of power play time a game, 169th among forwards.

12.0% of his total ice time

Sean Durzi is the partner who brings the best out of him

Peterka is at his best beside Durzi: 59.0% of the expected goals together against 50.5% apart.

290 minutes together, 827 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Durzi is a different player beside him: 59.0% of the expected goals with Peterka, 51.1% without him.

290 minutes together, 728 minutes apart for Durzi

It stops working when he is paired with Dylan Guenther

The pairing with Guenther is the one that costs him: 47.4% of the expected goals together, 54.7% apart.

306 minutes together, 812 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Schmidt does better away from him: 58.6% of the expected goals apart against 51.7% together.

391 minutes together, 970 minutes apart

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

Only 5 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Peterka than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Lawson Crouse are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Peterka and Crouse: 4.89 expected goals an hour.

155 minutes together at 5v5

Nate Schmidt is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Schmidt than anyone: 391 minutes, worth 51.7% of the expected goals.

25 goals for, 10 against together

The goals go his team's way when John Marino is out there with him

With Marino on the ice too, the Bruins have outscored opponents 22 to 8 at 5v5.

73.3% goal share over 382 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Sean Durzi are out together

He gives up least beside Durzi: 3.2 expected goals against an hour.

290 minutes together at 5v5

Barrett Hayton is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Hayton: 87.8% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

0 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Cooley, Guenther, Marino and Schmidt: 64.6% of the expected goals over 49 minutes.

8 goals for, 1 against, 66.7% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Peterka with Keller, Marino, Schmaltz and Schmidt, 63 minutes at 5v5.

53.1% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 0 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Guenther, Keller, Schmaltz and Sergachev: 6 goals in 62 minutes.

5.76 goals an hour, 8.6 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Cooley, Guenther, Sergachev and Simashev: 40.6% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 4 against over 38 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Peterka has played 43 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 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

16 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Peterka this season.

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

Clayton Keller is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Clayton Keller has assisted on 5 of his 25 goals, 20.0% of them.

1 primary, 4 secondary

Clayton Keller is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Clayton Keller's goals, 18.2% of his own assists.

1 primary, 3 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.

11 primary of 22 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

16 different teammates have assisted on his 25 goals.

Keller (5), Marino (4), Guenther (4), Cooley (3)

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