Joel Kiviranta Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Parker Kelly is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kiviranta is at his best beside Kelly: 66.5% of the expected goals together against 54.7% apart.

296 minutes together, 168 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Burns is a different player beside him: 68.6% of the expected goals with Kiviranta, 56.3% without him.

159 minutes together, 1,110 minutes apart for Burns

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

6 of his 6 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kiviranta than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Sam Malinski are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kiviranta and Malinski: 6.09 expected goals an hour.

166 minutes together at 5v5

Parker Kelly is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Kelly than anyone: 296 minutes, worth 66.5% of the expected goals.

14 goals for, 10 against together

The goals go his team's way when Sam Malinski is out there with him

With Malinski on the ice too, the Avalanche have outscored opponents 10 to 3 at 5v5.

76.9% goal share over 166 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Brent Burns are out together

He gives up least beside Burns: 2.71 expected goals against an hour.

159 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Burns, Drury, Kelly and Manson: 77.1% of the expected goals over 45 minutes.

2 goals for, 2 against, 71.1% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kiviranta with Burns, Drury, Kelly and Manson, 45 minutes at 5v5.

77.1% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kiviranta has been shuffled through 16 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

6 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kiviranta this season.

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

Brock Nelson is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Brock Nelson's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

1 primary, 1 secondary

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

At 5v5 the Avalanche generate 62.5% of the expected goals with Kiviranta on the ice.

41.9 xGF to 25.1 xGA over 463 minutes, 1st of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.26 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

2nd of 454 forwards

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 4.68 expected goals an hour.

2 goals against in 53 minutes, 1st of 180 forwards

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

59.6% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kiviranta is on.

240 for, 163 against, 5th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Kiviranta's line owns 58.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

526 for, 368 against, 11th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 47.64 shot attempts an hour with Kiviranta on the ice at 5v5.

16th of 454 forwards

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

The Avalanche score 62.5% of the 5v5 goals with Kiviranta out there.

20 for, 12 against, 20th of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Avalanche create 5.42 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kiviranta on.

28th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.0, close to neutral.

8.3% shooting and 92.6% goaltending behind him, 153rd of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Avalanche are up 5 goals with Kiviranta on the ice.

20 for, 15 against, 186th of 466 forwards

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:15 of penalty kill time a game, 154th among forwards.

10.1% of his total ice time

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Kiviranta plays 10:22 a night, 485th among forwards.

529 minutes across 51 games

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 1.93 times an hour.

823rd most giveaways an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +7 on the season.

161st in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 7.15 checks an hour.

232nd in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.7 shots an hour of ice time.

695th in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.91 penalty minutes an hour.

668th most penalty minutes an hour

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 40.0% of his draws.

351st in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.67 shots on goal an hour.

380th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.91 times an hour.

407th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Kiviranta produces 1.02 points an hour of ice time.

582nd in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.68 assists an hour of ice time.

555th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.34 goals an hour of ice time.

521st in the league

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Kiviranta has taken 92 shot attempts this season.

47 on goal, 22 missed, 20 blocked, 387th of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

69.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

50 of 72 unblocked, 98th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

37.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

34 attempts, 0 goals

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

He fires 10.43 attempts an hour of ice time.

92 attempts in 529 minutes, 344th of 466 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

46.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

43 of 92 attempts, 334th of 468 forwards

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

43.5% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

23 left, 40 middle, 29 right

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

46.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

43 attempts from inside the home plate, 332nd of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

13.0% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

12 long-range attempts, 268th of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 25.5 feet.

92 located attempts, 196th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

21.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

20 of 92 attempts, 246th of 468 forwards

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Victor Ostman: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 6.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 50 shots, 425th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Kiviranta has 3 goals off 6.7 expected: 3.7 short of what the chances say.

388th of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.0% of his attempts.

3 goals on 43 close attempts, 324th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 13.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 21.

3 goals located by coordinate

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