John Tavares Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Tavares has scored 3 times on Darcy Kuemper this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 8 attempts, 37.5%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Logan Thompson has turned him away every time: 17 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Darcy Kuemper: 37.5% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Ducks this season.

13 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Logan Thompson: 17 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 90.9% of his draws against Alexander Wennberg.

10 of 11 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Brayden Point beats him on the draw: he wins only 22.2% of them.

2 of 9 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Capitals have held him without a goal on 19 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Mike Matheson has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

5.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

20 long-range attempts, 25th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 21.4 feet.

384 located attempts, 30th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Tavares has taken 384 shot attempts this season.

162 on goal, 111 missed, 80 blocked, 51st of 468 forwards

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

63.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

245 attempts from inside the home plate, 61st of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

63.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

245 of 384 attempts, 62nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

33.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

129 attempts, 18 goals

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

He fires 15.46 attempts an hour of ice time.

384 attempts in 1,491 minutes, 108th of 466 forwards

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

52.3% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

105 left, 201 middle, 78 right

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

193 of 304 unblocked, 314th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

20.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

80 of 384 attempts, 198th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 16.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

31 goals on 193 shots, 101st of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 18.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 73.

31 goals located by coordinate

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.2% of his attempts.

25 goals on 245 close attempts, 159th of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Tavares has 31 goals off 30.7 expected: 0.3 more than the chances alone say.

212th of 468 forwards

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -28 on the season.

925th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Tavares produces 2.86 points an hour of ice time.

71st in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.97 shots an hour of ice time.

872nd in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.25 goals an hour of ice time.

77th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 57.5% of his draws.

52nd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.85 points an hour.

89th in the league

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

He sets up 1.61 assists an hour of ice time.

113th in the league

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

He puts 7.73 shots on goal an hour.

124th in the league

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

Tavares has 4 game winners including 2 in overtime this season.

31 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

26 takeaways against 75 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.35 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.05 times an hour.

288th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 2.98 checks an hour.

559th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 3.02 times an hour.

416th most giveaways an hour

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.13 penalty minutes an hour.

578th most penalty minutes an hour

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 60.34 shot attempts an hour with Tavares on the ice at 5v5.

357th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.3, close to neutral.

10.4% shooting and 88.8% goaltending behind him, 258th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

47.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Tavares is on.

517 for, 581 against, 323rd of 454 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.76 expected goals an hour.

28 goals in 218 minutes, 85th of 269 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

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

305th of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Maple Leafs score 45.4% of the 5v5 goals with Tavares out there.

54 for, 65 against, 301st of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Maple Leafs generate 47.8% of the expected goals with Tavares on the ice.

81.1 xGF to 88.5 xGA over 1,155 minutes, 292nd of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Tavares's line owns 48.0% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,073 for, 1,161 against, 286th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Maple Leafs create 4.21 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Tavares on.

261st of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Maple Leafs are up 3 goals with Tavares on the ice.

98 for, 95 against, 199th of 466 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Tavares plays 18:10 a night, 94th among forwards.

1,491 minutes across 82 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:47 of power play time a game, 113th among forwards.

14.6% of his total ice time

It stops working when he is paired with Philippe Myers

The pairing with Myers is the one that costs him: 37.6% of the expected goals together, 49.3% apart.

143 minutes together, 1,011 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Maccelli is a different player beside him: 52.2% of the expected goals with Tavares, 39.6% without him.

458 minutes together, 413 minutes apart for Maccelli

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

11 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Tavares than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Matias Maccelli is the partner who brings the best out of him

Tavares is at his best beside Maccelli: 52.2% of the expected goals together against 44.9% apart.

458 minutes together, 697 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Myers does better away from him: 40.4% of the expected goals apart against 37.6% together.

143 minutes together, 379 minutes apart

He and Morgan Rielly are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Tavares and Rielly: 4.84 expected goals an hour.

424 minutes together at 5v5

William Nylander is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Nylander than anyone: 621 minutes, worth 49.5% of the expected goals.

37 goals for, 39 against together

The goals go his team's way when Nicholas Robertson is out there with him

With Robertson on the ice too, the Maple Leafs have outscored opponents 7 to 5 at 5v5.

58.3% goal share over 147 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Bobby McMann are out together

He gives up least beside McMann: 4.0 expected goals against an hour.

160 minutes together at 5v5

Morgan Rielly is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Rielly: 94.3% of the expected goals over 128 minutes.

14 goals for, 4 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Tavares with Carlo, Maccelli, Nylander and Rielly, 34 minutes at 5v5.

46.1% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 4 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Knies, Matthews, Nylander and Rielly: 6 goals in 58 minutes.

6.18 goals an hour, 12.4 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Cowan, Ekman-Larsson, Nylander and Rielly: 72.3% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

4 goals for, 2 against, 60.7% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Tavares has been shuffled through 57 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 Tavares this season.

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

William Nylander is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

William Nylander has assisted on 13 of his 31 goals, 41.9% of them.

11 primary, 2 secondary

William Nylander is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 9 of William Nylander's goals, 22.5% of his own assists.

6 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

52.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

21 primary of 40 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

13 different teammates have assisted on his 31 goals.

Nylander (13), Knies (11), Ekman-Larsson (8), Cowan (4)

John Tavares

Select a Matchup

Crunching the Numbers