Josh Morrissey Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Morrissey has scored 2 times on Spencer Knight this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 8 attempts, 25.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has turned him away every time: 9 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Spencer Knight: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Blues this season.

20 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: 9 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Stars have held him without a goal on 21 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Morrissey has taken 339 shot attempts this season.

132 on goal, 79 missed, 114 blocked, 30th of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

27.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

94 of 339 attempts, 42nd of 241 defencemen

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

27.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

94 attempts from inside the home plate, 42nd of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.0% of his attempts are the slap shot.

105 attempts, 7 goals

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

33.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

114 of 339 attempts, 62nd of 241 defencemen

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

49.6% of his attempts come from the left side.

168 left, 129 middle, 42 right

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 39.9 feet.

339 located attempts, 70th of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 10.69 attempts an hour of ice time.

339 attempts in 1,904 minutes, 80th of 245 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

146 of 225 unblocked, 102nd of 241 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

46.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

157 long-range attempts, 105th of 241 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Morrissey has 14 goals off 12.9 expected: 1.1 more than the chances alone say.

30th of 241 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 9.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

14 goals on 146 shots, 33rd of 241 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 5.3% of his attempts.

5 goals on 94 close attempts, 39th of 221 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 34.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 60.

14 goals located by coordinate

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.14 checks an hour.

811th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +6 on the season.

174th in the league

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

He sets up 1.29 assists an hour of ice time.

195th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.5 points an hour.

193rd in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

17 takeaways against 98 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.17 takeaways per giveaway

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.54 times an hour.

728th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.72 shots an hour of ice time.

277th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Morrissey produces 1.73 points an hour of ice time.

310th in the league

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

He takes 0.95 penalty minutes an hour.

647th most penalty minutes an hour

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.6 shots on goal an hour.

548th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 3.09 times an hour.

393rd most giveaways an hour

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.44 goals an hour of ice time.

457th in the league

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

The Jets are up 28 goals with Morrissey on the ice.

119 for, 91 against, 17th of 245 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 7.81 expected goals an hour.

9 goals against in 54 minutes, 12th of 156 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.6, running hot and likely to cool.

11.5% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 29th of 246 defencemen

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

The Jets score 56.4% of the 5v5 goals with Morrissey out there.

75 for, 58 against, 42nd of 246 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 56.4% of the goals off 50.3% of the expected goals.

6.1 points of goal share above expectation

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.24 shot attempts an hour with Morrissey on the ice at 5v5.

77th of 246 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Morrissey is on.

650 for, 647 against, 100th of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.29 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

106th of 246 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Jets generate 50.3% of the expected goals with Morrissey on the ice.

108.7 xGF to 107.6 xGA over 1,505 minutes, 109th of 246 defencemen

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 9.41 expected goals an hour.

32 goals in 235 minutes, 39th of 85 defencemen

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Morrissey's line owns 49.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,338 for, 1,361 against, 116th of 246 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Jets create 4.33 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Morrissey on.

119th of 246 defencemen

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:09 of penalty kill time a game, 153rd among defencemen.

2.8% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Morrissey plays 24:43 a night, 11th among defencemen.

1,904 minutes across 77 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:03 of power play time a game, 21st among defencemen.

12.4% of his total ice time

It stops working when he is paired with Neal Pionk

The pairing with Pionk is the one that costs him: 42.4% of the expected goals together, 51.3% apart.

173 minutes together, 1,332 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Nyquist is a different player beside him: 51.2% of the expected goals with Morrissey, 43.2% without him.

146 minutes together, 367 minutes apart for Nyquist

Gabriel Vilardi is the partner who brings the best out of him

Morrissey is at his best beside Vilardi: 53.5% of the expected goals together against 48.2% apart.

572 minutes together, 934 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Perfetti does better away from him: 54.9% of the expected goals apart against 49.6% together.

264 minutes together, 597 minutes apart

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

10 of his 15 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Morrissey than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Gabriel Vilardi are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Morrissey and Vilardi: 4.68 expected goals an hour.

572 minutes together at 5v5

Dylan DeMelo is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with DeMelo than anyone: 1,035 minutes, worth 51.0% of the expected goals.

42 goals for, 39 against together

The goals go his team's way when Morgan Barron is out there with him

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

76.9% goal share over 195 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Vladislav Namestnikov are out together

He gives up least beside Namestnikov: 3.67 expected goals against an hour.

213 minutes together at 5v5

Alex Iafallo is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Iafallo: 93.6% of the expected goals over 62 minutes.

5 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with DeMelo, Lowry, Perfetti and Vilardi: 65.7% of the expected goals over 50 minutes.

2 goals for, 2 against, 61.3% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Morrissey with Connor, DeMelo, Scheifele and Vilardi, 266 minutes at 5v5.

55.8% of the expected goals, 19 goals for and 18 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Connor, Perfetti, Scheifele and Vilardi: 13 goals in 87 minutes.

8.99 goals an hour, 12.8 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Connor, Iafallo, Pionk and Scheifele: 35.8% of the expected goals.

3 goals for, 2 against over 38 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Morrissey has played 45 different five-man units at 5v5, 8 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

15 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Morrissey this season.

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

Mark Scheifele is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Mark Scheifele has assisted on 8 of his 14 goals, 57.1% of them.

5 primary, 3 secondary

Kyle Connor is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 11 of Kyle Connor's goals, 26.8% of his own assists.

6 primary, 5 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

53.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

22 primary of 41 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

9 different teammates have assisted on his 14 goals.

Scheifele (8), Connor (7), Vilardi (2), Toews (2)

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