Justin Sourdif Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Aliaksei Protas is the partner who brings the best out of him

Sourdif is at his best beside Protas: 60.8% of the expected goals together against 49.2% apart.

354 minutes together, 664 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Ryan Leonard

The pairing with Leonard is the one that costs him: 44.5% of the expected goals together, 56.4% apart.

258 minutes together, 760 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Duhaime is a different player beside him: 58.5% of the expected goals with Sourdif, 46.8% without him.

180 minutes together, 621 minutes apart for Duhaime

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Beauvillier does better away from him: 50.2% of the expected goals apart against 45.6% together.

219 minutes together, 903 minutes apart

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

10 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Sourdif than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Aliaksei Protas are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Sourdif and Protas: 6.03 expected goals an hour.

354 minutes together at 5v5

Matt Roy is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Roy than anyone: 373 minutes, worth 54.1% of the expected goals.

17 goals for, 11 against together

The goals go his team's way when Aliaksei Protas is out there with him

With Protas on the ice too, the Capitals have outscored opponents 20 to 6 at 5v5.

76.9% goal share over 354 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Brandon Duhaime are out together

He gives up least beside Duhaime: 2.81 expected goals against an hour.

180 minutes together at 5v5

John Carlson is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Carlson: 98.1% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Chychrun, Protas, Roy and Wilson: 66.9% of the expected goals over 58 minutes.

3 goals for, 2 against, 56.2% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Sourdif with Carlson, Fehérváry, Protas and Wilson, 60 minutes at 5v5.

53.4% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Sourdif has been shuffled through 38 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

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Sourdif this season.

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

Connor McMichael is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Connor McMichael has assisted on 7 of his 15 goals, 46.7% of them.

5 primary, 2 secondary

Ryan Leonard is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Ryan Leonard's goals, 20.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

55.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

11 primary of 20 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 15 goals.

McMichael (7), Leonard (3), Wilson (3), Roy (2)

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

The Capitals score 62.7% of the 5v5 goals with Sourdif out there.

47 for, 28 against, 18th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 103.6, running hot and likely to cool.

10.2% shooting and 93.5% goaltending behind him, 42nd of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 62.7% of the goals off 53.7% of the expected goals.

9.0 points of goal share above expectation

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 7.98 expected goals an hour.

9 goals in 79 minutes, 233rd of 269 forwards

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

The Capitals are up 26 goals with Sourdif on the ice.

62 for, 36 against, 82nd of 466 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Capitals generate 53.7% of the expected goals with Sourdif on the ice.

81.5 xGF to 70.3 xGA over 1,018 minutes, 93rd of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Capitals create 4.8 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Sourdif on.

106th of 454 forwards

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

51.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Sourdif is on.

462 for, 429 against, 129th of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.15 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

147th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.0 shot attempts an hour with Sourdif on the ice at 5v5.

156th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Sourdif's line owns 50.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

965 for, 933 against, 158th of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:31 of power play time a game, 239th among forwards.

6.9% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Sourdif plays 14:44 a night, 249th among forwards.

1,150 minutes across 78 games

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.48 times an hour.

91st in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +11 on the season.

122nd in the league

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

He puts 7.58 shots on goal an hour.

139th in the league

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

Only 7.7% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

2 of 26 points with the man advantage

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.86 times an hour.

162nd most giveaways an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

21 takeaways against 55 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.38 takeaways per giveaway

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.84 goals an hour of ice time.

236th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 6.95 checks an hour.

240th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Sourdif produces 1.83 points an hour of ice time.

275th in the league

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

He sets up 0.98 assists an hour of ice time.

338th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.75 penalty minutes an hour.

371st most penalty minutes an hour

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.14 points an hour.

373rd in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 45.9% of his draws.

252nd in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.81 shots an hour of ice time.

439th in the league

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

61.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

108 of 175 unblocked, 377th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

27.6% of his attempts are the snap shot.

62 attempts, 8 goals

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

43.1% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

55 left, 97 middle, 73 right

He gets almost nothing from long range

14.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

33 long-range attempts, 325th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 26.9 feet.

225 located attempts, 277th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

22.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

50 of 225 attempts, 272nd of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Sourdif has taken 225 shot attempts this season.

93 on goal, 67 missed, 50 blocked, 196th of 468 forwards

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

51.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

115 of 225 attempts, 265th of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 11.74 attempts an hour of ice time.

225 attempts in 1,150 minutes, 260th of 466 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

51.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

115 attempts from inside the home plate, 260th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Sourdif has scored 1 times on Jet Greaves this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Samuel Ersson has turned him away every time: 7 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Ducks this season.

6 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Frederik Andersen: 8 attempts, 1 goal.

12.5% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 70.0% of his draws against Sean Monahan.

7 of 10 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Sebastian Aho beats him on the draw: he wins only 23.1% of them.

3 of 13 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Flyers have held him without a goal on 15 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Travis Konecny has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 16.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 37.

15 goals located by coordinate

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 13.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

15 goals on 108 shots, 180th of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Sourdif has 15 goals off 15.6 expected: 0.6 short of what the chances say.

252nd of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.7% of his attempts.

10 goals on 115 close attempts, 226th of 468 forwards

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