Kailer Yamamoto Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Yamamoto has scored 2 times on Brandon Bussi this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 6 attempts, 33.3%

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Stars this season.

5 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Brandon Bussi: 6 attempts, 2 goals.

33.3% conversion

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

77.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

60 of 77 unblocked, 3rd of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

3.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

3 long-range attempts, 7th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 7.93 attempts an hour of ice time.

92 attempts in 696 minutes, 438th of 466 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 21.8 feet.

92 located attempts, 39th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

16.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

15 of 92 attempts, 57th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Yamamoto has taken 92 shot attempts this season.

47 on goal, 17 missed, 15 blocked, 387th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

60.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

56 of 92 attempts, 92nd of 468 forwards

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

60.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

56 attempts from inside the home plate, 91st of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

28 attempts, 5 goals

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

48.9% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

14 left, 45 middle, 33 right

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 21.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 60 shots, 9th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 16.1% of his attempts.

9 goals on 56 close attempts, 13th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Yamamoto has 13 goals off 7.9 expected: 5.1 more than the chances alone say.

87th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 21.7% of them go in.

5 goals on 23 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 17.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 37.

13 goals located by coordinate

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.47 times an hour.

93rd in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.12 goals an hour of ice time.

109th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +11 on the season.

115th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.07 times an hour.

791st most giveaways an hour

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Yamamoto produces 1.99 points an hour of ice time.

226th in the league

He manages the puck about as well as anyone

17 takeaways against 24 giveaways: roughly a wash.

0.71 takeaways per giveaway

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.64 shots an hour of ice time.

716th in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 41.2% of his draws.

342nd in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.86 assists an hour of ice time.

431st in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.21 penalty minutes an hour.

543rd most penalty minutes an hour

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.26 shots on goal an hour.

454th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.06 checks an hour.

454th in the league

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.6 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

22nd of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 49.49 shot attempts an hour with Yamamoto on the ice at 5v5.

38th of 454 forwards

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

The Mammoth score 58.1% of the 5v5 goals with Yamamoto out there.

36 for, 26 against, 56th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.1, running hot and likely to cool.

13.0% shooting and 89.1% goaltending behind him, 93rd of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Mammoth generate 55.0% of the expected goals with Yamamoto on the ice.

48.4 xGF to 39.6 xGA over 661 minutes, 70th of 454 forwards

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

53.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Yamamoto is on.

276 for, 238 against, 77th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Yamamoto's line owns 52.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

613 for, 545 against, 93rd of 454 forwards

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

The Mammoth are up 11 goals with Yamamoto on the ice.

37 for, 26 against, 140th of 466 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 58.1% of the goals off 55.0% of the expected goals.

3.1 points of goal share above expectation

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Mammoth create 4.4 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Yamamoto on.

200th of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Yamamoto plays 11:47 a night, 403rd among forwards.

696 minutes across 59 games

It stops working when he is paired with Brandon Tanev

The pairing with Tanev is the one that costs him: 42.0% of the expected goals together, 57.5% apart.

130 minutes together, 531 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Stenlund is a different player beside him: 52.0% of the expected goals with Yamamoto, 43.2% without him.

245 minutes together, 624 minutes apart for Stenlund

Nick DeSimone is the partner who brings the best out of him

Yamamoto is at his best beside DeSimone: 61.0% of the expected goals together against 53.8% apart.

102 minutes together, 559 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Tanev does better away from him: 49.9% of the expected goals apart against 42.0% together.

130 minutes together, 379 minutes apart

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

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

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Dylan Guenther are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Yamamoto and Guenther: 5.58 expected goals an hour.

153 minutes together at 5v5

Kevin Stenlund is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Stenlund than anyone: 245 minutes, worth 52.0% of the expected goals.

9 goals for, 8 against together

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

With Marino on the ice too, the Mammoth have outscored opponents 13 to 5 at 5v5.

72.2% goal share over 229 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Nick DeSimone are out together

He gives up least beside DeSimone: 3.4 expected goals against an hour.

102 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Yamamoto with Cooley, Guenther, Marino and Schmidt, 39 minutes at 5v5.

70.4% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 2 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Yamamoto has been shuffled through 34 different five-man units, and only 1 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

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Yamamoto this season.

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

Logan Cooley is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Logan Cooley has assisted on 3 of his 13 goals, 23.1% of them.

1 primary, 2 secondary

Michael Carcone is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Michael Carcone's goals, 30.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

70.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 10 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

16 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

Cooley (3), Guenther (2), Peterka (2), Stenlund (2)

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