Keegan Kolesar Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joey Daccord: 7 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Kolesar has finished his check on Joel Hanley 9 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Brandon Montour has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Michael Bunting has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He gets almost nothing from long range

23.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

33 long-range attempts, 461st of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 30.9 feet.

138 located attempts, 428th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 8.75 attempts an hour of ice time.

138 attempts in 946 minutes, 416th of 466 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

25.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

35 of 138 attempts, 379th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

34.8% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

48 attempts, 3 goals

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

44.2% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

35 left, 61 middle, 42 right

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Kolesar has taken 138 shot attempts this season.

60 on goal, 37 missed, 35 blocked, 323rd of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

64.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

66 of 103 unblocked, 280th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

52.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

73 attempts from inside the home plate, 226th of 468 forwards

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

52.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

73 of 138 attempts, 236th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 9.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

6 goals on 66 shots, 357th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Kolesar has 6 goals off 8.6 expected: 2.6 short of what the chances say.

346th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 10.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 23.

6 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.2% of his attempts.

6 goals on 73 close attempts, 254th of 468 forwards

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 17.13 checks an hour.

42nd in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -14 on the season.

855th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 3.49 penalty minutes an hour.

134th most penalty minutes an hour

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.38 times an hour.

796th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

6 takeaways against 39 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.15 takeaways per giveaway

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

214th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.47 times an hour.

655th most giveaways an hour

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 38.7% of his draws.

378th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 4.25 shots on goal an hour.

607th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Kolesar produces 1.08 points an hour of ice time.

555th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.7 assists an hour of ice time.

546th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.38 goals an hour of ice time.

499th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.73 shots an hour of ice time.

456th in the league

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 35.4% of the goals off 49.3% of the expected goals.

13.9 points of goal share below expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 94.2, running cold and likely to correct.

6.6% shooting and 87.7% goaltending behind him, 443rd of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Red Wings score 35.4% of the 5v5 goals with Kolesar out there.

23 for, 42 against, 415th of 454 forwards

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Red Wings are down 16 goals with Kolesar on the ice.

29 for, 45 against, 414th of 466 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.29 shot attempts an hour with Kolesar on the ice at 5v5.

98th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Red Wings create 4.17 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kolesar on.

273rd of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kolesar is on.

351 for, 341 against, 186th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

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

189th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Red Wings generate 49.3% of the expected goals with Kolesar on the ice.

61.5 xGF to 63.2 xGA over 884 minutes, 242nd of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Kolesar's line owns 49.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

768 for, 785 against, 219th of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Kolesar plays 11:32 a night, 418th among forwards.

946 minutes across 82 games

Cole Smith is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kolesar is at his best beside Smith: 59.6% of the expected goals together against 47.4% apart.

139 minutes together, 745 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Colton Sissons

The pairing with Sissons is the one that costs him: 42.0% of the expected goals together, 53.2% apart.

326 minutes together, 558 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Dowd is a different player beside him: 57.4% of the expected goals with Kolesar, 47.4% without him.

135 minutes together, 548 minutes apart for Dowd

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Sissons does better away from him: 59.5% of the expected goals apart against 42.0% together.

326 minutes together, 360 minutes apart

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

Only 4 of his 15 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kolesar than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Brayden McNabb are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kolesar and McNabb: 5.47 expected goals an hour.

192 minutes together at 5v5

Colton Sissons is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Sissons than anyone: 326 minutes, worth 42.0% of the expected goals.

7 goals for, 11 against together

The goals go his team's way when Shea Theodore is out there with him

With Theodore on the ice too, the Red Wings have outscored opponents 7 to 5 at 5v5.

58.3% goal share over 214 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Cole Smith are out together

He gives up least beside Smith: 3.47 expected goals against an hour.

139 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kolesar with Hanifin, Reinhardt, Sissons and Whitecloud, 39 minutes at 5v5.

32.4% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 1 against

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Hanifin, Reinhardt, Sissons and Whitecloud: 32.4% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 1 against over 39 minutes

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Dowd, McNabb, Smith and Theodore: 61.0% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

1 goal for, 0 against, 63.6% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kolesar has been shuffled through 47 different five-man units, and only 3 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

16 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kolesar this season.

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

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

81.8% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

9 primary of 11 assists

Braeden Bowman is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Braeden Bowman has assisted on 2 of his 6 goals, 33.3% of them.

1 primary, 1 secondary

Brett Howden is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Brett Howden's goals, 27.3% of his own assists.

2 primary, 1 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

10 different teammates have assisted on his 6 goals.

Bowman (2), Lauzon (1), Dowd (1), Marner (1)

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