Kevin Fiala Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Fiala has scored 2 times on Joey Daccord this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 13 attempts, 15.4%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Spencer Knight has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Joey Daccord: 15.4% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 13 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Wild this season.

27 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jesper Wallstedt: 20 attempts, 1 goal.

5.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Red Wings have held him without a goal on 19 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

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

He fires 18.38 attempts an hour of ice time.

328 attempts in 1,071 minutes, 53rd of 466 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

25.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

84 of 328 attempts, 387th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Fiala has taken 328 shot attempts this season.

133 on goal, 92 missed, 84 blocked, 95th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

37.5% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

123 attempts, 9 goals

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

152 of 244 unblocked, 358th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

15.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

51 long-range attempts, 354th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

47.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

156 of 328 attempts, 323rd of 468 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

47.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

155 attempts from inside the home plate, 325th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.6 feet.

328 located attempts, 311th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 16.7% of them go in.

2 goals on 12 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 15.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 37.

19 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Fiala has 19 goals off 16.4 expected: 2.6 more than the chances alone say.

145th of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.6% of his attempts.

15 goals on 156 close attempts, 187th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 12.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

19 goals on 152 shots, 236th of 468 forwards

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.95 points an hour.

63rd in the league

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

He puts 8.24 shots on goal an hour.

91st in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.26 times an hour.

92nd most giveaways an hour

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -11 on the season.

812th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.01 goals an hour of ice time.

150th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 28.0% of his draws.

478th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.34 shots an hour of ice time.

786th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Fiala produces 2.24 points an hour of ice time.

177th in the league

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

He sets up 1.23 assists an hour of ice time.

218th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

20 takeaways against 76 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.26 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.12 times an hour.

236th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.19 checks an hour.

658th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.91 penalty minutes an hour.

333rd most penalty minutes an hour

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Fiala's line owns 53.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

824 for, 709 against, 68th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.3, running cold and likely to correct.

6.5% shooting and 91.8% goaltending behind him, 309th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 52.46 shot attempts an hour with Fiala on the ice at 5v5.

81st of 454 forwards

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

52.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Fiala is on.

354 for, 318 against, 106th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Kings generate 53.2% of the expected goals with Fiala on the ice.

62.2 xGF to 54.8 xGA over 811 minutes, 107th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 46.9% of the goals off 53.2% of the expected goals.

6.3 points of goal share below expectation

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.05 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

117th of 454 forwards

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

The Kings are up 13 goals with Fiala on the ice.

54 for, 41 against, 125th of 466 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Kings create 4.6 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Fiala on.

150th of 454 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.26 expected goals an hour.

24 goals in 184 minutes, 106th of 269 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Kings score 46.9% of the 5v5 goals with Fiala out there.

23 for, 26 against, 268th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Fiala plays 19:07 a night, 52nd among forwards.

1,071 minutes across 56 games

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

He draws 3:16 of power play time a game, 54th among forwards.

17.2% of his total ice time

Alex Turcotte is the partner who brings the best out of him

Fiala is at his best beside Turcotte: 65.2% of the expected goals together against 48.9% apart.

193 minutes together, 618 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Adrian Kempe

The pairing with Kempe is the one that costs him: 43.9% of the expected goals together, 55.4% apart.

173 minutes together, 637 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Turcotte is a different player beside him: 65.2% of the expected goals with Fiala, 56.3% without him.

193 minutes together, 449 minutes apart for Turcotte

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Ceci does better away from him: 55.9% of the expected goals apart against 46.5% together.

224 minutes together, 1,020 minutes apart

He and Alex Turcotte are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Fiala and Turcotte: 6.22 expected goals an hour.

193 minutes together at 5v5

Quinton Byfield is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Byfield than anyone: 449 minutes, worth 52.4% of the expected goals.

11 goals for, 15 against together

The goals go his team's way when Brandt Clarke is out there with him

With Clarke on the ice too, the Kings have outscored opponents 11 to 9 at 5v5.

55.0% goal share over 307 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Drew Doughty are out together

He gives up least beside Doughty: 3.15 expected goals against an hour.

265 minutes together at 5v5

Drew Doughty is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Doughty: 95.2% of the expected goals over 35 minutes.

2 goals for, 2 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Fiala with Clarke, Edmundson, Kuzmenko and Turcotte, 55 minutes at 5v5.

62.8% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Byfield, Kempe, Kopitar and Kuzmenko: 3 goals in 32 minutes.

5.55 goals an hour, 4.7 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Ceci, Dumoulin, Kuzmenko and Turcotte: 77.5% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

0 goals for, 1 against, 61.5% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Fiala has played 31 different five-man units at 5v5, 6 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

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

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

Quinton Byfield is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Quinton Byfield has assisted on 5 of his 19 goals, 26.3% of them.

3 primary, 2 secondary

Andrei Kuzmenko is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 7 of Andrei Kuzmenko's goals, 31.8% of his own assists.

2 primary, 5 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

54.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

12 primary of 22 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

12 different teammates have assisted on his 19 goals.

Byfield (5), Turcotte (3), Kuzmenko (3), Kempe (3)

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