Kiefer Sherwood Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Drew O'Connor is the partner who brings the best out of him

Sherwood is at his best beside O'Connor: 59.0% of the expected goals together against 41.3% apart.

241 minutes together, 303 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Quinn Hughes

The pairing with Hughes is the one that costs him: 42.8% of the expected goals together, 51.8% apart.

119 minutes together, 425 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Dickinson is a different player beside him: 61.8% of the expected goals with Sherwood, 46.2% without him.

115 minutes together, 967 minutes apart for Dickinson

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Hughes does better away from him: 55.4% of the expected goals apart against 42.8% together.

119 minutes together, 407 minutes apart

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

13 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Sherwood than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Sam Dickinson are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Sherwood and Dickinson: 6.14 expected goals an hour.

115 minutes together at 5v5

Drew O'Connor is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with O'Connor than anyone: 241 minutes, worth 59.0% of the expected goals.

9 goals for, 7 against together

The goals go his team's way when Aatu Räty is out there with him

With Räty on the ice too, the Sharks have outscored opponents 7 to 5 at 5v5.

58.3% goal share over 160 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and William Eklund are out together

He gives up least beside Eklund: 3.32 expected goals against an hour.

205 minutes together at 5v5

Filip Hronek is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Hronek: 96.7% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

4 goals for, 1 against together

Filip Hronek is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Hronek: 5.93 expected goals against an hour.

46 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Sherwood with Desharnais, Eklund, Orlov and Wennberg, 38 minutes at 5v5.

60.8% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 4 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Boeser, DeBrusk, Hughes and Pettersson: 5 goals in 17 minutes.

17.96 goals an hour, 3.8 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Desharnais, Eklund, Orlov and Wennberg: 60.8% of the expected goals over 38 minutes.

1 goal for, 4 against, 50.0% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Sherwood has been shuffled through 37 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

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

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

Quinn Hughes is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Quinn Hughes has assisted on 4 of his 23 goals, 17.4% of them.

1 primary, 3 secondary

Jake DeBrusk is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Jake DeBrusk's goals, 23.1% of his own assists.

3 primary, 0 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

53.8% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 13 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

18 different teammates have assisted on his 23 goals.

Hughes (4), Wennberg (3), Eklund (3), Garland (3)

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 13.6 expected goals an hour.

16 goals in 93 minutes, 5th of 269 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.4, running cold and likely to correct.

8.8% shooting and 88.6% goaltending behind him, 361st of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 42.0% of the goals off 49.5% of the expected goals.

7.5 points of goal share below expectation

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Sharks score 42.0% of the 5v5 goals with Sherwood out there.

21 for, 29 against, 358th of 454 forwards

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

The Sharks are down 10 goals with Sherwood on the ice.

43 for, 53 against, 359th of 466 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Sherwood's line owns 51.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

543 for, 503 against, 122nd of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.45 shot attempts an hour with Sherwood on the ice at 5v5.

169th of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

48.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Sherwood is on.

238 for, 254 against, 264th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.46 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

245th of 454 forwards

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 10.09 expected goals an hour.

14 goals against in 91 minutes, 98th of 180 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Sharks create 4.37 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Sherwood on.

207th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Sharks generate 49.5% of the expected goals with Sherwood on the ice.

39.6 xGF to 40.4 xGA over 544 minutes, 235th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Sherwood plays 17:32 a night, 116th among forwards.

772 minutes across 44 games

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:06 of penalty kill time a game, 44th among forwards.

11.7% of his total ice time

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:13 of power play time a game, 154th among forwards.

12.1% of his total ice time

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -20 on the season.

905th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 16.38 checks an hour.

46th in the league

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

He puts 8.26 shots on goal an hour.

90th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.11 goals an hour of ice time.

112th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.58 points an hour.

160th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.26 times an hour.

167th in the league

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

175th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.45 shots an hour of ice time.

763rd in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Sherwood has 3 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

23 goals in total

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.67 times an hour.

201st most giveaways an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

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

0.34 takeaways per giveaway

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.42 penalty minutes an hour.

245th most penalty minutes an hour

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Sherwood produces 1.74 points an hour of ice time.

308th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 37.2% of his draws.

402nd in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.63 assists an hour of ice time.

588th in the league

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

He fires 27.83 attempts an hour of ice time.

358 attempts in 772 minutes, 7th of 466 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

20.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

73 long-range attempts, 439th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 30.8 feet.

358 located attempts, 426th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

43.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

155 of 358 attempts, 396th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Sherwood has taken 358 shot attempts this season.

149 on goal, 108 missed, 78 blocked, 71st of 468 forwards

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

43.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

154 attempts from inside the home plate, 393rd of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

61.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

172 of 280 unblocked, 387th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

38.5% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

138 attempts, 9 goals

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

21.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

78 of 358 attempts, 249th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Sherwood has scored 6 times on Jordan Binnington this season, more than on any other goaltender.

6 goals on 19 attempts, 31.6%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

John Gibson has turned him away every time: 17 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Jordan Binnington: 31.6% of his attempts against him go in.

6 goals on 19 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Oilers this season.

19 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jordan Binnington: 19 attempts, 6 goals.

31.6% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Sherwood has finished his check on Colton Parayko 6 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Jason Zucker.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Mathew Barzal has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

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

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

4 goals on 24 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 21.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 89.

23 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Sherwood has 23 goals off 20.4 expected: 2.6 more than the chances alone say.

145th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.7% of his attempts.

15 goals on 155 close attempts, 183rd of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 13.4% of the shots he puts on goal.

23 goals on 172 shots, 203rd of 468 forwards

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