Kyle Palmieri Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Palmieri has scored 1 times on Joonas Korpisalo this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 7 attempts, 14.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jeremy Swayman has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jeremy Swayman: 13 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

2.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

3 long-range attempts, 4th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 19.9 feet.

127 located attempts, 7th of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

71.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

72 of 101 unblocked, 54th of 468 forwards

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

63.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

81 attempts from inside the home plate, 61st of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

63.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

81 of 127 attempts, 62nd of 468 forwards

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

He fires 16.15 attempts an hour of ice time.

127 attempts in 472 minutes, 90th of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.5% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

40 attempts, 2 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Palmieri has taken 127 shot attempts this season.

65 on goal, 29 missed, 26 blocked, 341st of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

20.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

26 of 127 attempts, 185th of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.9% of his attempts.

4 goals on 81 close attempts, 400th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 12.5% of them go in.

3 goals on 24 attempts

He is not converting the chances he gets

Palmieri has 7 goals off 9.7 expected: 2.7 short of what the chances say.

349th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 9.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

7 goals on 72 shots, 338th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 20.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 34.

7 goals located by coordinate

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

He puts 9.03 shots on goal an hour.

51st in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.15 shots an hour of ice time.

841st in the league

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

He sets up 1.53 assists an hour of ice time.

133rd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.64 points an hour.

144th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Palmieri produces 2.29 points an hour of ice time.

165th in the league

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

177th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.29 times an hour.

721st most giveaways an hour

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.76 goals an hour of ice time.

282nd in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 50.0% of his draws.

161st in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.02 times an hour.

309th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.42 checks an hour.

620th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.02 penalty minutes an hour.

617th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard is roughly even with him out there

He is -2 on the season.

556th in the league

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 12.82 expected goals an hour.

9 goals in 89 minutes, 22nd of 269 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Islanders generate 45.4% of the expected goals with Palmieri on the ice.

20.8 xGF to 25.1 xGA over 315 minutes, 376th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.77 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

360th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Islanders create 3.96 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Palmieri on.

339th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.2, close to neutral.

7.4% shooting and 92.8% goaltending behind him, 195th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 50.0% of the goals off 45.4% of the expected goals.

4.6 points of goal share above expectation

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 55.93 shot attempts an hour with Palmieri on the ice at 5v5.

183rd of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Islanders are up 2 goals with Palmieri on the ice.

24 for, 22 against, 212th of 466 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

49.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Palmieri is on.

135 for, 138 against, 235th of 454 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Islanders score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Palmieri out there.

10 for, 10 against, 204th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Palmieri's line owns 49.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

287 for, 294 against, 225th of 454 forwards

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

He draws 3:32 of power play time a game, 26th among forwards.

18.8% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Palmieri plays 18:52 a night, 67th among forwards.

472 minutes across 25 games

Matthew Schaefer is the partner who brings the best out of him

Palmieri is at his best beside Schaefer: 68.7% of the expected goals together against 35.4% apart.

114 minutes together, 201 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Tony DeAngelo

The pairing with DeAngelo is the one that costs him: 38.4% of the expected goals together, 49.3% apart.

102 minutes together, 214 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Schaefer is a different player beside him: 68.7% of the expected goals with Palmieri, 48.5% without him.

114 minutes together, 1,387 minutes apart for Schaefer

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

DeAngelo does better away from him: 48.1% of the expected goals apart against 38.4% together.

102 minutes together, 1,163 minutes apart

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

4 of his 6 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Palmieri than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Matthew Schaefer are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Palmieri and Schaefer: 5.0 expected goals an hour.

114 minutes together at 5v5

Mathew Barzal is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Barzal than anyone: 131 minutes, worth 42.8% of the expected goals.

5 goals for, 1 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Matthew Schaefer are out together

He gives up least beside Schaefer: 2.28 expected goals against an hour.

114 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Palmieri with Heineman, Horvat, Pulock and Schaefer, 33 minutes at 5v5.

65.9% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Barzal, Drouin, Horvat and Schaefer: 6 goals in 64 minutes.

5.58 goals an hour, 12.9 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Horvat, Pelech and Pulock: 5 goals against in 21 minutes.

14.62 against an hour, 4.3 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Palmieri has been shuffled through 14 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

6 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Palmieri this season.

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

Mathew Barzal is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Mathew Barzal has assisted on 4 of his 7 goals, 57.1% of them.

3 primary, 1 secondary

Bo Horvat is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Bo Horvat's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

41.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 12 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

6 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Barzal (4), Horvat (2), Schaefer (1), Pulock (1)

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