Leon Draisaitl Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Draisaitl has scored 6 times on Karel Vejmelka this season, more than on any other goaltender.

6 goals on 14 attempts, 42.9%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Yaroslav Askarov 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 Karel Vejmelka: 42.9% of his attempts against him go in.

6 goals on 14 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 6 goals against the Mammoth this season.

14 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jesper Wallstedt: 14 attempts, 4 goals.

28.6% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 66.7% of his draws against Kevin Stenlund.

10 of 15 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Paul Cotter beats him on the draw: he wins only 22.2% of them.

2 of 9 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Sharks have held him without a goal on 12 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

MacKenzie Weegar has hit him 5 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

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

He has drawn 4 penalties on Jack McBain.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

4.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

3 long-range attempts, 6th of 137 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 22.6 feet.

72 located attempts, 23rd of 137 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Draisaitl has taken 72 shot attempts this season.

28 on goal, 18 missed, 16 blocked, 22nd of 137 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

61.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

44 of 72 attempts, 26th of 137 forwards

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

59.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

43 attempts from inside the home plate, 28th of 137 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

38.9% of his attempts are the snap shot.

28 attempts, 6 goals

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

40.3% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

15 left, 29 middle, 28 right

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

22.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

16 of 72 attempts, 53rd of 137 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

67.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

38 of 56 unblocked, 55th of 137 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Draisaitl has 10 goals off 4.3 expected: 5.7 more than the chances alone say.

2nd of 137 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 26.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

10 goals on 38 shots, 6th of 137 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 18.2% of his attempts.

8 goals on 44 close attempts, 9th of 137 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the wrist shot: 25.0% of them go in.

4 goals on 16 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 19.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 33.

10 goals located by coordinate

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +13 on the season.

4th in the league

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Draisaitl plays 21:19 a night, 13th among forwards.

171 minutes across 8 games

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Draisaitl with Bouchard, Ekholm, McDavid and Podkolzin, 84 minutes at 5v5.

55.3% of the expected goals, 9 goals for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Bouchard, Kapanen, McDavid and Podkolzin: 4 goals in 18 minutes.

13.37 goals an hour, 3.8 expected

Connor McDavid is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Connor McDavid has assisted on 14 of his 15 goals, 93.3% of them.

13 primary, 1 secondary

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

75.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

6 primary of 8 assists

Vasily Podkolzin is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Vasily Podkolzin's goals, 37.5% of his own assists.

2 primary, 1 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

5 different teammates have assisted on his 15 goals.

McDavid (14), Bouchard (9), Podkolzin (3), Ekholm (1)

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