Liam O'Brien Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Dustin Wolf: 6 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

O'Brien has finished his check on Axel Sandin-Pellikka 4 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 Ross Johnston.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

53.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

35 of 66 unblocked, 466th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

O'Brien has taken 86 shot attempts this season.

32 on goal, 31 missed, 20 blocked, 397th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

25.6% of his attempts are the snap shot.

22 attempts, 1 goals

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

59.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

51 attempts from inside the home plate, 113th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

59.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

51 of 86 attempts, 115th of 468 forwards

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

46.5% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

26 left, 40 middle, 20 right

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

He fires 14.84 attempts an hour of ice time.

86 attempts in 348 minutes, 133rd of 466 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

23.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

20 of 86 attempts, 314th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 25.0 feet.

86 located attempts, 164th of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

10.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

9 long-range attempts, 171st of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

O'Brien has 3 goals off 6.7 expected: 3.7 short of what the chances say.

388th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 8.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 35 shots, 373rd of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 5.9% of his attempts.

3 goals on 51 close attempts, 364th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 9.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 15.

3 goals located by coordinate

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 7.43 penalty minutes an hour.

24th most penalty minutes an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 19.88 checks an hour.

23rd in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 66.7% of his draws.

19th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 1.9 times an hour.

830th most giveaways an hour

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.17 times an hour.

823rd in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.17 assists an hour of ice time.

809th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -6 on the season.

707th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

O'Brien produces 0.69 points an hour of ice time.

725th in the league

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

He puts 6.05 shots on goal an hour.

317th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.52 goals an hour of ice time.

415th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.42 shots an hour of ice time.

524th in the league

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 33.3% of the goals off 47.3% of the expected goals.

14.0 points of goal share below expectation

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Mammoth score 33.3% of the 5v5 goals with O'Brien out there.

6 for, 12 against, 426th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.9, running cold and likely to correct.

5.0% shooting and 91.9% goaltending behind him, 379th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

44.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when O'Brien is on.

121 for, 149 against, 389th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.66 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

324th of 454 forwards

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

The Mammoth are down 6 goals with O'Brien on the ice.

6 for, 12 against, 314th of 466 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Mammoth generate 47.3% of the expected goals with O'Brien on the ice.

23.9 xGF to 26.7 xGA over 344 minutes, 311th of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

O'Brien's line owns 47.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

298 for, 326 against, 294th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Mammoth create 4.17 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with O'Brien on.

273rd of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 56.92 shot attempts an hour with O'Brien on the ice at 5v5.

230th of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

O'Brien plays 9:08 a night, 544th among forwards.

348 minutes across 38 games

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Schmidt does better away from him: 57.9% of the expected goals apart against 44.8% together.

113 minutes together, 1,248 minutes apart

Brandon Tanev is the partner who brings the best out of him

O'Brien is at his best beside Tanev: 50.6% of the expected goals together against 42.7% apart.

189 minutes together, 154 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Nate Schmidt

The pairing with Schmidt is the one that costs him: 44.8% of the expected goals together, 48.8% apart.

113 minutes together, 231 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Tanev is a different player beside him: 50.6% of the expected goals with O'Brien, 46.6% without him.

189 minutes together, 319 minutes apart for Tanev

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

Only 1 of his 4 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside O'Brien than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Brandon Tanev are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is O'Brien and Tanev: 4.71 expected goals an hour.

189 minutes together at 5v5

Brandon Tanev is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Tanev than anyone: 189 minutes, worth 50.6% of the expected goals.

2 goals for, 6 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Ian Cole are out together

He gives up least beside Cole: 4.17 expected goals against an hour.

126 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is O'Brien with Marino, Schmidt, Stenlund and Tanev, 44 minutes at 5v5.

56.9% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

O'Brien has been shuffled through 16 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

4 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with O'Brien this season.

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

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