Lian Bichsel Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Canucks this season.

8 attempts against them

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Bichsel has finished his check on Trevor Moore 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Garnet Hathaway has hit him 6 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 2 penalties on Ridly Greig.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Nazem Kadri has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

52.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

47 of 89 attempts, 238th of 241 defencemen

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 6.82 attempts an hour of ice time.

89 attempts in 783 minutes, 217th of 245 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Bichsel has taken 89 shot attempts this season.

23 on goal, 15 missed, 47 blocked, 203rd of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

22.5% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

20 attempts, 1 goals

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

20.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

18 of 89 attempts, 177th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

51.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

46 long-range attempts, 174th of 241 defencemen

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

68.5% of his attempts come from the left side.

61 left, 21 middle, 7 right

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

20.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

18 attempts from inside the home plate, 170th of 241 defencemen

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 42.3 feet.

89 located attempts, 150th of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

27 of 42 unblocked, 114th of 241 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 14.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 27 shots, 3rd of 241 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Bichsel has 4 goals off 2.8 expected: 1.2 more than the chances alone say.

28th of 241 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 5.6% of his attempts.

1 goals on 18 close attempts, 32nd of 221 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 14.3% of them go in.

2 goals on 14 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 39.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 57.

4 goals located by coordinate

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.07 shots on goal an hour.

891st in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 10.72 checks an hour.

123rd in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.83 penalty minutes an hour.

178th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +6 on the season.

179th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

14 takeaways against 38 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.37 takeaways per giveaway

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.31 assists an hour of ice time.

775th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Bichsel produces 0.61 points an hour of ice time.

755th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.07 times an hour.

274th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.22 shots an hour of ice time.

362nd in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.31 goals an hour of ice time.

542nd in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.91 times an hour.

463rd most giveaways an hour

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 104.2, running hot and likely to cool.

10.7% shooting and 93.5% goaltending behind him, 8th of 246 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.76 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

19th of 246 defencemen

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Stars score 57.4% of the 5v5 goals with Bichsel out there.

27 for, 20 against, 33rd of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

45.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Bichsel is on.

252 for, 307 against, 209th of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Stars create 3.77 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Bichsel on.

204th of 246 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 57.4% of the goals off 50.0% of the expected goals.

7.4 points of goal share above expectation

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Bichsel's line owns 46.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

555 for, 645 against, 189th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.61 shot attempts an hour with Bichsel on the ice at 5v5.

62nd of 246 defencemen

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

The Stars are up 3 goals with Bichsel on the ice.

28 for, 25 against, 61st of 245 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Stars generate 50.0% of the expected goals with Bichsel on the ice.

45.3 xGF to 45.3 xGA over 722 minutes, 114th of 246 defencemen

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Bichsel plays 15:40 a night, 215th among defencemen.

783 minutes across 50 games

Jason Robertson is the partner who brings the best out of him

Bichsel is at his best beside Robertson: 62.5% of the expected goals together against 45.3% apart.

191 minutes together, 531 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Tyler Seguin

The pairing with Seguin is the one that costs him: 39.6% of the expected goals together, 51.2% apart.

105 minutes together, 617 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Myers is a different player beside him: 56.8% of the expected goals with Bichsel, 45.6% without him.

148 minutes together, 804 minutes apart for Myers

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Hryckowian does better away from him: 53.5% of the expected goals apart against 47.0% together.

199 minutes together, 696 minutes apart

He and Wyatt Johnston are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Bichsel and Johnston: 4.95 expected goals an hour.

166 minutes together at 5v5

Alexander Petrovic is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Petrovic than anyone: 287 minutes, worth 45.0% of the expected goals.

12 goals for, 9 against together

The goals go his team's way when Colin Blackwell is out there with him

With Blackwell on the ice too, the Stars have outscored opponents 9 to 4 at 5v5.

69.2% goal share over 194 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Tyler Myers are out together

He gives up least beside Myers: 2.88 expected goals against an hour.

148 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Bichsel with Bäck, Bourque, Hryckowian and Petrovic, 34 minutes at 5v5.

66.6% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 1 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Bäck, Bourque, Hryckowian and Petrovic: 66.6% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 59.2% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Bichsel has been shuffled through 29 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Hintz, Petrovic, Robertson and Seguin: 42.8% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 0 against over 31 minutes

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Bichsel this season.

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

Mavrik Bourque is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Mavrik Bourque has assisted on 2 of his 4 goals, 50.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Adam Erne is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 1 of Adam Erne's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 0 secondary

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