Luke Evangelista Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Evangelista has scored 3 times on Alex Nedeljkovic this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 6 attempts, 50.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Joel Hofer has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Sharks this season.

14 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joel Hofer: 13 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Blues have held him without a goal on 22 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Sam Malinski.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He gets almost nothing from long range

16.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

54 long-range attempts, 387th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 28.6 feet.

319 located attempts, 366th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Evangelista has taken 319 shot attempts this season.

164 on goal, 85 missed, 57 blocked, 100th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

17.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

57 of 319 attempts, 99th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

44.8% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

143 attempts, 6 goals

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

46.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

147 of 319 attempts, 355th of 468 forwards

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

46.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

147 attempts from inside the home plate, 344th of 468 forwards

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

48.9% of his attempts come from the right side.

45 left, 118 middle, 156 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

67.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

177 of 262 unblocked, 160th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 14.22 attempts an hour of ice time.

319 attempts in 1,346 minutes, 161st of 464 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Evangelista has 13 goals off 19.0 expected: 6.0 short of what the chances say.

438th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 7.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 177 shots, 403rd of 468 forwards

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.

3 goals on 18 attempts

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 6.8% of his attempts.

10 goals on 147 close attempts, 333rd of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 19.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 61.

13 goals located by coordinate

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

He sets up 1.96 assists an hour of ice time.

58th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.94 shots an hour of ice time.

881st in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.94 checks an hour.

847th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.76 points an hour.

113th in the league

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

He puts 7.8 shots on goal an hour.

116th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Evangelista produces 2.5 points an hour of ice time.

131st in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

25 takeaways against 58 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.43 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.11 times an hour.

245th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +1 on the season.

331st in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.59 times an hour.

602nd most giveaways an hour

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.54 goals an hour of ice time.

407th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.25 penalty minutes an hour.

520th most penalty minutes an hour

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Predators generate 60.4% of the expected goals with Evangelista on the ice.

101.2 xGF to 66.3 xGA over 1,118 minutes, 4th of 457 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.56 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

20th of 457 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Evangelista's line owns 57.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,256 for, 935 against, 24th of 457 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Predators create 5.43 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Evangelista on.

27th of 457 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 50.16 shot attempts an hour with Evangelista on the ice at 5v5.

46th of 457 forwards

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

The Predators are up 32 goals with Evangelista on the ice.

91 for, 59 against, 57th of 464 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

54.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Evangelista is on.

577 for, 482 against, 59th of 457 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 52.5% of the goals off 60.4% of the expected goals.

7.9 points of goal share below expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.3, close to neutral.

9.0% shooting and 90.2% goaltending behind him, 259th of 457 forwards

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

The Predators score 52.5% of the 5v5 goals with Evangelista out there.

52 for, 47 against, 160th of 457 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 9.36 expected goals an hour.

31 goals in 174 minutes, 170th of 269 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Evangelista plays 16:37 a night, 159th among forwards.

1,346 minutes across 81 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:11 of power play time a game, 156th among forwards.

12.9% of his total ice time

Nick Blankenburg is the partner who brings the best out of him

Evangelista is at his best beside Blankenburg: 69.7% of the expected goals together against 58.0% apart.

188 minutes together, 930 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Roman Josi

The pairing with Josi is the one that costs him: 54.3% of the expected goals together, 63.8% apart.

389 minutes together, 729 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Hague is a different player beside him: 67.5% of the expected goals with Evangelista, 47.6% without him.

283 minutes together, 768 minutes apart for Hague

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

14 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Evangelista than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Nick Blankenburg are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Evangelista and Blankenburg: 7.53 expected goals an hour.

188 minutes together at 5v5

Ryan O'Reilly is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with O'Reilly than anyone: 607 minutes, worth 62.1% of the expected goals.

38 goals for, 22 against together

The goals go his team's way when Nick Blankenburg is out there with him

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

69.2% goal share over 188 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Adam Wilsby are out together

He gives up least beside Wilsby: 3.04 expected goals against an hour.

231 minutes together at 5v5

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

On the power play his best partner is Forsberg: 95.0% of the expected goals over 89 minutes.

20 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Evangelista with Josi, O'Reilly, Skjei and Stamkos, 97 minutes at 5v5.

50.7% of the expected goals, 9 goals for and 3 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Forsberg, Josi, O'Reilly and Stamkos: 13 goals in 58 minutes.

13.38 goals an hour, 9.4 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Blankenburg, Bunting, Hague and Haula: 76.0% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

0 goals for, 0 against, 60.9% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Evangelista has played 41 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

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

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

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

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

Ryan O'Reilly is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Ryan O'Reilly has assisted on 4 of his 13 goals, 30.8% of them.

1 primary, 3 secondary

Steven Stamkos is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 12 of Steven Stamkos's goals, 27.3% of his own assists.

6 primary, 6 secondary

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

61.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

27 primary of 44 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

O'Reilly (4), Josi (3), Skjei (3), Ufko (2)

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