Mackie Samoskevich Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Eetu Luostarinen is the partner who brings the best out of him

Samoskevich is at his best beside Luostarinen: 68.9% of the expected goals together against 55.1% apart.

114 minutes together, 811 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Luostarinen is a different player beside him: 68.9% of the expected goals with Samoskevich, 51.8% without him.

114 minutes together, 836 minutes apart for Luostarinen

It stops working when he is paired with Seth Jones

The pairing with Jones is the one that costs him: 50.2% of the expected goals together, 58.5% apart.

175 minutes together, 750 minutes apart

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

11 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Samoskevich than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Jones does better away from him: 52.7% of the expected goals apart against 50.2% together.

175 minutes together, 687 minutes apart

He and Eetu Luostarinen are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Samoskevich and Luostarinen: 6.64 expected goals an hour.

114 minutes together at 5v5

Evan Rodrigues is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Rodrigues than anyone: 331 minutes, worth 58.5% of the expected goals.

11 goals for, 13 against together

The goals go his team's way when Eetu Luostarinen is out there with him

With Luostarinen on the ice too, the Panthers have outscored opponents 10 to 4 at 5v5.

71.4% goal share over 114 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Eetu Luostarinen are out together

He gives up least beside Luostarinen: 2.99 expected goals against an hour.

114 minutes together at 5v5

Carter Verhaeghe is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Verhaeghe: 97.0% of the expected goals over 59 minutes.

6 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Samoskevich with Balinskis, Greer, Petry and Rodrigues, 45 minutes at 5v5.

45.3% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Samoskevich has been shuffled through 36 different five-man units, and only 2 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

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Samoskevich this season.

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

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Ekblad, Forsling, Greer and Rodrigues: 52.0% of the expected goals over 30 minutes.

1 goal for, 2 against, 51.5% of the attempts

A.J. Greer is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

A.J. Greer has assisted on 3 of his 12 goals, 25.0% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Eetu Luostarinen is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Eetu Luostarinen's goals, 15.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 1 secondary

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

70.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

14 primary of 20 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

12 different teammates have assisted on his 12 goals.

Greer (3), Lundell (3), Boqvist (2), Luostarinen (1)

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Samoskevich's line owns 57.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,017 for, 761 against, 25th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 49.36 shot attempts an hour with Samoskevich on the ice at 5v5.

36th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Panthers generate 56.9% of the expected goals with Samoskevich on the ice.

79.1 xGF to 59.9 xGA over 925 minutes, 38th of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Panthers create 5.13 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Samoskevich on.

51st of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.89 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

76th of 454 forwards

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

53.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Samoskevich is on.

437 for, 383 against, 82nd of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.9, close to neutral.

7.8% shooting and 91.1% goaltending behind him, 275th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 50.0% of the goals off 56.9% of the expected goals.

6.9 points of goal share below expectation

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

The Panthers are up 11 goals with Samoskevich on the ice.

53 for, 42 against, 140th of 466 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.38 expected goals an hour.

16 goals in 158 minutes, 98th of 269 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Panthers score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Samoskevich out there.

34 for, 34 against, 204th of 454 forwards

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Samoskevich plays 14:28 a night, 266th among forwards.

1,114 minutes across 77 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:15 of power play time a game, 147th among forwards.

14.2% of his total ice time

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

He puts 8.67 shots on goal an hour.

73rd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.54 points an hour.

176th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

10 takeaways against 52 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.19 takeaways per giveaway

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.54 times an hour.

726th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 7.33 checks an hour.

225th in the league

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

He sets up 1.08 assists an hour of ice time.

289th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.78 shots an hour of ice time.

670th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Samoskevich produces 1.72 points an hour of ice time.

314th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -5 on the season.

655th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.65 goals an hour of ice time.

343rd in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.62 penalty minutes an hour.

404th most penalty minutes an hour

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 41.7% of his draws.

333rd in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.8 times an hour.

512th most giveaways an hour

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

He fires 17.88 attempts an hour of ice time.

332 attempts in 1,114 minutes, 61st of 466 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Samoskevich has taken 332 shot attempts this season.

149 on goal, 95 missed, 76 blocked, 88th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

102 attempts, 4 goals

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

161 of 256 unblocked, 334th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

47.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

157 of 332 attempts, 328th of 468 forwards

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

47.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

157 attempts from inside the home plate, 325th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

22.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

76 of 332 attempts, 301st of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.6 feet.

332 located attempts, 263rd of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

12.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

41 long-range attempts, 238th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Samoskevich has scored 2 times on Linus Ullmark this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 7 attempts, 28.6%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Alex Lyon has turned him away every time: 17 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Jeremy Swayman: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Senators this season.

16 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joseph Woll: 17 attempts, 1 goal.

5.9% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Sabres have held him without a goal on 27 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Samoskevich has finished his check on Troy Stecher 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 Bryan Rust.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He is not converting the chances he gets

Samoskevich has 12 goals off 19.7 expected: 7.7 short of what the chances say.

458th of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 3.8% of his attempts.

6 goals on 157 close attempts, 430th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 7.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

12 goals on 161 shots, 396th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 8.2% of them go in.

7 goals on 85 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 21.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 35.

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