Macklin Celebrini Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Celebrini has scored 3 times on Jesper Wallstedt this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 8 attempts, 37.5%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Andrei Vasilevskiy 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 Jesper Wallstedt: 37.5% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 5 goals against the Rangers this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Dustin Wolf: 24 attempts, 1 goal.

4.2% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 81.8% of his draws against Mikael Granlund.

9 of 11 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Christian Dvorak beats him on the draw: he wins only 8.3% of them.

1 of 12 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Stars have held him without a goal on 31 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 John Carlson.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Parker Wotherspoon has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Celebrini has taken 546 shot attempts this season.

244 on goal, 124 missed, 131 blocked, 8th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

37.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

204 of 546 attempts, 446th of 468 forwards

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

37.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

204 attempts from inside the home plate, 446th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 18.74 attempts an hour of ice time.

546 attempts in 1,748 minutes, 48th of 466 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 29.5 feet.

546 located attempts, 401st of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

70.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

291 of 415 unblocked, 81st of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

45.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

246 attempts, 29 goals

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

24.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

131 of 546 attempts, 339th of 468 forwards

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

41.2% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

163 left, 225 middle, 158 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

9.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

52 long-range attempts, 127th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Celebrini has 47 goals off 29.4 expected: 17.6 more than the chances alone say.

12th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 17.7% of them go in.

11 goals on 62 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 16.2% of the shots he puts on goal.

47 goals on 291 shots, 98th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 28.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 81.

47 goals located by coordinate

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.3% of his attempts.

21 goals on 204 close attempts, 150th of 468 forwards

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Celebrini produces 3.95 points an hour of ice time.

12th in the league

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

He sets up 2.4 assists an hour of ice time.

23rd in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.55 goals an hour of ice time.

30th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 1.13 points an hour.

29th in the league

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

He puts 9.86 shots on goal an hour.

31st in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 5.15 times an hour.

37th most giveaways an hour

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.41 times an hour.

109th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +8 on the season.

155th in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Celebrini has 5 game winners including 2 in overtime this season.

45 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

41 takeaways against 150 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.27 takeaways per giveaway

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.82 checks an hour.

716th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.82 shots an hour of ice time.

661st in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 48.6% of his draws.

194th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.51 penalty minutes an hour.

426th most penalty minutes an hour

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

The Sharks are up 48 goals with Celebrini on the ice.

136 for, 88 against, 19th of 466 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 103.7, running hot and likely to cool.

12.8% shooting and 90.9% goaltending behind him, 40th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 56.6% of the goals off 48.7% of the expected goals.

7.9 points of goal share above expectation

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

The Sharks score 56.6% of the 5v5 goals with Celebrini out there.

73 for, 56 against, 87th of 454 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.06 expected goals an hour.

42 goals in 296 minutes, 69th of 269 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

48.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Celebrini is on.

572 for, 616 against, 276th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.53 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

273rd of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Sharks generate 48.7% of the expected goals with Celebrini on the ice.

94.1 xGF to 99.2 xGA over 1,312 minutes, 267th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Celebrini's line owns 48.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,178 for, 1,240 against, 262nd of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Sharks create 4.3 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Celebrini on.

232nd of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 56.7 shot attempts an hour with Celebrini on the ice at 5v5.

223rd of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Celebrini plays 21:18 a night, 8th among forwards.

1,748 minutes across 82 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:39 of power play time a game, 17th among forwards.

16.9% of his total ice time

Dmitry Orlov is the partner who brings the best out of him

Celebrini is at his best beside Orlov: 54.5% of the expected goals together against 43.9% apart.

567 minutes together, 745 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Sam Dickinson

The pairing with Dickinson is the one that costs him: 41.6% of the expected goals together, 51.0% apart.

335 minutes together, 977 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Smith is a different player beside him: 47.7% of the expected goals with Celebrini, 36.2% without him.

850 minutes together, 117 minutes apart for Smith

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Dickinson does better away from him: 50.6% of the expected goals apart against 41.6% together.

335 minutes together, 746 minutes apart

He and Dmitry Orlov are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Celebrini and Orlov: 5.02 expected goals an hour.

567 minutes together at 5v5

Will Smith is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Smith than anyone: 850 minutes, worth 47.7% of the expected goals.

46 goals for, 28 against together

The goals go his team's way when Tyler Toffoli is out there with him

With Toffoli on the ice too, the Sharks have outscored opponents 22 to 8 at 5v5.

73.3% goal share over 280 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Vincent Desharnais are out together

He gives up least beside Desharnais: 3.95 expected goals against an hour.

204 minutes together at 5v5

William Eklund is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Eklund: 93.9% of the expected goals over 190 minutes.

24 goals for, 5 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Celebrini with Graf, Klingberg, Orlov and Smith, 75 minutes at 5v5.

44.3% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 7 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Orlov, Smith, Toffoli and Wennberg: 10 goals in 42 minutes.

14.26 goals an hour, 7.3 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Desharnais, Dickinson, Graf and Smith: 65.6% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against, 52.5% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Dickinson, Graf, Leddy and Smith: 39.1% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 0 against over 32 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Celebrini has played 54 different five-man units at 5v5, 6 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 Celebrini this season.

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

Will Smith is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Will Smith has assisted on 17 of his 47 goals, 36.2% of them.

10 primary, 7 secondary

Will Smith is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 18 of Will Smith's goals, 25.7% of his own assists.

12 primary, 6 secondary

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

65.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

46 primary of 70 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

16 different teammates have assisted on his 47 goals.

Smith (17), Graf (11), Orlov (10), Toffoli (10)

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