Martin Necas Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Necas has scored 3 times on Carter Hart this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 11 attempts, 27.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Samuel Ersson has turned him away every time: 14 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Carter Hart: 27.3% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 11 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 4 goals against the Wild this season.

31 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jesper Wallstedt: 17 attempts, 3 goals.

17.6% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Flyers have held him without a goal on 17 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 3 penalties on Josh Anderson.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Necas has taken 426 shot attempts this season.

171 on goal, 102 missed, 111 blocked, 32nd of 468 forwards

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

42.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

181 attempts from inside the home plate, 398th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

43.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

183 of 426 attempts, 397th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

26.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

111 of 426 attempts, 393rd of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 28.5 feet.

426 located attempts, 359th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

33.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

141 attempts, 19 goals

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

He fires 15.24 attempts an hour of ice time.

426 attempts in 1,677 minutes, 116th of 466 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

67.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

213 of 315 unblocked, 160th of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

12.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

54 long-range attempts, 256th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Necas has 42 goals off 23.1 expected: 18.9 more than the chances alone say.

5th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 19.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

42 goals on 213 shots, 30th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 13.7% of his attempts.

25 goals on 183 close attempts, 43rd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 17.1% of them go in.

14 goals on 82 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 23.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 52.

42 goals located by coordinate

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +47 on the season.

2nd in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Necas produces 3.58 points an hour of ice time.

23rd in the league

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

He sets up 2.22 assists an hour of ice time.

36th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.36 goals an hour of ice time.

54th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.93 shots an hour of ice time.

883rd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.4 times an hour.

71st most giveaways an hour

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.86 points an hour.

84th in the league

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

He puts 7.34 shots on goal an hour.

159th in the league

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

Necas has 5 game winners this season.

38 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

23 takeaways against 123 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.19 takeaways per giveaway

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.04 checks an hour.

546th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.07 penalty minutes an hour.

599th most penalty minutes an hour

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 42.9% of his draws.

310th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.82 times an hour.

490th in the league

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 69.2% of the goals off 55.4% of the expected goals.

13.8 points of goal share above expectation

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

The Avalanche are up 88 goals with Necas on the ice.

149 for, 61 against, 2nd of 466 forwards

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

The Avalanche score 69.2% of the 5v5 goals with Necas out there.

90 for, 40 against, 2nd of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Avalanche create 5.54 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Necas on.

17th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 105.4, running hot and likely to cool.

12.4% shooting and 93.0% goaltending behind him, 10th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Necas's line owns 56.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,536 for, 1,204 against, 32nd of 454 forwards

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

56.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Necas is on.

725 for, 570 against, 37th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Avalanche generate 55.4% of the expected goals with Necas on the ice.

117.3 xGF to 94.4 xGA over 1,269 minutes, 64th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 8.77 expected goals an hour.

39 goals in 313 minutes, 203rd of 269 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.46 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

245th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 56.91 shot attempts an hour with Necas on the ice at 5v5.

229th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Necas plays 21:29 a night, 7th among forwards.

1,677 minutes across 78 games

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

He draws 4:03 of power play time a game, 5th among forwards.

18.6% of his total ice time

Devon Toews is the partner who brings the best out of him

Necas is at his best beside Toews: 61.1% of the expected goals together against 50.6% apart.

550 minutes together, 720 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Brett Kulak

The pairing with Kulak is the one that costs him: 42.9% of the expected goals together, 56.8% apart.

134 minutes together, 1,135 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Landeskog does better away from him: 60.6% of the expected goals apart against 49.7% together.

254 minutes together, 539 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Girard is a different player beside him: 57.0% of the expected goals with Necas, 49.5% without him.

145 minutes together, 204 minutes apart for Girard

He and Devon Toews are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Necas and Toews: 6.49 expected goals an hour.

550 minutes together at 5v5

Nathan MacKinnon is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with MacKinnon than anyone: 1,053 minutes, worth 56.6% of the expected goals.

84 goals for, 36 against together

The goals go his team's way when Josh Manson is out there with him

With Manson on the ice too, the Avalanche have outscored opponents 26 to 7 at 5v5.

78.8% goal share over 261 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Sam Malinski are out together

He gives up least beside Malinski: 3.52 expected goals against an hour.

405 minutes together at 5v5

Devon Toews is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Toews: 96.9% of the expected goals over 43 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Necas with Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Makar and Toews, 213 minutes at 5v5.

58.6% of the expected goals, 18 goals for and 5 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Malinski and Toews: 89.3% of the expected goals over 42 minutes.

5 goals for, 2 against, 80.5% of the attempts

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Kadri, MacKinnon, Makar and Nelson: 10 goals in 41 minutes.

14.52 goals an hour, 8.0 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Necas has played 43 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

11 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Necas this season.

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

Nathan MacKinnon is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Nathan MacKinnon has assisted on 20 of his 42 goals, 47.6% of them.

15 primary, 5 secondary

Nathan MacKinnon is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 22 of Nathan MacKinnon's goals, 35.5% of his own assists.

16 primary, 6 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

56.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

35 primary of 62 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

12 different teammates have assisted on his 42 goals.

MacKinnon (20), Makar (11), Lehkonen (9), Toews (6)

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