Mathew Barzal Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Adam Pelech is the partner who brings the best out of him

Barzal is at his best beside Pelech: 57.2% of the expected goals together against 47.5% apart.

464 minutes together, 771 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Kyle Palmieri

The pairing with Palmieri is the one that costs him: 42.8% of the expected goals together, 52.0% apart.

131 minutes together, 1,105 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Soucy is a different player beside him: 60.0% of the expected goals with Barzal, 43.2% without him.

101 minutes together, 598 minutes apart for Soucy

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

14 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Barzal than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Palmieri does better away from him: 47.5% of the expected goals apart against 42.8% together.

131 minutes together, 185 minutes apart

He and Anders Lee are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Barzal and Lee: 6.31 expected goals an hour.

391 minutes together at 5v5

Matthew Schaefer is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Schaefer than anyone: 531 minutes, worth 51.3% of the expected goals.

23 goals for, 22 against together

The goals go his team's way when Simon Holmstrom is out there with him

With Holmstrom on the ice too, the Islanders have outscored opponents 11 to 6 at 5v5.

64.7% goal share over 189 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Carson Soucy are out together

He gives up least beside Soucy: 3.41 expected goals against an hour.

101 minutes together at 5v5

Brayden Schenn is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Schenn: 95.6% of the expected goals over 56 minutes.

7 goals for, 1 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Barzal with DeAngelo, Heineman, Horvat and Pelech, 36 minutes at 5v5.

44.0% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Drouin, Horvat, Palmieri and Schaefer: 6 goals in 64 minutes.

5.58 goals an hour, 12.9 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with DeAngelo, Heineman, Horvat and Pelech: 44.0% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 2 against over 36 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Barzal has been shuffled through 50 different five-man units, and only 3 of them have settled.

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

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Horvat, Palat, Pulock and Schaefer: 46.1% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

3 goals for, 2 against, 44.1% of the attempts

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

16 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Barzal this season.

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

Matthew Schaefer is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Matthew Schaefer has assisted on 4 of his 21 goals, 19.0% of them.

2 primary, 2 secondary

Bo Horvat is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 10 of Bo Horvat's goals, 18.9% of his own assists.

7 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

58.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

31 primary of 53 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 21 goals.

Schaefer (4), DeAngelo (3), Horvat (3), Pulock (3)

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

The Islanders are up 42 goals with Barzal on the ice.

112 for, 70 against, 31st of 466 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Islanders create 4.97 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Barzal on.

76th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.76 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

355th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.6, close to neutral.

9.3% shooting and 91.4% goaltending behind him, 169th of 454 forwards

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

52.6% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Barzal is on.

615 for, 555 against, 107th of 454 forwards

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

The Islanders score 54.3% of the 5v5 goals with Barzal out there.

57 for, 48 against, 122nd of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Barzal's line owns 51.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,287 for, 1,206 against, 132nd of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.57 shot attempts an hour with Barzal on the ice at 5v5.

297th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 54.3% of the goals off 51.1% of the expected goals.

3.2 points of goal share above expectation

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

At 5v5 the Islanders generate 51.1% of the expected goals with Barzal on the ice.

102.3 xGF to 98.0 xGA over 1,236 minutes, 172nd of 454 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.01 expected goals an hour.

31 goals in 275 minutes, 128th of 269 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Barzal plays 20:39 a night, 19th among forwards.

1,674 minutes across 81 games

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

He draws 3:28 of power play time a game, 31st among forwards.

16.4% of his total ice time

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

He sets up 1.9 assists an hour of ice time.

62nd in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.51 times an hour.

84th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Barzal produces 2.58 points an hour of ice time.

114th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.04 checks an hour.

829th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +10 on the season.

123rd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.72 points an hour.

125th in the league

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

Barzal has 4 game winners including 2 in overtime this season.

19 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

42 takeaways against 93 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.45 takeaways per giveaway

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

He puts 6.56 shots on goal an hour.

251st in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.19 penalty minutes an hour.

280th most penalty minutes an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.79 shots an hour of ice time.

668th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.68 goals an hour of ice time.

320th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.34 times an hour.

305th most giveaways an hour

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 39.8% of his draws.

364th in the league

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Barzal has taken 387 shot attempts this season.

169 on goal, 100 missed, 97 blocked, 50th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

18.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

70 long-range attempts, 410th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

25.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

97 of 387 attempts, 375th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

33.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

130 attempts, 8 goals

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 28.3 feet.

387 located attempts, 349th of 468 forwards

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

47.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

184 attempts from inside the home plate, 323rd of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

48.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

189 of 387 attempts, 308th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 13.87 attempts an hour of ice time.

387 attempts in 1,674 minutes, 177th of 466 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

65.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

190 of 290 unblocked, 229th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Barzal has scored 2 times on Alex Lyon 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

Darcy Kuemper has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Jacob Markstrom: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Devils this season.

12 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Darcy Kuemper: 13 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 62.5% of his draws against Auston Matthews.

5 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

J.T. Miller beats him on the draw: he wins only 0.0% of them.

0 of 10 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Canadiens have held him without a goal on 18 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 Artem Zub.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Kaiden Guhle has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

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

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 12.0% of them go in.

3 goals on 25 attempts

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 6.9% of his attempts.

13 goals on 189 close attempts, 330th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 25.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 71.

21 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 11.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

21 goals on 190 shots, 290th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Barzal has 21 goals off 19.7 expected: 1.3 more than the chances alone say.

178th of 468 forwards

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