Matt Savoie Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Vasily Podkolzin is the partner who brings the best out of him

Savoie is at his best beside Podkolzin: 57.4% of the expected goals together against 44.6% apart.

255 minutes together, 736 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Brett Kulak

The pairing with Kulak is the one that costs him: 36.6% of the expected goals together, 48.8% apart.

110 minutes together, 881 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Kulak does better away from him: 46.8% of the expected goals apart against 36.6% together.

110 minutes together, 384 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Podkolzin is a different player beside him: 57.4% of the expected goals with Savoie, 49.4% without him.

255 minutes together, 888 minutes apart for Podkolzin

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

Only 5 of his 15 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Savoie than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Mattias Ekholm are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Savoie and Ekholm: 5.04 expected goals an hour.

382 minutes together at 5v5

Evan Bouchard is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Bouchard than anyone: 388 minutes, worth 49.1% of the expected goals.

23 goals for, 21 against together

The goals go his team's way when Vasily Podkolzin is out there with him

With Podkolzin on the ice too, the Oilers have outscored opponents 11 to 5 at 5v5.

68.8% goal share over 255 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Vasily Podkolzin are out together

He gives up least beside Podkolzin: 3.62 expected goals against an hour.

255 minutes together at 5v5

Connor McDavid is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is McDavid: 95.8% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

6 goals for, 1 against together

Adam Henrique is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Henrique: 9.38 expected goals against an hour.

94 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Savoie with Bouchard, Ekholm, McDavid and Podkolzin, 88 minutes at 5v5.

61.7% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 3 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Bouchard, Ekholm and Henrique: 2 goals against in 43 minutes.

2.82 against an hour, 6.6 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Draisaitl, Nurse, Podkolzin and Regula: 66.9% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against, 56.1% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Savoie has played 36 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 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

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

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

Evan Bouchard is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Evan Bouchard has assisted on 8 of his 18 goals, 44.4% of them.

5 primary, 3 secondary

Jack Roslovic is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Jack Roslovic's goals, 26.3% of his own assists.

2 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

47.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

9 primary of 19 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

10 different teammates have assisted on his 18 goals.

Bouchard (8), McDavid (8), Ekholm (6), Henrique (4)

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.33 expected goals an hour.

10 goals in 68 minutes, 61st of 269 forwards

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

52.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Savoie is on.

480 for, 428 against, 101st of 455 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.5, close to neutral.

10.0% shooting and 89.5% goaltending behind him, 233rd of 455 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.63 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

315th of 455 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 51.6% of the goals off 47.8% of the expected goals.

3.8 points of goal share above expectation

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Oilers generate 47.8% of the expected goals with Savoie on the ice.

70.0 xGF to 76.6 xGA over 991 minutes, 291st of 455 forwards

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

The Oilers score 51.6% of the 5v5 goals with Savoie out there.

48 for, 45 against, 177th of 455 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 57.69 shot attempts an hour with Savoie on the ice at 5v5.

262nd of 455 forwards

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.6 expected goals an hour.

17 goals against in 132 minutes, 77th of 180 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Oilers are down 1 goals with Savoie on the ice.

65 for, 66 against, 250th of 465 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Oilers create 4.24 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Savoie on.

250th of 455 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Savoie's line owns 49.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

945 for, 953 against, 204th of 455 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:04 of power play time a game, 268th among forwards.

5.6% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Savoie plays 14:46 a night, 246th among forwards.

1,212 minutes across 82 games

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:41 of penalty kill time a game, 99th among forwards.

10.9% of his total ice time

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.59 times an hour.

62nd in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.69 checks an hour.

878th in the league

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

96th in the league

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

Savoie has 5 game winners this season.

18 goals in total

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.89 goals an hour of ice time.

207th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +6 on the season.

192nd in the league

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

He puts 6.84 shots on goal an hour.

209th in the league

He manages the puck about as well as anyone

32 takeaways against 52 giveaways: roughly a wash.

0.62 takeaways per giveaway

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Savoie produces 1.83 points an hour of ice time.

274th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.35 points an hour.

267th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.83 shots an hour of ice time.

660th in the league

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

He sets up 0.94 assists an hour of ice time.

365th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.58 times an hour.

604th most giveaways an hour

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 40.0% of his draws.

356th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.19 penalty minutes an hour.

550th most penalty minutes an hour

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

15.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

38 of 242 attempts, 46th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

36.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

88 attempts, 7 goals

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

40.1% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

72 left, 97 middle, 73 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

139 of 204 unblocked, 141st of 468 forwards

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

56.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

136 attempts from inside the home plate, 161st of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

10.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

25 long-range attempts, 161st of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

56.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

136 of 242 attempts, 166th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Savoie has taken 242 shot attempts this season.

121 on goal, 65 missed, 38 blocked, 176th of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 25.3 feet.

242 located attempts, 182nd of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 11.98 attempts an hour of ice time.

242 attempts in 1,212 minutes, 252nd of 465 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Savoie has scored 3 times on Kevin Lankinen 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

Sergei Bobrovsky has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Lukas Dostal: 20.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 10 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Canucks this season.

14 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Spencer Knight: 14 attempts, 1 goal.

7.1% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Sharks have held him without a goal on 12 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

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

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 15.4% of them go in.

2 goals on 13 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 17.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 46.

18 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.

14 goals on 136 close attempts, 150th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Savoie has 18 goals off 15.9 expected: 2.1 more than the chances alone say.

165th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 12.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

18 goals on 139 shots, 219th of 468 forwards

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