Matthew Schaefer Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Schaefer has scored 3 times on Darcy Kuemper this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 21 attempts, 14.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Leevi Meriläinen 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 Jake Oettinger: 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 Kings this season.

22 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Andrei Vasilevskiy: 26 attempts, 2 goals.

7.7% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Maple Leafs have held him without a goal on 25 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Filip Forsberg has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Adrian Kempe has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

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

He fires 27.64 attempts an hour of ice time.

135 attempts in 293 minutes, 1st of 120 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Schaefer has taken 135 shot attempts this season.

54 on goal, 30 missed, 48 blocked, 1st of 102 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

28.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

38 long-range attempts, 12th of 102 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

42 attempts, 1 goals

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 35.0 feet.

135 located attempts, 23rd of 102 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

65.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

57 of 87 unblocked, 41st of 102 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

35.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

48 of 135 attempts, 57th of 102 defencemen

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

31.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

43 attempts from inside the home plate, 43rd of 102 defencemen

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

31.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

43 of 135 attempts, 45th of 102 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Schaefer has 3 goals off 5.6 expected: 2.6 short of what the chances say.

99th of 102 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 8.0% of them go in.

2 goals on 25 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 36.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 60.

3 goals located by coordinate

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 5.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 57 shots, 53rd of 102 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.3% of his attempts.

1 goals on 43 close attempts, 43rd of 85 defencemen

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 2.43 times an hour.

14th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.12 checks an hour.

574th in the league

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

He puts 8.23 shots on goal an hour.

89th in the league

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

He sets up 1.68 assists an hour of ice time.

110th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.56 points an hour.

156th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Schaefer produces 2.06 points an hour of ice time.

197th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.74 times an hour.

458th fewest giveaways an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +1 on the season.

224th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.87 shots an hour of ice time.

431st in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.12 penalty minutes an hour.

309th fewest penalty minutes an hour

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.37 goals an hour of ice time.

353rd in the league

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

The Islanders are up 7 goals with Schaefer on the ice.

19 for, 12 against, 10th of 120 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 46.34 shot attempts an hour with Schaefer on the ice at 5v5.

8th of 68 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.79 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

11th of 68 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.3, close to neutral.

10.6% shooting and 90.7% goaltending behind him, 24th of 68 defencemen

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

The Islanders score 60.0% of the 5v5 goals with Schaefer out there.

12 for, 8 against, 13th of 68 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

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

235 for, 176 against, 16th of 68 defencemen

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

56.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Schaefer is on.

113 for, 86 against, 16th of 68 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 60.0% of the goals off 55.2% of the expected goals.

4.8 points of goal share above expectation

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

At 5v5 the Islanders generate 55.2% of the expected goals with Schaefer on the ice.

17.7 xGF to 14.4 xGA over 228 minutes, 22nd of 68 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Islanders create 4.67 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Schaefer on.

29th of 68 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Schaefer plays 26:38 a night, 4th among defencemen.

293 minutes across 11 games

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Horvat, Maccelli, Palmieri and Schenn: 4 goals in 17 minutes.

14.15 goals an hour, 3.0 expected

Logan Stanley is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Logan Stanley has assisted on 3 of his 7 goals, 42.9% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Bo Horvat is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Bo Horvat's goals, 41.7% of his own assists.

5 primary, 0 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

58.3% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 12 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

5 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Stanley (3), Schenn (3), Horvat (2), DeAngelo (2)

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