Mattias Samuelsson Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Josh Dunne is the partner who brings the best out of him

Samuelsson is at his best beside Dunne: 66.2% of the expected goals together against 47.7% apart.

119 minutes together, 1,346 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Dunne is a different player beside him: 66.2% of the expected goals with Samuelsson, 47.1% without him.

119 minutes together, 195 minutes apart for Dunne

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Ostlund does better away from him: 56.1% of the expected goals apart against 43.7% together.

250 minutes together, 480 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jack Quinn

The pairing with Quinn is the one that costs him: 43.4% of the expected goals together, 51.1% apart.

363 minutes together, 1,102 minutes apart

He and Josh Dunne are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Samuelsson and Dunne: 4.98 expected goals an hour.

119 minutes together at 5v5

Rasmus Dahlin is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Dahlin than anyone: 857 minutes, worth 49.2% of the expected goals.

46 goals for, 29 against together

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

With Norris on the ice too, the Sabres have outscored opponents 15 to 5 at 5v5.

75.0% goal share over 172 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Josh Dunne are out together

He gives up least beside Dunne: 2.54 expected goals against an hour.

119 minutes together at 5v5

Jordan Greenway is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Greenway: 8.98 expected goals against an hour.

37 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Dahlin, Krebs, Thompson and Tuch: 57.9% of the expected goals over 73 minutes.

3 goals for, 1 against, 58.6% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Samuelsson with Dahlin, McLeod, Quinn and Zucker, 113 minutes at 5v5.

51.1% of the expected goals, 10 goals for and 6 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with McLeod, Timmins and Tuch: 7 goals against in 50 minutes.

8.45 against an hour, 10.0 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Samuelsson has played 53 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 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

17 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Samuelsson this season.

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

Ryan McLeod is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Ryan McLeod has assisted on 3 of his 13 goals, 23.1% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Tage Thompson is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Tage Thompson's goals, 14.3% of his own assists.

1 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

42.9% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

12 primary of 28 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

McLeod (3), Quinn (3), Dahlin (3), Byram (2)

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 12.25 expected goals an hour.

31 goals against in 221 minutes, 149th of 156 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 59.4% of the goals off 49.0% of the expected goals.

10.4 points of goal share above expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 103.6, running hot and likely to cool.

12.0% shooting and 91.6% goaltending behind him, 17th of 246 defencemen

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

The Sabres score 59.4% of the 5v5 goals with Samuelsson out there.

82 for, 56 against, 23rd of 246 defencemen

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

The Sabres are up 7 goals with Samuelsson on the ice.

105 for, 98 against, 46th of 245 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 60.65 shot attempts an hour with Samuelsson on the ice at 5v5.

184th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Samuelsson's line owns 47.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,348 for, 1,481 against, 164th of 246 defencemen

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

50.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Samuelsson is on.

684 for, 665 against, 87th of 246 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Sabres create 4.21 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Samuelsson on.

144th of 246 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Sabres generate 49.0% of the expected goals with Samuelsson on the ice.

102.9 xGF to 106.9 xGA over 1,465 minutes, 133rd of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.38 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

124th of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Samuelsson plays 22:49 a night, 37th among defencemen.

1,781 minutes across 78 games

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:52 of penalty kill time a game, 24th among defencemen.

12.4% of his total ice time

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +41 on the season.

8th in the league

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

He has 3 short-handed points this season.

35th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 5.16 shots an hour of ice time.

102nd in the league

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

Samuelsson has 3 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

13 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

17 takeaways against 80 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.21 takeaways per giveaway

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.57 times an hour.

701st in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.64 shots on goal an hour.

698th 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.

364th in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.94 penalty minutes an hour.

650th most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.7 times an hour.

560th most giveaways an hour

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Samuelsson produces 1.38 points an hour of ice time.

428th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.45 checks an hour.

410th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.44 goals an hour of ice time.

458th in the league

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 38.5 feet.

245 located attempts, 38th of 241 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

41.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

101 long-range attempts, 49th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

74 attempts, 7 goals

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

67.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

109 of 162 unblocked, 64th of 241 defencemen

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

46.1% of his attempts come from the left side.

113 left, 69 middle, 63 right

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

33.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

83 of 245 attempts, 68th of 241 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Samuelsson has taken 245 shot attempts this season.

96 on goal, 53 missed, 83 blocked, 74th of 241 defencemen

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 8.26 attempts an hour of ice time.

245 attempts in 1,781 minutes, 155th of 245 defencemen

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

24.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

59 attempts from inside the home plate, 102nd of 241 defencemen

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

24.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

59 of 245 attempts, 108th of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Samuelsson has scored 2 times on Andrei Vasilevskiy 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

Jake Allen has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Lightning this season.

13 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jake Allen: 11 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Canadiens have held him without a goal on 17 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Samuelsson has finished his check on Oliver Bjorkstrand 5 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Steven Lorentz has hit him 5 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Samuelsson has 13 goals off 9.5 expected: 3.5 more than the chances alone say.

8th of 241 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 11.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 109 shots, 8th of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 9.5% of them go in.

2 goals on 21 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 38.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 58.

13 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 1.7% of his attempts.

1 goals on 59 close attempts, 135th of 221 defencemen

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