Mattias Samuelsson Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Samuelsson has scored 3 times on Sergei Bobrovsky this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 16 attempts, 18.8%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jacob Fowler has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Sergei Bobrovsky: 18.8% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 16 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.

19 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Sergei Bobrovsky: 16 attempts, 3 goals.

18.8% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Jacob Gaucher has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Alexandre Texier has drawn 3 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 31.5 feet.

51 located attempts, 1st of 91 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

45.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

23 of 51 attempts, 1st of 91 defencemen

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

45.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

23 attempts from inside the home plate, 1st of 91 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

31.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

16 long-range attempts, 19th of 91 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

16 attempts, 3 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Samuelsson has taken 51 shot attempts this season.

17 on goal, 12 missed, 18 blocked, 53rd of 91 defencemen

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 11.85 attempts an hour of ice time.

51 attempts in 258 minutes, 56th of 98 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

35.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

18 of 51 attempts, 49th of 91 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

63.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

21 of 33 unblocked, 46th of 91 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 19.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 21 shots, 3rd of 91 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Samuelsson has 4 goals off 2.3 expected: 1.7 more than the chances alone say.

6th of 91 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 29.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 44.

4 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.3% of his attempts.

1 goals on 23 close attempts, 28th of 75 defencemen

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

43rd in the league

The scoreboard is roughly even with him out there

He is -1 on the season.

418th in the league

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Sabres are down 11 goals with Samuelsson on the ice.

9 for, 20 against, 97th of 98 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.0, running cold and likely to correct.

7.4% shooting and 88.6% goaltending behind him, 40th of 46 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 43.8% of the goals off 53.4% of the expected goals.

9.6 points of goal share below expectation

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 47.79 shot attempts an hour with Samuelsson on the ice at 5v5.

9th of 46 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Sabres score 43.8% of the 5v5 goals with Samuelsson out there.

7 for, 9 against, 36th of 46 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.74 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

12th of 46 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Sabres create 4.27 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Samuelsson on.

31st of 46 defencemen

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Samuelsson's line owns 53.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

203 for, 174 against, 19th of 46 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Sabres generate 53.4% of the expected goals with Samuelsson on the ice.

15.6 xGF to 13.6 xGA over 218 minutes, 21st of 46 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

54.6% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Samuelsson is on.

95 for, 79 against, 21st of 46 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Samuelsson plays 23:29 a night, 28th among defencemen.

258 minutes across 11 games

Tage Thompson is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Tage Thompson has assisted on 3 of his 4 goals, 75.0% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

25.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

3 primary of 12 assists

Olen Zellweger is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 6 of Olen Zellweger's goals, 50.0% of his own assists.

3 primary, 3 secondary

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