Matvei Michkov Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Travis Konecny is the partner who brings the best out of him

Michkov is at his best beside Konecny: 60.5% of the expected goals together against 50.5% apart.

105 minutes together, 863 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Konecny is a different player beside him: 60.5% of the expected goals with Michkov, 47.5% without him.

105 minutes together, 981 minutes apart for Konecny

It stops working when he is paired with Cam York

The pairing with York is the one that costs him: 46.9% of the expected goals together, 53.9% apart.

285 minutes together, 682 minutes apart

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

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

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Brink does better away from him: 52.0% of the expected goals apart against 49.1% together.

337 minutes together, 371 minutes apart

He and Travis Konecny are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Michkov and Konecny: 5.73 expected goals an hour.

105 minutes together at 5v5

Noah Cates is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Cates than anyone: 421 minutes, worth 50.0% of the expected goals.

20 goals for, 16 against together

The goals go his team's way when Travis Sanheim is out there with him

With Sanheim on the ice too, the Flyers have outscored opponents 18 to 11 at 5v5.

62.1% goal share over 289 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Nick Seeler are out together

He gives up least beside Seeler: 3.22 expected goals against an hour.

301 minutes together at 5v5

Rasmus Ristolainen is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Ristolainen: 96.1% of the expected goals over 35 minutes.

4 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Michkov with Brink, Couturier, Sanheim and York, 32 minutes at 5v5.

54.9% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Barkey, Cates, Tippett and York: 0 goals in 16 minutes.

0.0 goals an hour, 3.4 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Andrae, Brink, Cates and Drysdale: 61.1% of the expected goals over 30 minutes.

1 goal for, 1 against, 50.7% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Brink, Cates, Drysdale and York: 41.5% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 1 against over 31 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Michkov has been shuffled through 43 different five-man units, and only 3 of them have settled.

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

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

15 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Michkov this season.

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

Sean Couturier is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Sean Couturier has assisted on 5 of his 23 goals, 21.7% of them.

2 primary, 3 secondary

Noah Cates is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Noah Cates's goals, 16.1% of his own assists.

5 primary, 0 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

61.3% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

19 primary of 31 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 23 goals.

Couturier (5), Konecny (5), Barkey (4), Cates (4)

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.95 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

90th of 457 forwards

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

53.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Michkov is on.

424 for, 376 against, 96th of 457 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.77 shot attempts an hour with Michkov on the ice at 5v5.

116th of 457 forwards

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

The Flyers are up 17 goals with Michkov on the ice.

71 for, 54 against, 114th of 465 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.05 expected goals an hour.

17 goals in 171 minutes, 70th of 269 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.2, close to neutral.

10.8% shooting and 89.4% goaltending behind him, 189th of 457 forwards

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

The Flyers score 53.5% of the 5v5 goals with Michkov out there.

46 for, 40 against, 140th of 457 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Flyers generate 51.8% of the expected goals with Michkov on the ice.

68.2 xGF to 63.6 xGA over 968 minutes, 152nd of 457 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Flyers create 4.23 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Michkov on.

255th of 457 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Michkov's line owns 49.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

863 for, 867 against, 198th of 457 forwards

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Michkov plays 14:50 a night, 247th among forwards.

1,202 minutes across 81 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:14 of power play time a game, 150th among forwards.

14.2% of his total ice time

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.95 shots an hour of ice time.

877th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.34 times an hour.

79th most giveaways an hour

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 8.3% of his draws.

523rd in the league

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

He puts 8.09 shots on goal an hour.

99th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Michkov produces 2.55 points an hour of ice time.

117th in the league

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

He sets up 1.55 assists an hour of ice time.

127th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 3.55 penalty minutes an hour.

131st most penalty minutes an hour

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1 goals an hour of ice time.

155th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.6 points an hour.

155th in the league

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

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

20 goals in total

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.6 checks an hour.

739th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

22 takeaways against 87 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.25 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.1 times an hour.

255th in the league

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

71.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

173 of 243 unblocked, 56th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

39.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

123 attempts, 10 goals

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

He fires 15.47 attempts an hour of ice time.

310 attempts in 1,202 minutes, 104th of 465 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Michkov has taken 310 shot attempts this season.

150 on goal, 70 missed, 67 blocked, 111th of 468 forwards

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

43.9% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

90 left, 136 middle, 84 right

He gets almost nothing from long range

14.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

46 long-range attempts, 329th of 468 forwards

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

54.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

170 of 310 attempts, 197th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

53.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

167 attempts from inside the home plate, 204th of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 25.7 feet.

310 located attempts, 205th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

21.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

67 of 310 attempts, 242nd of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Michkov has scored 3 times on Igor Shesterkin this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 8 attempts, 37.5%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jesper Wallstedt has turned him away every time: 9 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Igor Shesterkin: 37.5% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Rangers this season.

12 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Stuart Skinner: 11 attempts, 2 goals.

18.2% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Lightning have held him without a goal on 13 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Pavel Mintyukov 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: 13.8% of them go in.

4 goals on 29 attempts

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Michkov has 23 goals off 19.1 expected: 3.9 more than the chances alone say.

115th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 22.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 90.

23 goals located by coordinate

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.0% of his attempts.

17 goals on 170 close attempts, 166th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 13.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

23 goals on 173 shots, 208th of 468 forwards

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