Max Sasson Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Arshdeep Bains is the partner who brings the best out of him

Sasson is at his best beside Bains: 57.3% of the expected goals together against 44.2% apart.

126 minutes together, 590 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Brock Boeser

The pairing with Boeser is the one that costs him: 35.2% of the expected goals together, 49.7% apart.

109 minutes together, 607 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Bains is a different player beside him: 57.3% of the expected goals with Sasson, 46.7% without him.

126 minutes together, 115 minutes apart for Bains

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Boeser does better away from him: 42.8% of the expected goals apart against 35.2% together.

109 minutes together, 908 minutes apart

He and Arshdeep Bains are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Sasson and Bains: 5.93 expected goals an hour.

126 minutes together at 5v5

Linus Karlsson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Karlsson than anyone: 380 minutes, worth 52.8% of the expected goals.

16 goals for, 21 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Linus Karlsson are out together

He gives up least beside Karlsson: 3.98 expected goals against an hour.

380 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Sasson with Blueger, Karlsson, Pettersson and Willander, 32 minutes at 5v5.

55.1% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Sasson has been shuffled through 23 different five-man units, and only 1 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

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Sasson this season.

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

Linus Karlsson is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Linus Karlsson has assisted on 6 of his 13 goals, 46.2% of them.

2 primary, 4 secondary

Teddy Blueger is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Teddy Blueger's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

1 primary, 1 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

Karlsson (6), Hronek (3), Myers (2), Blueger (1)

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 36.2% of the goals off 47.0% of the expected goals.

10.8 points of goal share below expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.5, running cold and likely to correct.

7.8% shooting and 88.6% goaltending behind him, 395th of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Canucks score 36.2% of the 5v5 goals with Sasson out there.

21 for, 37 against, 408th of 454 forwards

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

The Canucks are down 13 goals with Sasson on the ice.

27 for, 40 against, 383rd of 466 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

45.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Sasson is on.

268 for, 325 against, 380th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.05 shot attempts an hour with Sasson on the ice at 5v5.

124th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Canucks generate 47.0% of the expected goals with Sasson on the ice.

48.4 xGF to 54.6 xGA over 716 minutes, 321st of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Canucks create 4.06 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Sasson on.

308th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.57 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

289th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Sasson's line owns 49.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

625 for, 645 against, 233rd of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Sasson plays 11:43 a night, 409th among forwards.

773 minutes across 66 games

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -13 on the season.

837th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.01 goals an hour of ice time.

149th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 5.3% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 19 points with the man advantage

He gives the puck away more than he should

12 takeaways against 38 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.32 takeaways per giveaway

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.02 penalty minutes an hour.

310th most penalty minutes an hour

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.47 assists an hour of ice time.

707th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.33 checks an hour.

636th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Sasson produces 1.47 points an hour of ice time.

383rd in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.93 times an hour.

383rd in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 42.1% of his draws.

327th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.08 points an hour.

407th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.73 shots on goal an hour.

533rd in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.79 shots an hour of ice time.

443rd in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.95 times an hour.

445th most giveaways an hour

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

He fires 8.84 attempts an hour of ice time.

114 attempts in 773 minutes, 412th of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

40 attempts, 5 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Sasson has taken 114 shot attempts this season.

49 on goal, 31 missed, 21 blocked, 354th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

18.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

21 of 114 attempts, 122nd of 468 forwards

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

43.0% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

35 left, 49 middle, 30 right

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.4 feet.

114 located attempts, 301st of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

50.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

57 of 114 attempts, 280th of 468 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

50.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

57 attempts from inside the home plate, 276th of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

62 of 93 unblocked, 186th of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

12.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

14 long-range attempts, 238th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Sasson has scored 1 times on Dan Vladar this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Blackhawks this season.

6 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Mackenzie Blackwood: 7 attempts, 1 goal.

14.3% conversion

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Sean Durzi.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Sean Durzi has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 17.5% of his attempts.

10 goals on 57 close attempts, 5th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 21.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 62 shots, 17th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Sasson has 13 goals off 7.2 expected: 5.8 more than the chances alone say.

79th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 26.9% of them go in.

7 goals on 26 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 19.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 40.

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