Michael Bunting Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Bunting has scored 3 times on Dustin Wolf this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 9 attempts, 33.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Filip Gustavsson has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Dustin Wolf: 33.3% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 9 attempts

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joel Hofer: 15 attempts, 2 goals.

13.3% conversion

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Cale Makar.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

56.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

126 of 223 unblocked, 451st of 468 forwards

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

He fires 18.62 attempts an hour of ice time.

280 attempts in 902 minutes, 49th of 466 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

18.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

51 long-range attempts, 412th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 29.1 feet.

280 located attempts, 387th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

33.9% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

95 attempts, 2 goals

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

45.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

128 attempts from inside the home plate, 355th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

46.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

130 of 280 attempts, 347th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Bunting has taken 280 shot attempts this season.

112 on goal, 97 missed, 57 blocked, 139th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

20.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

57 of 280 attempts, 175th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Bunting has 14 goals off 17.6 expected: 3.6 short of what the chances say.

383rd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 11.1% of them go in.

4 goals on 36 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 16.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 42.

14 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 11.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

14 goals on 126 shots, 290th of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.5% of his attempts.

11 goals on 130 close attempts, 236th of 468 forwards

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -24 on the season.

920th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.4 shots an hour of ice time.

773rd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.56 points an hour.

170th in the league

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

He puts 7.08 shots on goal an hour.

184th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

12 takeaways against 57 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.21 takeaways per giveaway

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 33.3% of his draws.

441st in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Bunting produces 1.85 points an hour of ice time.

270th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.79 goals an hour of ice time.

275th in the league

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

He sets up 1.07 assists an hour of ice time.

298th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.67 times an hour.

622nd in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.53 checks an hour.

603rd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.2 times an hour.

350th most giveaways an hour

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.12 penalty minutes an hour.

580th most penalty minutes an hour

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 43.6% of the goals off 54.5% of the expected goals.

10.9 points of goal share below expectation

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Stars create 5.15 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Bunting on.

46th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 7.96 expected goals an hour.

15 goals in 114 minutes, 235th of 269 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.1, running cold and likely to correct.

9.4% shooting and 88.7% goaltending behind him, 320th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Stars generate 54.5% of the expected goals with Bunting on the ice.

65.3 xGF to 54.6 xGA over 761 minutes, 77th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Bunting's line owns 52.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

818 for, 741 against, 100th of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Stars score 43.6% of the 5v5 goals with Bunting out there.

34 for, 44 against, 335th of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.44 shot attempts an hour with Bunting on the ice at 5v5.

294th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

48.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Bunting is on.

362 for, 390 against, 276th of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Stars are down 2 goals with Bunting on the ice.

52 for, 54 against, 266th of 466 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.31 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

196th of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:55 of power play time a game, 184th among forwards.

12.6% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Bunting plays 14:47 a night, 244th among forwards.

902 minutes across 61 games

Luke Evangelista is the partner who brings the best out of him

Bunting is at his best beside Evangelista: 63.5% of the expected goals together against 51.3% apart.

188 minutes together, 572 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Spencer Stastney

The pairing with Stastney is the one that costs him: 40.8% of the expected goals together, 56.3% apart.

103 minutes together, 658 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Barron is a different player beside him: 61.0% of the expected goals with Bunting, 50.1% without him.

119 minutes together, 575 minutes apart for Barron

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Stastney does better away from him: 60.3% of the expected goals apart against 40.8% together.

103 minutes together, 285 minutes apart

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

10 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Bunting than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Luke Evangelista are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Bunting and Evangelista: 6.25 expected goals an hour.

188 minutes together at 5v5

Erik Haula is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Haula than anyone: 403 minutes, worth 55.4% of the expected goals.

17 goals for, 24 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Justin Barron are out together

He gives up least beside Barron: 3.36 expected goals against an hour.

119 minutes together at 5v5

Steven Stamkos is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Stamkos: 93.8% of the expected goals over 39 minutes.

6 goals for, 1 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Bunting with Blankenburg, Evangelista, Hague and Haula, 31 minutes at 5v5.

76.0% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Blankenburg, Evangelista, Haula and Wood: 7 goals in 25 minutes.

16.5 goals an hour, 3.8 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Bunting has been shuffled through 42 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

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Bunting this season.

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

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

84.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

16 primary of 19 assists

Erik Haula is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Erik Haula has assisted on 5 of his 14 goals, 35.7% of them.

1 primary, 4 secondary

Jonathan Marchessault is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Jonathan Marchessault's goals, 15.8% of his own assists.

3 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 14 goals.

Haula (5), Evangelista (3), Blankenburg (3), Stastney (2)

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