Michael McCarron Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

McCarron has scored 2 times on Joel Hofer this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 10 attempts, 20.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Scott Wedgewood has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Joel Hofer: 20.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 10 attempts

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joel Hofer: 10 attempts, 2 goals.

20.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 88.9% of his draws against Sebastian Aho.

8 of 9 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Mikael Backlund beats him on the draw: he wins only 25.0% of them.

2 of 8 faceoffs

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

McCarron has finished his check on Simon Edvinsson 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Corey Perry.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Corey Perry has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He gets almost nothing from long range

21.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

43 long-range attempts, 448th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

15.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

32 of 203 attempts, 48th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

36.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

73 attempts, 4 goals

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 28.3 feet.

203 located attempts, 349th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 14.25 attempts an hour of ice time.

203 attempts in 855 minutes, 156th of 466 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

109 of 171 unblocked, 305th of 468 forwards

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

51.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

104 of 203 attempts, 264th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

51.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

104 attempts from inside the home plate, 259th of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

McCarron has taken 203 shot attempts this season.

101 on goal, 62 missed, 32 blocked, 220th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

McCarron has 8 goals off 12.4 expected: 4.4 short of what the chances say.

411th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 7.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

8 goals on 109 shots, 403rd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 8.3% of them go in.

2 goals on 24 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 10.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 23.

8 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.7% of his attempts.

8 goals on 104 close attempts, 288th of 468 forwards

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 5.04 penalty minutes an hour.

59th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -16 on the season.

876th in the league

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

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

87th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 11.11 checks an hour.

116th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.06 times an hour.

796th most giveaways an hour

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.3 times an hour.

154th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 52.5% of his draws.

106th in the league

He manages the puck about as well as anyone

24 takeaways against 38 giveaways: roughly a wash.

0.63 takeaways per giveaway

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.17 shots an hour of ice time.

211th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.49 assists an hour of ice time.

688th in the league

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

He puts 5.85 shots on goal an hour.

354th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

McCarron produces 0.92 points an hour of ice time.

616th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.43 goals an hour of ice time.

464th in the league

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 29.2% of the goals off 50.8% of the expected goals.

21.6 points of goal share below expectation

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

The Wild are down 40 goals with McCarron on the ice.

19 for, 59 against, 464th of 466 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Wild score 29.2% of the 5v5 goals with McCarron out there.

14 for, 34 against, 446th of 456 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 94.2, running cold and likely to correct.

5.1% shooting and 89.1% goaltending behind him, 447th of 456 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

46.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when McCarron is on.

275 for, 311 against, 338th of 456 forwards

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.7 expected goals an hour.

22 goals against in 144 minutes, 46th of 180 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.11 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

133rd of 456 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

McCarron's line owns 47.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

584 for, 637 against, 296th of 456 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.76 shot attempts an hour with McCarron on the ice at 5v5.

180th of 456 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Wild generate 50.8% of the expected goals with McCarron on the ice.

48.4 xGF to 46.9 xGA over 685 minutes, 190th of 456 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Wild create 4.23 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with McCarron on.

255th of 456 forwards

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

He draws 2:31 of penalty kill time a game, 14th among forwards.

16.9% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

McCarron plays 14:29 a night, 263rd among forwards.

855 minutes across 59 games

Cole Smith is the partner who brings the best out of him

McCarron is at his best beside Smith: 56.1% of the expected goals together against 43.3% apart.

399 minutes together, 287 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Tyson Jost

The pairing with Jost is the one that costs him: 39.3% of the expected goals together, 52.6% apart.

115 minutes together, 570 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Wiesblatt is a different player beside him: 54.2% of the expected goals with McCarron, 44.1% without him.

200 minutes together, 178 minutes apart for Wiesblatt

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Blankenburg does better away from him: 59.9% of the expected goals apart against 46.1% together.

162 minutes together, 520 minutes apart

He and Jonathan Marchessault are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is McCarron and Marchessault: 5.51 expected goals an hour.

104 minutes together at 5v5

Cole Smith is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Smith than anyone: 399 minutes, worth 56.1% of the expected goals.

9 goals for, 18 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Nicolas Hague are out together

He gives up least beside Hague: 2.92 expected goals against an hour.

182 minutes together at 5v5

Nick Perbix is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Perbix: 8.85 expected goals against an hour.

95 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is McCarron with Josi, Perbix, Schaefer and Smith, 44 minutes at 5v5.

62.1% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Josi, Perbix, Schaefer and Smith: 62.1% of the expected goals over 44 minutes.

0 goals for, 0 against, 47.7% of the attempts

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Perbix, Skjei and Smith: 10 goals against in 50 minutes.

12.1 against an hour, 8.0 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

McCarron has been shuffled through 33 different five-man units, and only 2 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 McCarron this season.

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

Cole Smith is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Cole Smith has assisted on 2 of his 8 goals, 25.0% of them.

1 primary, 1 secondary

Cole Smith is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Cole Smith's goals, 22.2% of his own assists.

1 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

44.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

4 primary of 9 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 8 goals.

Smith (2), Foligno (1), Brodin (1), Faber (1)

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