Michael Misa Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

William Eklund is the partner who brings the best out of him

Misa is at his best beside Eklund: 56.0% of the expected goals together against 46.2% apart.

208 minutes together, 305 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Mukhamadullin is a different player beside him: 55.8% of the expected goals with Misa, 44.7% without him.

117 minutes together, 653 minutes apart for Mukhamadullin

It stops working when he is paired with Dmitry Orlov

The pairing with Orlov is the one that costs him: 45.8% of the expected goals together, 52.7% apart.

157 minutes together, 356 minutes apart

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

7 of his 8 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Misa than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Orlov does better away from him: 52.4% of the expected goals apart against 45.8% together.

157 minutes together, 1,247 minutes apart

He and William Eklund are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Misa and Eklund: 5.86 expected goals an hour.

208 minutes together at 5v5

Tyler Toffoli is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Toffoli than anyone: 219 minutes, worth 54.6% of the expected goals.

9 goals for, 10 against together

The goals go his team's way when Vincent Desharnais is out there with him

With Desharnais on the ice too, the Sharks have outscored opponents 9 to 4 at 5v5.

69.2% goal share over 148 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Shakir Mukhamadullin are out together

He gives up least beside Mukhamadullin: 3.95 expected goals against an hour.

117 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Misa with Desharnais, Dickinson, Eklund and Toffoli, 34 minutes at 5v5.

62.4% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Misa has been shuffled through 16 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

8 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Misa this season.

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

William Eklund is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

William Eklund has assisted on 3 of his 9 goals, 33.3% 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

Adam Gaudette is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Adam Gaudette's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 2 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

8 different teammates have assisted on his 9 goals.

Eklund (3), Toffoli (3), Dickinson (2), Liljegren (2)

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Sharks create 4.86 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Misa on.

94th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.75 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

350th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.5, close to neutral.

10.2% shooting and 89.2% goaltending behind him, 237th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 9.09 expected goals an hour.

5 goals in 53 minutes, 188th of 269 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 57.96 shot attempts an hour with Misa on the ice at 5v5.

271st of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Misa is on.

244 for, 241 against, 198th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Sharks generate 50.5% of the expected goals with Misa on the ice.

41.5 xGF to 40.6 xGA over 512 minutes, 198th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

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

493 for, 495 against, 197th of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Sharks are up 3 goals with Misa on the ice.

31 for, 28 against, 199th of 466 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Sharks score 49.0% of the 5v5 goals with Misa out there.

25 for, 26 against, 243rd of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:15 of power play time a game, 257th among forwards.

9.1% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Misa plays 12:48 a night, 332nd among forwards.

576 minutes across 45 games

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.94 goals an hour of ice time.

184th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Misa produces 2.19 points an hour of ice time.

190th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.46 checks an hour.

763rd in the league

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

He sets up 1.25 assists an hour of ice time.

209th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.42 points an hour.

227th in the league

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

He puts 5.83 shots on goal an hour.

358th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.04 penalty minutes an hour.

607th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard is roughly even with him out there

He is -2 on the season.

545th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.4 shots an hour of ice time.

531st in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 45.8% of his draws.

256th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.92 times an hour.

460th most giveaways an hour

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.83 times an hour.

477th in the league

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

71.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

75 of 105 attempts, 9th of 468 forwards

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

70.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

74 attempts from inside the home plate, 9th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 20.6 feet.

105 located attempts, 17th of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

70.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

58 of 82 unblocked, 66th of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

7.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

8 long-range attempts, 72nd of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Misa has taken 105 shot attempts this season.

49 on goal, 24 missed, 23 blocked, 369th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

37 attempts, 6 goals

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

47.6% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

33 left, 50 middle, 22 right

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

He fires 10.93 attempts an hour of ice time.

105 attempts in 576 minutes, 312th of 466 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

21.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

23 of 105 attempts, 256th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Misa has scored 2 times on Connor Ingram this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 7 attempts, 28.6%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Darcy Kuemper has turned him away every time: 9 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Oilers this season.

11 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Darcy Kuemper: 9 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 60.0% of his draws against Ryan Greene.

6 of 10 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Jean-Gabriel Pageau beats him on the draw: he wins only 25.0% of them.

2 of 8 faceoffs

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 21.4% of them go in.

3 goals on 14 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

9 goals on 58 shots, 127th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.7% of his attempts.

8 goals on 75 close attempts, 128th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 15.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 33.

9 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Misa has 9 goals off 8.1 expected: 0.9 more than the chances alone say.

191st of 468 forwards

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