Mika Zibanejad Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Zibanejad has scored 3 times on Samuel Ersson this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 15 attempts, 20.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Charlie Lindgren has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Jacob Markstrom: 20.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 10 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 6 goals against the Flyers this season.

27 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joseph Woll: 16 attempts, 3 goals.

18.8% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 100.0% of his draws against Jesper Boqvist.

8 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Jordan Staal beats him on the draw: he wins only 20.0% of them.

2 of 10 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Capitals have held him without a goal on 18 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Zibanejad has finished his check on Noah Dobson 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Zibanejad has taken 416 shot attempts this season.

181 on goal, 123 missed, 78 blocked, 36th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

19.0% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

79 long-range attempts, 418th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 29.7 feet.

416 located attempts, 404th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

126 attempts, 12 goals

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

46.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

194 of 416 attempts, 341st of 468 forwards

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

46.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

192 attempts from inside the home plate, 342nd of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

18.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

78 of 416 attempts, 132nd of 468 forwards

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

He fires 14.75 attempts an hour of ice time.

416 attempts in 1,693 minutes, 140th of 466 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

215 of 338 unblocked, 309th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Zibanejad has 34 goals off 22.2 expected: 11.8 more than the chances alone say.

28th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 14.7% of them go in.

11 goals on 75 attempts

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 11.3% of his attempts.

22 goals on 194 close attempts, 105th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

34 goals on 215 shots, 112th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 23.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 55.

34 goals located by coordinate

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 1.24 points an hour.

23rd in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -20 on the season.

900th in the league

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

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

47th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Zibanejad produces 2.77 points an hour of ice time.

85th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.21 goals an hour of ice time.

88th in the league

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

He sets up 1.56 assists an hour of ice time.

122nd in the league

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

He puts 7.63 shots on goal an hour.

132nd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.97 times an hour.

139th most giveaways an hour

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 52.5% of his draws.

108th in the league

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

Zibanejad has 3 game winners this season.

34 goals in total

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.21 times an hour.

194th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

34 takeaways against 112 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.3 takeaways per giveaway

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.5 penalty minutes an hour.

796th most penalty minutes an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.77 shots an hour of ice time.

671st in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.72 checks an hour.

484th in the league

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.51 expected goals an hour.

45 goals in 262 minutes, 53rd of 269 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.02 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

104th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.4, close to neutral.

9.4% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 185th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Rangers generate 51.4% of the expected goals with Zibanejad on the ice.

83.0 xGF to 78.6 xGA over 1,173 minutes, 160th of 454 forwards

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

The Rangers are up 8 goals with Zibanejad on the ice.

110 for, 102 against, 168th of 466 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.1 shot attempts an hour with Zibanejad on the ice at 5v5.

278th of 454 forwards

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.62 expected goals an hour.

18 goals against in 151 minutes, 79th of 180 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Zibanejad's line owns 49.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,095 for, 1,136 against, 242nd of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

49.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Zibanejad is on.

521 for, 542 against, 245th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Rangers create 4.25 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Zibanejad on.

248th of 454 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Rangers score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Zibanejad out there.

49 for, 49 against, 204th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Zibanejad plays 20:53 a night, 13th among forwards.

1,693 minutes across 81 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:19 of power play time a game, 48th among forwards.

15.5% of his total ice time

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

He draws 1:54 of penalty kill time a game, 70th among forwards.

8.9% of his total ice time

Adam Fox is the partner who brings the best out of him

Zibanejad is at his best beside Fox: 65.8% of the expected goals together against 44.7% apart.

378 minutes together, 796 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Braden Schneider

The pairing with Schneider is the one that costs him: 42.8% of the expected goals together, 56.0% apart.

400 minutes together, 773 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Robertson does better away from him: 53.9% of the expected goals apart against 43.6% together.

286 minutes together, 828 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Soucy is a different player beside him: 49.7% of the expected goals with Zibanejad, 44.3% without him.

184 minutes together, 515 minutes apart for Soucy

He and Adam Fox are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Zibanejad and Fox: 5.34 expected goals an hour.

378 minutes together at 5v5

Alexis Lafrenière is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Lafrenière than anyone: 615 minutes, worth 52.8% of the expected goals.

28 goals for, 24 against together

The goals go his team's way when Adam Fox is out there with him

With Fox on the ice too, the Rangers have outscored opponents 16 to 10 at 5v5.

61.5% goal share over 378 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Adam Fox are out together

He gives up least beside Fox: 2.78 expected goals against an hour.

378 minutes together at 5v5

Will Cuylle is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Cuylle: 95.2% of the expected goals over 55 minutes.

7 goals for, 2 against together

Will Cuylle is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Cuylle: 8.88 expected goals against an hour.

35 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Zibanejad with Fox, Gavrikov, Lafrenière and Perreault, 100 minutes at 5v5.

64.9% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 3 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Fox, Lafrenière, Miller and Trocheck: 13 goals in 59 minutes.

13.15 goals an hour, 12.0 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Lafrenière, Perreault, Robertson and Schneider: 32.5% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 2 against over 39 minutes

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Gavrikov, Miller and Schneider: 0 goals against in 12 minutes.

0.0 against an hour, 2.4 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Fox, Gavrikov, Miller and Perreault: 83.2% of the expected goals over 30 minutes.

1 goal for, 2 against, 67.2% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Zibanejad has played 43 different five-man units at 5v5, 8 of them for real minutes.

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

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

11 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Zibanejad this season.

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

Adam Fox is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Adam Fox has assisted on 11 of his 34 goals, 32.4% of them.

3 primary, 8 secondary

J.T. Miller is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 9 of J.T. Miller's goals, 20.5% of his own assists.

6 primary, 3 secondary

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

65.9% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

29 primary of 44 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

13 different teammates have assisted on his 34 goals.

Fox (11), Panarin (11), Lafrenière (10), Miller (9)

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