Miro Heiskanen Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Blackwell is a different player beside him: 58.8% of the expected goals with Heiskanen, 44.6% without him.

172 minutes together, 508 minutes apart for Blackwell

It stops working when he is paired with Tyler Seguin

The pairing with Seguin is the one that costs him: 44.7% of the expected goals together, 53.3% apart.

140 minutes together, 1,190 minutes apart

Colin Blackwell is the partner who brings the best out of him

Heiskanen is at his best beside Blackwell: 58.8% of the expected goals together against 51.5% apart.

172 minutes together, 1,158 minutes apart

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

14 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Heiskanen than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Jason Robertson are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Heiskanen and Robertson: 4.84 expected goals an hour.

486 minutes together at 5v5

Esa Lindell is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Lindell than anyone: 1,015 minutes, worth 52.9% of the expected goals.

48 goals for, 34 against together

The goals go his team's way when Roope Hintz is out there with him

With Hintz on the ice too, the Stars have outscored opponents 17 to 7 at 5v5.

70.8% goal share over 295 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Radek Faksa are out together

He gives up least beside Faksa: 2.66 expected goals against an hour.

143 minutes together at 5v5

Matt Duchene is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Duchene: 91.8% of the expected goals over 85 minutes.

17 goals for, 1 against together

Justin Hryckowian is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Hryckowian: 8.78 expected goals against an hour.

48 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Bourque, Hintz, Lindell and Robertson: 64.7% of the expected goals over 74 minutes.

3 goals for, 3 against, 61.4% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Heiskanen with Johnston, Lindell, Rantanen and Steel, 87 minutes at 5v5.

54.0% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 3 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Hintz, Johnston, Rantanen and Robertson: 30 goals in 138 minutes.

13.04 goals an hour, 27.8 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Bäck, Faksa and Lindell: 9 goals against in 55 minutes.

9.74 against an hour, 9.0 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Benn, Johnston, Lindell and Rantanen: 43.0% of the expected goals.

4 goals for, 1 against over 33 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Heiskanen has played 43 different five-man units at 5v5, 9 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

16 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Heiskanen this season.

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

Wyatt Johnston is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Wyatt Johnston has assisted on 4 of his 9 goals, 44.4% of them.

2 primary, 2 secondary

Wyatt Johnston is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 17 of Wyatt Johnston's goals, 31.5% of his own assists.

8 primary, 9 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

38.9% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

21 primary of 54 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

8 different teammates have assisted on his 9 goals.

Johnston (4), Rantanen (3), Lindell (2), Hintz (2)

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

The Stars are up 35 goals with Heiskanen on the ice.

132 for, 97 against, 13th of 245 defencemen

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.72 expected goals an hour.

54 goals in 265 minutes, 10th of 85 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 51.46 shot attempts an hour with Heiskanen on the ice at 5v5.

32nd of 246 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.92 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

40th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.7, running hot and likely to cool.

10.5% shooting and 91.1% goaltending behind him, 54th of 246 defencemen

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Stars score 55.8% of the 5v5 goals with Heiskanen out there.

58 for, 46 against, 46th of 246 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Stars generate 52.4% of the expected goals with Heiskanen on the ice.

95.7 xGF to 86.8 xGA over 1,330 minutes, 58th of 246 defencemen

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

51.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Heiskanen is on.

551 for, 519 against, 70th of 246 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 55.8% of the goals off 52.4% of the expected goals.

3.4 points of goal share above expectation

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Heiskanen's line owns 49.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,127 for, 1,141 against, 112th of 246 defencemen

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 10.11 expected goals an hour.

30 goals against in 237 minutes, 82nd of 156 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Stars create 4.32 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Heiskanen on.

121st of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Heiskanen plays 25:28 a night, 4th among defencemen.

1,962 minutes across 77 games

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

He draws 3:09 of penalty kill time a game, 9th among defencemen.

12.1% of his total ice time

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

He draws 3:31 of power play time a game, 7th among defencemen.

13.5% of his total ice time

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.64 checks an hour.

885th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.86 points an hour.

85th in the league

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

He sets up 1.65 assists an hour of ice time.

105th in the league

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

125th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +9 on the season.

131st in the league

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

Heiskanen has 3 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

9 goals in total

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.19 times an hour.

203rd in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

39 takeaways against 93 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.42 takeaways per giveaway

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.07 shots an hour of ice time.

219th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Heiskanen produces 1.93 points an hour of ice time.

250th in the league

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

He takes 0.92 penalty minutes an hour.

664th most penalty minutes an hour

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.5 shots on goal an hour.

562nd in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.28 goals an hour of ice time.

569th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.85 times an hour.

483rd most giveaways an hour

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Heiskanen has taken 336 shot attempts this season.

139 on goal, 75 missed, 113 blocked, 31st of 241 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

38.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

129 long-range attempts, 28th of 241 defencemen

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 38.4 feet.

336 located attempts, 35th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

28.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

95 attempts, 1 goals

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

33.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

113 of 336 attempts, 62nd of 241 defencemen

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

66.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

148 of 223 unblocked, 74th of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 10.28 attempts an hour of ice time.

336 attempts in 1,962 minutes, 86th of 245 defencemen

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

24.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

82 of 336 attempts, 97th of 241 defencemen

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

23.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

79 attempts from inside the home plate, 114th of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Heiskanen has scored 1 times on Arvid Soderblom this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 8 attempts, 12.5%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Connor Hellebuyck has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Hurricanes this season.

5 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Filip Gustavsson: 14 attempts, 1 goal.

7.1% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Jets have held him without a goal on 24 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Parker Kelly has hit him 5 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Dawson Mercer has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 6.7% of them go in.

2 goals on 30 attempts

He is not converting the chances he gets

Heiskanen has 9 goals off 11.9 expected: 2.9 short of what the chances say.

177th of 241 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 35.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 55.

9 goals located by coordinate

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 6.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

9 goals on 148 shots, 102nd of 241 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.4% of his attempts.

2 goals on 82 close attempts, 101st of 221 defencemen

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