Nathan MacKinnon Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

MacKinnon has scored 3 times on Sergei Bobrovsky this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 18 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Casey DeSmith has turned him away every time: 15 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Darcy Kuemper: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.

22 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Sergei Bobrovsky: 18 attempts, 3 goals.

16.7% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 90.9% of his draws against Nick Paul.

10 of 11 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Cody Glass beats him on the draw: he wins only 10.0% of them.

1 of 10 faceoffs

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Erik Karlsson.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Roope Hintz has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

MacKinnon has taken 97 shot attempts this season.

43 on goal, 21 missed, 27 blocked, 4th of 137 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 30.3 feet.

97 located attempts, 118th of 137 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

16.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

16 long-range attempts, 108th of 137 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

39.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

38 attempts, 3 goals

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

44.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

43 of 97 attempts, 102nd of 137 forwards

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

44.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

43 attempts from inside the home plate, 102nd of 137 forwards

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

42.3% of his attempts come from the left side.

41 left, 30 middle, 26 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

70.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

49 of 70 unblocked, 37th of 137 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

27.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

27 of 97 attempts, 89th of 137 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.3% of his attempts.

1 goals on 43 close attempts, 122nd of 137 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

MacKinnon has 6 goals off 4.1 expected: 1.9 more than the chances alone say.

37th of 137 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 32.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 46.

6 goals located by coordinate

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 12.2% of the shots he puts on goal.

6 goals on 49 shots, 78th of 137 forwards

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 12.5% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

2 of 16 points with the man advantage

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

MacKinnon plays 21:40 a night, 7th among forwards.

195 minutes across 9 games

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

87.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

14 primary of 16 assists

Cale Makar is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Cale Makar has assisted on 3 of his 7 goals, 42.9% of them.

2 primary, 1 secondary

Artturi Lehkonen is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 6 of Artturi Lehkonen's goals, 37.5% of his own assists.

6 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

7 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Makar (3), Necas (3), Kulak (2), Toews (2)

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