Nathan Walker Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Walker has finished his check on Mikey Anderson 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He gets almost nothing from long range

20.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

15 long-range attempts, 443rd of 468 forwards

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

He fires 7.83 attempts an hour of ice time.

72 attempts in 552 minutes, 441st of 466 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

15.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

11 of 72 attempts, 35th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Walker has taken 72 shot attempts this season.

35 on goal, 22 missed, 11 blocked, 420th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

34.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

25 attempts, 0 goals

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

50.0% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

22 left, 36 middle, 14 right

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

56.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

41 attempts from inside the home plate, 153rd of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

56.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

41 of 72 attempts, 158th of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

39 of 61 unblocked, 295th of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.3 feet.

72 located attempts, 241st of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 11.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 21.

4 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 10.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 39 shots, 314th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Walker has 4 goals off 5.8 expected: 1.8 short of what the chances say.

313th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.8% of his attempts.

4 goals on 41 close attempts, 179th of 468 forwards

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 19.48 checks an hour.

26th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 54.4% of his draws.

81st in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.33 times an hour.

807th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 3.05 penalty minutes an hour.

156th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -9 on the season.

779th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.81 shots an hour of ice time.

266th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 4.14 shots on goal an hour.

629th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.43 goals an hour of ice time.

461st in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.83 times an hour.

492nd most giveaways an hour

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.76 assists an hour of ice time.

506th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Walker produces 1.2 points an hour of ice time.

508th in the league

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 95.8, running cold and likely to correct.

10.5% shooting and 85.3% goaltending behind him, 414th of 454 forwards

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

The Blues are down 18 goals with Walker on the ice.

21 for, 39 against, 425th of 466 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Blues create 3.63 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Walker on.

407th of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Walker's line owns 44.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

370 for, 457 against, 408th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 39.6% of the goals off 48.2% of the expected goals.

8.6 points of goal share below expectation

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Blues score 39.6% of the 5v5 goals with Walker out there.

19 for, 29 against, 378th of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.91 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

81st of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

47.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Walker is on.

181 for, 197 against, 286th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.44 shot attempts an hour with Walker on the ice at 5v5.

168th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Blues generate 48.2% of the expected goals with Walker on the ice.

29.9 xGF to 32.2 xGA over 495 minutes, 280th of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Walker plays 11:59 a night, 385th among forwards.

552 minutes across 46 games

Tyler Tucker is the partner who brings the best out of him

Walker is at his best beside Tucker: 57.8% of the expected goals together against 44.6% apart.

134 minutes together, 360 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Alexey Toropchenko

The pairing with Toropchenko is the one that costs him: 40.8% of the expected goals together, 57.6% apart.

277 minutes together, 218 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Sundqvist is a different player beside him: 45.9% of the expected goals with Walker, 35.0% without him.

172 minutes together, 356 minutes apart for Sundqvist

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Mailloux does better away from him: 45.4% of the expected goals apart against 40.0% together.

111 minutes together, 890 minutes apart

He and Tyler Tucker are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Walker and Tucker: 4.37 expected goals an hour.

134 minutes together at 5v5

Alexey Toropchenko is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Toropchenko than anyone: 277 minutes, worth 40.8% of the expected goals.

8 goals for, 19 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Nick Bjugstad are out together

He gives up least beside Bjugstad: 3.18 expected goals against an hour.

141 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Walker with Broberg, Parayko, Sundqvist and Toropchenko, 31 minutes at 5v5.

28.1% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Walker has been shuffled through 18 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

9 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Walker this season.

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

Alexey Toropchenko is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Alexey Toropchenko has assisted on 2 of his 4 goals, 50.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Oskar Sundqvist is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Oskar Sundqvist's goals, 28.6% of his own assists.

1 primary, 1 secondary

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