Neal Pionk Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Pionk has scored 3 times on Spencer Knight 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

Joel Hofer 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 3 goals against the Blackhawks this season.

19 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Spencer Knight: 15 attempts, 3 goals.

20.0% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Cole Caufield has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

William Carrier has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

37.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

27 of 72 attempts, 14th of 91 defencemen

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

37.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

27 attempts from inside the home plate, 14th of 91 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Pionk has taken 72 shot attempts this season.

28 on goal, 15 missed, 25 blocked, 18th of 91 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

29.2% of his attempts are the slap shot.

21 attempts, 1 goals

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

He fires 15.92 attempts an hour of ice time.

72 attempts in 271 minutes, 25th of 98 defencemen

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

41.7% of his attempts come from the right side.

19 left, 23 middle, 30 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

32 of 47 unblocked, 28th of 91 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

41.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

30 long-range attempts, 55th of 91 defencemen

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 36.7 feet.

72 located attempts, 35th of 91 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

34.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

25 of 72 attempts, 45th of 91 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 11.1% of his attempts.

3 goals on 27 close attempts, 4th of 75 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Pionk has 4 goals off 3.2 expected: 0.8 more than the chances alone say.

17th of 91 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 12.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 32 shots, 15th of 91 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the wrist shot: 13.3% of them go in.

2 goals on 15 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 30.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 55.

4 goals located by coordinate

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

Only 14.3% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 7 points with the man advantage

The scoreboard is roughly even with him out there

He is -1 on the season.

434th in the league

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 63.2% of the goals off 48.2% of the expected goals.

15.0 points of goal share above expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 105.7, running hot and likely to cool.

13.0% shooting and 92.6% goaltending behind him, 6th of 46 defencemen

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

The Jets score 63.2% of the 5v5 goals with Pionk out there.

12 for, 7 against, 7th of 46 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.77 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

34th of 46 defencemen

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

The Jets are down 2 goals with Pionk on the ice.

14 for, 16 against, 58th of 98 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Jets generate 48.2% of the expected goals with Pionk on the ice.

15.1 xGF to 16.2 xGA over 204 minutes, 30th of 46 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

49.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Pionk is on.

92 for, 95 against, 30th of 46 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 56.77 shot attempts an hour with Pionk on the ice at 5v5.

30th of 46 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Jets create 4.44 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Pionk on.

25th of 46 defencemen

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Pionk's line owns 51.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

207 for, 193 against, 23rd of 46 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Pionk plays 24:40 a night, 17th among defencemen.

271 minutes across 11 games

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Pionk with Connor, Perfetti, Samberg and Scheifele, 44 minutes at 5v5.

55.4% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Connor, Perfetti, Scheifele and Vilardi: 2 goals in 24 minutes.

5.06 goals an hour, 3.8 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Pionk has been shuffled through 8 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

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

Kyle Connor is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Kyle Connor's goals, 35.7% of his own assists.

2 primary, 3 secondary

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

71.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

10 primary of 14 assists

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