Nick Bjugstad Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Nathan Walker is the partner who brings the best out of him

Bjugstad is at his best beside Walker: 54.9% of the expected goals together against 45.8% apart.

141 minutes together, 225 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Maxim Tsyplakov

The pairing with Tsyplakov is the one that costs him: 39.4% of the expected goals together, 52.8% apart.

124 minutes together, 242 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Walker is a different player beside him: 54.9% of the expected goals with Bjugstad, 45.7% without him.

141 minutes together, 354 minutes apart for Walker

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Tsyplakov does better away from him: 56.5% of the expected goals apart against 39.4% together.

124 minutes together, 128 minutes apart

He and Philip Broberg are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Bjugstad and Broberg: 4.67 expected goals an hour.

142 minutes together at 5v5

Philip Broberg is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Broberg than anyone: 142 minutes, worth 52.1% of the expected goals.

5 goals for, 6 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Nathan Walker are out together

He gives up least beside Walker: 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 Bjugstad with Cotter, Dillon, Nemec and Tsyplakov, 30 minutes at 5v5.

27.8% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Bjugstad has been shuffled through 12 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

7 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Bjugstad this season.

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

Justin Faulk is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Justin Faulk has assisted on 2 of his 6 goals, 33.3% of them.

1 primary, 1 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

7 different teammates have assisted on his 6 goals.

Faulk (2), Walker (2), Buchnevich (1), Stenberg (1)

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 36.4% of the goals off 48.8% of the expected goals.

12.4 points of goal share below expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.1, running cold and likely to correct.

5.6% shooting and 90.5% goaltending behind him, 405th of 453 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Devils score 36.4% of the 5v5 goals with Bjugstad out there.

8 for, 14 against, 405th of 453 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Bjugstad's line owns 46.0% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

302 for, 354 against, 363rd of 453 forwards

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

The Devils are down 11 goals with Bjugstad on the ice.

9 for, 20 against, 367th of 467 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Devils create 3.93 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Bjugstad on.

343rd of 453 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.12 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

137th of 453 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 58.01 shot attempts an hour with Bjugstad on the ice at 5v5.

274th of 453 forwards

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Devils generate 48.8% of the expected goals with Bjugstad on the ice.

24.0 xGF to 25.1 xGA over 366 minutes, 265th of 453 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

49.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Bjugstad is on.

143 for, 148 against, 245th of 453 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Bjugstad plays 11:38 a night, 416th among forwards.

408 minutes across 35 games

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -11 on the season.

811th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 9.72 checks an hour.

149th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.07 times an hour.

792nd most giveaways an hour

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.97 penalty minutes an hour.

166th most penalty minutes an hour

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

184th in the league

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

He puts 6.93 shots on goal an hour.

200th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.27 assists an hour of ice time.

784th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 49.9% of his draws.

173rd in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Bjugstad produces 0.81 points an hour of ice time.

675th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.54 goals an hour of ice time.

405th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.97 shots an hour of ice time.

408th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.9 times an hour.

414th in the league

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

He fires 20.46 attempts an hour of ice time.

139 attempts in 408 minutes, 24th of 467 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

43.9% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

61 attempts, 4 goals

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

18.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

25 of 139 attempts, 103rd of 468 forwards

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

41.0% of his attempts come from the right side.

35 left, 47 middle, 57 right

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Bjugstad has taken 139 shot attempts this season.

71 on goal, 37 missed, 25 blocked, 321st of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

67.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

77 of 114 unblocked, 163rd of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

49.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

69 of 139 attempts, 294th of 468 forwards

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

49.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

69 attempts from inside the home plate, 291st of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.3 feet.

139 located attempts, 241st of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

12.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

17 long-range attempts, 233rd of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Bjugstad has scored 1 times on Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

John Gibson has turned him away every time: 7 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jet Greaves: 9 attempts, 1 goal.

11.1% conversion

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Roope Hintz beats him on the draw: he wins only 25.0% of them.

3 of 12 faceoffs

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Bjugstad has finished his check on Mason Lohrei 5 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.3% of his attempts.

3 goals on 69 close attempts, 416th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 7.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

6 goals on 77 shots, 387th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 22.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 38.

6 goals located by coordinate

He is not converting the chances he gets

Bjugstad has 6 goals off 7.9 expected: 1.9 short of what the chances say.

318th of 468 forwards

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