Nick Leddy Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

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

He fires 5.35 attempts an hour of ice time.

51 attempts in 572 minutes, 240th of 244 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Leddy has taken 51 shot attempts this season.

15 on goal, 13 missed, 22 blocked, 227th of 241 defencemen

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

55.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

16 of 29 unblocked, 229th of 241 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

43.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

22 of 51 attempts, 206th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

29.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

15 attempts, 1 goals

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

41.2% of his attempts come from the right side.

9 left, 21 middle, 21 right

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 40.7 feet.

51 located attempts, 91st of 241 defencemen

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

23.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

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

His long range shooting is about league average

47.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

24 long-range attempts, 116th of 241 defencemen

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

23.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

12 of 51 attempts, 118th of 241 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.3% of his attempts.

1 goals on 12 close attempts, 11th of 221 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Leddy has 1 goals off 1.9 expected: 0.9 short of what the chances say.

79th of 241 defencemen

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 6.2% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 16 shots, 97th of 241 defencemen

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 1.68 shots on goal an hour.

900th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.73 checks an hour.

872nd in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -9 on the season.

773rd in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.2 times an hour.

760th most giveaways an hour

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.53 times an hour.

736th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.2 shots an hour of ice time.

207th in the league

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

He takes 0.63 penalty minutes an hour.

750th most penalty minutes an hour

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.1 goals an hour of ice time.

705th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Leddy produces 0.73 points an hour of ice time.

703rd in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.63 assists an hour of ice time.

587th in the league

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.9, running cold and likely to correct.

8.9% shooting and 88.1% goaltending behind him, 215th of 246 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Sharks score 37.8% of the 5v5 goals with Leddy out there.

17 for, 28 against, 223rd of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Sharks create 3.52 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Leddy on.

224th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

45.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Leddy is on.

192 for, 235 against, 211th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Leddy's line owns 45.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

419 for, 502 against, 207th of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Sharks generate 44.3% of the expected goals with Leddy on the ice.

30.4 xGF to 38.3 xGA over 518 minutes, 209th of 246 defencemen

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

The Sharks are down 21 goals with Leddy on the ice.

21 for, 42 against, 202nd of 244 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 37.8% of the goals off 44.3% of the expected goals.

6.5 points of goal share below expectation

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 58.14 shot attempts an hour with Leddy on the ice at 5v5.

139th of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.43 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

137th of 246 defencemen

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Leddy plays 17:52 a night, 148th among defencemen.

572 minutes across 32 games

Alexander Wennberg is the partner who brings the best out of him

Leddy is at his best beside Wennberg: 52.8% of the expected goals together against 40.8% apart.

130 minutes together, 388 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Goodrow does better away from him: 47.2% of the expected goals apart against 39.4% together.

102 minutes together, 654 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Barclay Goodrow

The pairing with Goodrow is the one that costs him: 39.4% of the expected goals together, 45.3% apart.

102 minutes together, 417 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Wennberg is a different player beside him: 52.8% of the expected goals with Leddy, 48.1% without him.

130 minutes together, 966 minutes apart for Wennberg

He and Alexander Wennberg are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Leddy and Wennberg: 4.84 expected goals an hour.

130 minutes together at 5v5

Sam Dickinson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Dickinson than anyone: 277 minutes, worth 48.7% of the expected goals.

12 goals for, 12 against together

Nothing gets through when he and William Eklund are out together

He gives up least beside Eklund: 3.76 expected goals against an hour.

130 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Leddy with Celebrini, Dickinson, Graf and Smith, 32 minutes at 5v5.

39.1% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 0 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Leddy has been shuffled through 16 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

8 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Leddy this season.

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

Macklin Celebrini is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Macklin Celebrini's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

1 primary, 1 secondary

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