Nikolaj Ehlers Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

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

3 goals on 11 attempts, 27.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jeremy Swayman has turned him away every time: 16 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Sergei Bobrovsky: 27.3% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 11 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Panthers this season.

14 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jakub Dobes: 17 attempts, 2 goals.

11.8% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Bruins have held him without a goal on 20 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

32.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

140 of 432 attempts, 465th of 468 forwards

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

32.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

139 attempts from inside the home plate, 465th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 33.2 feet.

432 located attempts, 461st of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Ehlers has taken 432 shot attempts this season.

183 on goal, 105 missed, 118 blocked, 29th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

19.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

86 long-range attempts, 432nd of 468 forwards

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

He fires 19.05 attempts an hour of ice time.

432 attempts in 1,361 minutes, 43rd of 466 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

27.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

118 of 432 attempts, 418th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

28.7% of his attempts are the snap shot.

124 attempts, 17 goals

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

42.4% of his attempts come from the left side.

183 left, 112 middle, 137 right

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

209 of 314 unblocked, 193rd of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Ehlers has 26 goals off 17.8 expected: 8.2 more than the chances alone say.

48th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 27.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 66.

26 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.3% of his attempts.

13 goals on 140 close attempts, 202nd of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 12.4% of the shots he puts on goal.

26 goals on 209 shots, 246th of 468 forwards

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 1.28 points an hour.

18th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Ehlers produces 3.13 points an hour of ice time.

43rd in the league

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

He puts 9.09 shots on goal an hour.

47th in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.99 assists an hour of ice time.

56th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.06 shots an hour of ice time.

855th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.15 goals an hour of ice time.

103rd in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.93 checks an hour.

848th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +8 on the season.

149th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.84 times an hour.

170th most giveaways an hour

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Ehlers has 6 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

26 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

24 takeaways against 87 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.28 takeaways per giveaway

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 35.5% of his draws.

421st in the league

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

He takes 0.62 penalty minutes an hour.

757th most penalty minutes an hour

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.06 times an hour.

279th in the league

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

60.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Ehlers is on.

582 for, 376 against, 1st of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 45.66 shot attempts an hour with Ehlers on the ice at 5v5.

4th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Ehlers's line owns 60.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,219 for, 795 against, 4th of 454 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Hurricanes are up 49 goals with Ehlers on the ice.

104 for, 55 against, 17th of 466 forwards

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Hurricanes generate 57.9% of the expected goals with Ehlers on the ice.

89.6 xGF to 65.0 xGA over 1,045 minutes, 27th of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.73 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

36th of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Hurricanes create 5.14 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Ehlers on.

49th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.7, running cold and likely to correct.

9.1% shooting and 88.6% goaltending behind him, 343rd of 454 forwards

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

The Hurricanes score 55.2% of the 5v5 goals with Ehlers out there.

53 for, 43 against, 108th of 454 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.27 expected goals an hour.

39 goals in 234 minutes, 105th of 269 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Ehlers plays 16:35 a night, 161st among forwards.

1,361 minutes across 82 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 2:57 of power play time a game, 95th among forwards.

17.2% of his total ice time

It stops working when he is paired with Alexander Nikishin

The pairing with Nikishin is the one that costs him: 50.7% of the expected goals together, 60.4% apart.

264 minutes together, 780 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Chatfield is a different player beside him: 59.4% of the expected goals with Ehlers, 52.6% without him.

359 minutes together, 870 minutes apart for Chatfield

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Nikishin does better away from him: 57.6% of the expected goals apart against 50.7% together.

264 minutes together, 954 minutes apart

K'Andre Miller is the partner who brings the best out of him

Ehlers is at his best beside Miller: 61.9% of the expected goals together against 56.1% apart.

356 minutes together, 689 minutes apart

He and Mike Reilly are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Ehlers and Reilly: 5.93 expected goals an hour.

137 minutes together at 5v5

Sean Walker is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Walker than anyone: 408 minutes, worth 58.5% of the expected goals.

23 goals for, 20 against together

The goals go his team's way when Shayne Gostisbehere is out there with him

With Gostisbehere on the ice too, the Hurricanes have outscored opponents 9 to 4 at 5v5.

69.2% goal share over 182 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Joel Nystrom are out together

He gives up least beside Nystrom: 2.91 expected goals against an hour.

114 minutes together at 5v5

Taylor Hall is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Hall: 92.0% of the expected goals over 64 minutes.

8 goals for, 2 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Ehlers with Chatfield, Martinook, Slavin and Staal, 132 minutes at 5v5.

63.5% of the expected goals, 7 goals for and 9 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Aho, Gostisbehere, Jarvis and Svechnikov: 12 goals in 82 minutes.

8.76 goals an hour, 13.9 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Aho, Miller, Svechnikov and Walker: 70.0% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

5 goals for, 2 against, 67.5% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Ehlers has played 39 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

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

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Ehlers this season.

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

Logan Stankoven is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Logan Stankoven has assisted on 6 of his 26 goals, 23.1% of them.

3 primary, 3 secondary

Andrei Svechnikov is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 9 of Andrei Svechnikov's goals, 20.0% of his own assists.

5 primary, 4 secondary

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

64.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

29 primary of 45 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 26 goals.

Stankoven (6), Blake (5), Nikishin (4), Jarvis (4)

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