Noah Ostlund Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Michael Kesselring is the partner who brings the best out of him

Ostlund is at his best beside Kesselring: 62.5% of the expected goals together against 50.4% apart.

101 minutes together, 628 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Mattias Samuelsson

The pairing with Samuelsson is the one that costs him: 43.7% of the expected goals together, 56.1% apart.

250 minutes together, 480 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Kesselring is a different player beside him: 62.5% of the expected goals with Ostlund, 43.5% without him.

101 minutes together, 320 minutes apart for Kesselring

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

9 of his 11 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Ostlund than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Samuelsson does better away from him: 50.0% of the expected goals apart against 43.7% together.

250 minutes together, 1,216 minutes apart

He and Zach Benson are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Ostlund and Benson: 5.21 expected goals an hour.

118 minutes together at 5v5

Owen Power is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Power than anyone: 302 minutes, worth 54.9% of the expected goals.

14 goals for, 8 against together

The goals go his team's way when Josh Norris is out there with him

With Norris on the ice too, the Sabres have outscored opponents 15 to 5 at 5v5.

75.0% goal share over 236 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Michael Kesselring are out together

He gives up least beside Kesselring: 2.85 expected goals against an hour.

101 minutes together at 5v5

Bowen Byram is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Byram: 92.8% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

4 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Ostlund with Byram, Doan, Norris and Power, 40 minutes at 5v5.

43.5% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Dahlin, Doan, Thompson and Zucker: 3 goals in 20 minutes.

8.91 goals an hour, 1.2 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Ostlund has been shuffled through 31 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

11 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Ostlund this season.

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

Alex Tuch is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Alex Tuch has assisted on 4 of his 12 goals, 33.3% of them.

1 primary, 3 secondary

Josh Doan is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Josh Doan's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

56.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

9 primary of 16 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

10 different teammates have assisted on his 12 goals.

Tuch (4), Byram (2), Helenius (2), Dahlin (2)

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 4.8 expected goals an hour.

8 goals in 80 minutes, 269th of 269 forwards

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

The Sabres score 61.4% of the 5v5 goals with Ostlund out there.

35 for, 22 against, 26th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 103.1, running hot and likely to cool.

10.4% shooting and 92.7% goaltending behind him, 59th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 61.4% of the goals off 52.0% of the expected goals.

9.4 points of goal share above expectation

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.78 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

54th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.3 shot attempts an hour with Ostlund on the ice at 5v5.

99th of 454 forwards

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

52.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Ostlund is on.

338 for, 302 against, 105th of 454 forwards

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

The Sabres are up 19 goals with Ostlund on the ice.

45 for, 26 against, 106th of 466 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Ostlund's line owns 51.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

684 for, 648 against, 141st of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Sabres generate 52.0% of the expected goals with Ostlund on the ice.

49.8 xGF to 45.9 xGA over 729 minutes, 140th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Sabres create 4.1 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Ostlund on.

301st of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 2:02 of power play time a game, 167th among forwards.

9.5% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Ostlund plays 13:58 a night, 282nd among forwards.

838 minutes across 60 games

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 0.36 checks an hour.

903rd in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +11 on the season.

121st in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.22 times an hour.

188th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 31.5% of his draws.

453rd in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

17 takeaways against 35 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.49 takeaways per giveaway

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.43 points an hour.

223rd in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Ostlund produces 1.93 points an hour of ice time.

248th in the league

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

He sets up 1.15 assists an hour of ice time.

249th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.79 goals an hour of ice time.

273rd in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.51 times an hour.

639th most giveaways an hour

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 4.3 shots on goal an hour.

598th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 2.22 shots an hour of ice time.

571st in the league

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

He takes 1 penalty minutes an hour.

623rd most penalty minutes an hour

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

29.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

39 of 133 attempts, 444th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 9.52 attempts an hour of ice time.

133 attempts in 838 minutes, 389th of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

29.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

39 attempts, 8 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Ostlund has taken 133 shot attempts this season.

49 on goal, 33 missed, 39 blocked, 333rd of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

47.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

63 of 133 attempts, 327th of 468 forwards

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

47.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

63 attempts from inside the home plate, 324th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.6 feet.

133 located attempts, 311th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

13.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

18 long-range attempts, 287th of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

61 of 94 unblocked, 253rd of 468 forwards

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Predators this season.

6 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jake Allen: 7 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 19.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

12 goals on 61 shots, 30th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 12.7% of his attempts.

8 goals on 63 close attempts, 56th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Ostlund has 12 goals off 7.9 expected: 4.1 more than the chances alone say.

110th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 19.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 50.

12 goals located by coordinate

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