Olen Zellweger Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Zellweger has scored 6 times on Jacob Fowler this season, more than on any other goaltender.

6 goals on 25 attempts, 24.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Sergei Bobrovsky has turned him away every time: 17 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Jacob Fowler: 24.0% of his attempts against him go in.

6 goals on 25 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 6 goals against the Canadiens this season.

39 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jacob Fowler: 25 attempts, 6 goals.

24.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Maple Leafs have held him without a goal on 20 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Noah Dobson has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 3 penalties on Alex Newhook.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Nick Schmaltz has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 31.7 feet.

81 located attempts, 1st of 97 defencemen

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

He fires 22.19 attempts an hour of ice time.

81 attempts in 219 minutes, 3rd of 116 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

42.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

34 of 81 attempts, 5th of 97 defencemen

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

42.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

34 attempts from inside the home plate, 5th of 97 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Zellweger has taken 81 shot attempts this season.

28 on goal, 21 missed, 27 blocked, 15th of 97 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

27.2% of his attempts are the snap shot.

22 attempts, 3 goals

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

32.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

26 long-range attempts, 25th of 97 defencemen

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

51.9% of his attempts come from the left side.

42 left, 22 middle, 17 right

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

61.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

33 of 54 unblocked, 60th of 97 defencemen

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

33.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

27 of 81 attempts, 28th of 97 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Zellweger has 5 goals off 3.6 expected: 1.4 more than the chances alone say.

10th of 97 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.2% of the shots he puts on goal.

5 goals on 33 shots, 9th of 97 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 40.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 64.

5 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.9% of his attempts.

1 goals on 34 close attempts, 39th of 82 defencemen

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +2 on the season.

197th in the league

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

The Sabres are up 2 goals with Zellweger on the ice.

9 for, 7 against, 31st of 116 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Zellweger plays 19:54 a night, 89th among defencemen.

219 minutes across 11 games

Mattias Samuelsson is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Mattias Samuelsson has assisted on 6 of his 7 goals, 85.7% of them.

3 primary, 3 secondary

Jack Quinn is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Jack Quinn's goals, 80.0% of his own assists.

4 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

5 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Samuelsson (6), Malenstyn (3), Benson (3), Helenius (1)

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