He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close
Bjorkstrand has scored 1 times on Sergei Bobrovsky 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
Igor Shesterkin has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.
0.0% conversion
No goalie has seen more of him than this one
No goalie has seen more of him than Igor Shesterkin: 13 attempts, 0 goals.
0.0% conversion
One opponent goes out of his way to run him
Mattias Samuelsson has hit him 5 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 2 penalties on Evgeni Malkin.
penalties drawn, from play-by-play
He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent
A.J. Greer has drawn 2 penalties on him.
penalties taken, from play-by-play
There is one shot he goes to more than any other
28.9% of his attempts are the snap shot.
77 attempts, 3 goals
He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice
46.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.
124 of 266 attempts, 341st of 468 forwards
He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net
46.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.
124 attempts from inside the home plate, 336th of 468 forwards
He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot
23.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.
63 of 266 attempts, 330th of 468 forwards
He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position
He fires 14.63 attempts an hour of ice time.
266 attempts in 1,091 minutes, 146th of 466 forwards
He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody
Bjorkstrand has taken 266 shot attempts this season.
118 on goal, 73 missed, 63 blocked, 154th of 468 forwards
He can beat goalies from further out than most players
10.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.
27 long-range attempts, 159th of 468 forwards
A lot of his shots miss the net entirely
64.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.
130 of 203 unblocked, 286th of 468 forwards
Most of his shots come from a long way out
His average attempt comes from 27.0 feet.
266 located attempts, 284th of 468 forwards
He is not converting the chances he gets
Bjorkstrand has 12 goals off 16.3 expected: 4.3 short of what the chances say.
409th of 468 forwards
One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest
His deadliest shot is the wrist shot: 10.4% of them go in.
7 goals on 67 attempts
His shooting has gone cold this season
He converts 9.2% of the shots he puts on goal.
12 goals on 130 shots, 354th of 468 forwards
There is a range from which his goals almost always come
His goals average 14.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 28.
12 goals located by coordinate
The chances in tight are not going in for him
From inside 25 feet he buries 7.3% of his attempts.
9 goals on 124 close attempts, 307th of 468 forwards
The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays
He is -14 on the season.
850th in the league
He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores
On the power play he produces 0.77 points an hour.
111th in the league
He almost never hands the puck to the other team
He gives it away 2.09 times an hour.
787th most giveaways an hour
He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it
He puts 7.15 shots on goal an hour.
173rd in the league
He gives the puck away more than he should
14 takeaways against 38 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.
0.37 takeaways per giveaway
He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it
He sets up 1.1 assists an hour of ice time.
277th in the league
He puts up points at a rate very few match
Bjorkstrand produces 1.76 points an hour of ice time.
296th in the league
He scores at a rate very few players match
He scores 0.66 goals an hour of ice time.
339th in the league
He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on
He takes 0.88 penalty minutes an hour.
682nd most penalty minutes an hour
Blocking shots is not part of how he plays
He blocks 2.15 shots an hour of ice time.
589th in the league
He plays about as physical a game as anyone
He finishes 4.68 checks an hour.
387th in the league
He wins the puck back about as often as most
He takes the puck back 0.77 times an hour.
544th in the league
He wins about half his draws, like most centres
He wins 43.8% of his draws.
301st in the league
Very little gets through when he is on the ice
He gives up 3.75 expected goals an hour at 5v5.
41st of 454 forwards
His results are about what the underlying play deserves
His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.4, running cold and likely to correct.
8.1% shooting and 90.3% goaltending behind him, 303rd of 454 forwards
Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there
Opponents get 52.34 shot attempts an hour with Bjorkstrand on the ice at 5v5.
78th of 454 forwards
His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create
His line is being outscored despite the play: 44.1% of the goals off 51.9% of the expected goals.
7.8 points of goal share below expectation
Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice
The Rangers are up 21 goals with Bjorkstrand on the ice.
63 for, 42 against, 98th of 466 forwards
The power play stalls when he is the one out there
On the power play his unit generates 8.88 expected goals an hour.
35 goals in 243 minutes, 196th of 269 forwards
His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there
The Rangers score 44.1% of the 5v5 goals with Bjorkstrand out there.
26 for, 33 against, 318th of 454 forwards
The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice
The Rangers create 4.05 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Bjorkstrand on.
309th of 454 forwards
His line spends the night in the other team's end
At 5v5 the Rangers generate 51.9% of the expected goals with Bjorkstrand on the ice.
55.4 xGF to 51.3 xGA over 820 minutes, 143rd of 454 forwards
His side controls the puck while he is out there
Bjorkstrand's line owns 50.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.
728 for, 715 against, 162nd of 454 forwards
Shots even out when he is on the ice
48.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Bjorkstrand is on.
320 for, 340 against, 258th of 454 forwards
His coach puts him out for most of the power play time
He draws 3:12 of power play time a game, 63rd among forwards.
22.3% of his total ice time
He gets a normal share of the minutes
Bjorkstrand plays 13:38 a night, 300th among forwards.
1,091 minutes across 80 games
It stops working when he is paired with Erik Cernak
The pairing with Cernak is the one that costs him: 44.4% of the expected goals together, 53.6% apart.
170 minutes together, 650 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Carlile is a different player beside him: 56.8% of the expected goals with Bjorkstrand, 47.8% without him.
166 minutes together, 396 minutes apart for Carlile
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Cernak does better away from him: 55.1% of the expected goals apart against 44.4% together.
170 minutes together, 707 minutes apart
J.J. Moser is the partner who brings the best out of him
Bjorkstrand is at his best beside Moser: 58.4% of the expected goals together against 49.5% apart.
216 minutes together, 604 minutes apart
His linemates play better with him than without him, every time
Only 3 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Bjorkstrand than away from him.
partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart
He and J.J. Moser are the pair that scares the other team
The pairing that generates most is Bjorkstrand and Moser: 4.78 expected goals an hour.
216 minutes together at 5v5
Charle-Edouard D'Astous is the partner his coach keeps going back to
He spends more 5v5 time with D'Astous than anyone: 271 minutes, worth 52.7% of the expected goals.
6 goals for, 13 against together
Nothing gets through when he and Declan Carlile are out together
He gives up least beside Carlile: 3.02 expected goals against an hour.
166 minutes together at 5v5
Brandon Hagel is who he runs the power play with, almost every time
On the power play his best partner is Hagel: 97.7% of the expected goals over 50 minutes.
8 goals for, 0 against together
This is the group the power play actually runs through
His power-play unit is Guentzel, Kucherov, Point and Raddysh: 20 goals in 103 minutes.
11.63 goals an hour, 16.1 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him
Bjorkstrand has been shuffled through 30 different five-man units and none 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
14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Bjorkstrand this season.
each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Jake Guentzel is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone
Jake Guentzel has assisted on 7 of his 12 goals, 58.3% of them.
4 primary, 3 secondary
His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal
75.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.
15 primary of 20 assists
Dominic James is the teammate he sets up more than anyone
He has helped on 3 of Dominic James's goals, 15.0% of his own assists.
3 primary, 0 secondary
One teammate is responsible for most of his goals
8 different teammates have assisted on his 12 goals.
Guentzel (7), Kucherov (6), Raddysh (3), Point (2)
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He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close
Bjorkstrand has scored 1 times on Sergei Bobrovsky 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
Igor Shesterkin has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.
0.0% conversion
No goalie has seen more of him than this one
No goalie has seen more of him than Igor Shesterkin: 13 attempts, 0 goals.
0.0% conversion
One opponent goes out of his way to run him
Mattias Samuelsson has hit him 5 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 2 penalties on Evgeni Malkin.
penalties drawn, from play-by-play
He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent
A.J. Greer has drawn 2 penalties on him.
penalties taken, from play-by-play
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There is one shot he goes to more than any other
28.9% of his attempts are the snap shot.
77 attempts, 3 goals
He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice
46.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.
124 of 266 attempts, 341st of 468 forwards
He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net
46.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.
124 attempts from inside the home plate, 336th of 468 forwards
He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot
23.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.
63 of 266 attempts, 330th of 468 forwards
He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position
He fires 14.63 attempts an hour of ice time.
266 attempts in 1,091 minutes, 146th of 466 forwards
He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody
Bjorkstrand has taken 266 shot attempts this season.
118 on goal, 73 missed, 63 blocked, 154th of 468 forwards
He can beat goalies from further out than most players
10.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.
27 long-range attempts, 159th of 468 forwards
A lot of his shots miss the net entirely
64.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.
130 of 203 unblocked, 286th of 468 forwards
Most of his shots come from a long way out
His average attempt comes from 27.0 feet.
266 located attempts, 284th of 468 forwards
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He is not converting the chances he gets
Bjorkstrand has 12 goals off 16.3 expected: 4.3 short of what the chances say.
409th of 468 forwards
One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest
His deadliest shot is the wrist shot: 10.4% of them go in.
7 goals on 67 attempts
His shooting has gone cold this season
He converts 9.2% of the shots he puts on goal.
12 goals on 130 shots, 354th of 468 forwards
There is a range from which his goals almost always come
His goals average 14.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 28.
12 goals located by coordinate
The chances in tight are not going in for him
From inside 25 feet he buries 7.3% of his attempts.
9 goals on 124 close attempts, 307th of 468 forwards
The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays
He is -14 on the season.
850th in the league
He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores
On the power play he produces 0.77 points an hour.
111th in the league
He almost never hands the puck to the other team
He gives it away 2.09 times an hour.
787th most giveaways an hour
He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it
He puts 7.15 shots on goal an hour.
173rd in the league
He gives the puck away more than he should
14 takeaways against 38 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.
0.37 takeaways per giveaway
He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it
He sets up 1.1 assists an hour of ice time.
277th in the league
He puts up points at a rate very few match
Bjorkstrand produces 1.76 points an hour of ice time.
296th in the league
He scores at a rate very few players match
He scores 0.66 goals an hour of ice time.
339th in the league
He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on
He takes 0.88 penalty minutes an hour.
682nd most penalty minutes an hour
Blocking shots is not part of how he plays
He blocks 2.15 shots an hour of ice time.
589th in the league
He plays about as physical a game as anyone
He finishes 4.68 checks an hour.
387th in the league
He wins the puck back about as often as most
He takes the puck back 0.77 times an hour.
544th in the league
He wins about half his draws, like most centres
He wins 43.8% of his draws.
301st in the league
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Very little gets through when he is on the ice
He gives up 3.75 expected goals an hour at 5v5.
41st of 454 forwards
His results are about what the underlying play deserves
His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.4, running cold and likely to correct.
8.1% shooting and 90.3% goaltending behind him, 303rd of 454 forwards
Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there
Opponents get 52.34 shot attempts an hour with Bjorkstrand on the ice at 5v5.
78th of 454 forwards
His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create
His line is being outscored despite the play: 44.1% of the goals off 51.9% of the expected goals.
7.8 points of goal share below expectation
Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice
The Rangers are up 21 goals with Bjorkstrand on the ice.
63 for, 42 against, 98th of 466 forwards
The power play stalls when he is the one out there
On the power play his unit generates 8.88 expected goals an hour.
35 goals in 243 minutes, 196th of 269 forwards
His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there
The Rangers score 44.1% of the 5v5 goals with Bjorkstrand out there.
26 for, 33 against, 318th of 454 forwards
The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice
The Rangers create 4.05 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Bjorkstrand on.
309th of 454 forwards
His line spends the night in the other team's end
At 5v5 the Rangers generate 51.9% of the expected goals with Bjorkstrand on the ice.
55.4 xGF to 51.3 xGA over 820 minutes, 143rd of 454 forwards
His side controls the puck while he is out there
Bjorkstrand's line owns 50.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.
728 for, 715 against, 162nd of 454 forwards
Shots even out when he is on the ice
48.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Bjorkstrand is on.
320 for, 340 against, 258th of 454 forwards
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His coach puts him out for most of the power play time
He draws 3:12 of power play time a game, 63rd among forwards.
22.3% of his total ice time
He gets a normal share of the minutes
Bjorkstrand plays 13:38 a night, 300th among forwards.
1,091 minutes across 80 games
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It stops working when he is paired with Erik Cernak
The pairing with Cernak is the one that costs him: 44.4% of the expected goals together, 53.6% apart.
170 minutes together, 650 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Carlile is a different player beside him: 56.8% of the expected goals with Bjorkstrand, 47.8% without him.
166 minutes together, 396 minutes apart for Carlile
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Cernak does better away from him: 55.1% of the expected goals apart against 44.4% together.
170 minutes together, 707 minutes apart
J.J. Moser is the partner who brings the best out of him
Bjorkstrand is at his best beside Moser: 58.4% of the expected goals together against 49.5% apart.
216 minutes together, 604 minutes apart
His linemates play better with him than without him, every time
Only 3 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Bjorkstrand than away from him.
partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart
He and J.J. Moser are the pair that scares the other team
The pairing that generates most is Bjorkstrand and Moser: 4.78 expected goals an hour.
216 minutes together at 5v5
Charle-Edouard D'Astous is the partner his coach keeps going back to
He spends more 5v5 time with D'Astous than anyone: 271 minutes, worth 52.7% of the expected goals.
6 goals for, 13 against together
Nothing gets through when he and Declan Carlile are out together
He gives up least beside Carlile: 3.02 expected goals against an hour.
166 minutes together at 5v5
Brandon Hagel is who he runs the power play with, almost every time
On the power play his best partner is Hagel: 97.7% of the expected goals over 50 minutes.
8 goals for, 0 against together
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This is the group the power play actually runs through
His power-play unit is Guentzel, Kucherov, Point and Raddysh: 20 goals in 103 minutes.
11.63 goals an hour, 16.1 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him
Bjorkstrand has been shuffled through 30 different five-man units and none 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
14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Bjorkstrand this season.
each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Jake Guentzel is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone
Jake Guentzel has assisted on 7 of his 12 goals, 58.3% of them.
4 primary, 3 secondary
His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal
75.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.
15 primary of 20 assists
Dominic James is the teammate he sets up more than anyone
He has helped on 3 of Dominic James's goals, 15.0% of his own assists.
3 primary, 0 secondary
One teammate is responsible for most of his goals
8 different teammates have assisted on his 12 goals.
Guentzel (7), Kucherov (6), Raddysh (3), Point (2)
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