Oskar Bäck Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

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

He fires 5.53 attempts an hour of ice time.

82 attempts in 890 minutes, 463rd of 466 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

72.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

59 of 82 attempts, 8th of 468 forwards

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

72.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

59 attempts from inside the home plate, 8th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 20.4 feet.

82 located attempts, 14th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Bäck has taken 82 shot attempts this season.

37 on goal, 21 missed, 19 blocked, 405th of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

8.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

7 long-range attempts, 96th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

22.0% of his attempts are the tip.

18 attempts, 2 goals

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

51.2% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

20 left, 42 middle, 20 right

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

23.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

19 of 82 attempts, 310th of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

42 of 63 unblocked, 186th of 468 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 15.4% of them go in.

2 goals on 13 attempts

He is not converting the chances he gets

Bäck has 5 goals off 7.6 expected: 2.6 short of what the chances say.

346th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 10.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 16.

5 goals located by coordinate

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 11.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

5 goals on 42 shots, 264th of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.5% of his attempts.

5 goals on 59 close attempts, 236th of 468 forwards

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.83 shots on goal an hour.

820th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +10 on the season.

127th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

15 takeaways against 38 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.39 takeaways per giveaway

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

221st in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.96 checks an hour.

694th in the league

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

He takes 0.68 penalty minutes an hour.

739th most penalty minutes an hour

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.47 assists an hour of ice time.

701st in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.01 times an hour.

312th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Bäck produces 0.81 points an hour of ice time.

676th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.56 times an hour.

610th most giveaways an hour

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 42.9% of his draws.

317th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.5 shots an hour of ice time.

507th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.34 goals an hour of ice time.

523rd in the league

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 46.14 shot attempts an hour with Bäck on the ice at 5v5.

6th of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.45 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

12th of 454 forwards

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

The Stars score 57.8% of the 5v5 goals with Bäck out there.

26 for, 19 against, 62nd of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.7, running hot and likely to cool.

10.0% shooting and 91.6% goaltending behind him, 118th of 454 forwards

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

53.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Bäck is on.

259 for, 227 against, 82nd of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Stars generate 53.7% of the expected goals with Bäck on the ice.

47.6 xGF to 41.1 xGA over 715 minutes, 93rd of 454 forwards

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

The Stars are down 9 goals with Bäck on the ice.

29 for, 38 against, 343rd of 466 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Stars create 3.99 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Bäck on.

328th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 57.8% of the goals off 53.7% of the expected goals.

4.1 points of goal share above expectation

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.47 expected goals an hour.

19 goals against in 164 minutes, 73rd of 180 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Bäck's line owns 49.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

531 for, 550 against, 242nd of 454 forwards

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:18 of penalty kill time a game, 25th among forwards.

18.5% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Bäck plays 12:21 a night, 363rd among forwards.

890 minutes across 72 games

It stops working when he is paired with Adam Erne

The pairing with Erne is the one that costs him: 43.9% of the expected goals together, 55.6% apart.

116 minutes together, 599 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Lundkvist is a different player beside him: 59.6% of the expected goals with Bäck, 49.9% without him.

163 minutes together, 661 minutes apart for Lundkvist

Nils Lundkvist is the partner who brings the best out of him

Bäck is at his best beside Lundkvist: 59.6% of the expected goals together against 51.5% apart.

163 minutes together, 552 minutes apart

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

11 of his 13 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Bäck than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Erne does better away from him: 47.8% of the expected goals apart against 43.9% together.

116 minutes together, 329 minutes apart

He and Nils Lundkvist are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Bäck and Lundkvist: 5.13 expected goals an hour.

163 minutes together at 5v5

Justin Hryckowian is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Hryckowian than anyone: 275 minutes, worth 53.3% of the expected goals.

13 goals for, 9 against together

The goals go his team's way when Mavrik Bourque is out there with him

With Bourque on the ice too, the Stars have outscored opponents 12 to 8 at 5v5.

60.0% goal share over 254 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Colin Blackwell are out together

He gives up least beside Blackwell: 3.16 expected goals against an hour.

164 minutes together at 5v5

Radek Faksa is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Faksa: 9.16 expected goals against an hour.

80 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Bäck with Bourque, Heiskanen, Hryckowian and Lindell, 41 minutes at 5v5.

63.0% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 3 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Faksa, Heiskanen and Lindell: 9 goals against in 55 minutes.

9.74 against an hour, 9.0 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Bichsel, Bourque, Hryckowian and Petrovic: 66.6% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 59.2% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Bäck has been shuffled through 33 different five-man units, and only 2 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 Bäck this season.

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

Radek Faksa is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Radek Faksa has assisted on 3 of his 5 goals, 60.0% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Cameron Hughes is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 1 of Cameron Hughes's goals, 14.3% of his own assists.

0 primary, 1 secondary

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