Oskar Sundqvist Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Sundqvist has scored 1 times on Karel Vejmelka this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Karel Vejmelka: 6 attempts, 1 goal.

16.7% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 66.7% of his draws against Jack McBain.

6 of 9 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Nick Schmaltz beats him on the draw: he wins only 22.2% of them.

2 of 9 faceoffs

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Jacob Trouba has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

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

He fires 6.31 attempts an hour of ice time.

71 attempts in 675 minutes, 456th of 466 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

19.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

14 long-range attempts, 428th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Sundqvist has taken 71 shot attempts this season.

32 on goal, 21 missed, 13 blocked, 424th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

25 attempts, 1 goals

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 28.3 feet.

71 located attempts, 349th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

18.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

13 of 71 attempts, 114th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

47.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

34 of 71 attempts, 319th of 468 forwards

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

47.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

34 attempts from inside the home plate, 315th of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.8% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

37 of 58 unblocked, 302nd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 21.4% of them go in.

3 goals on 14 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 23.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 46.

5 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Sundqvist has 5 goals off 4.1 expected: 0.9 more than the chances alone say.

191st of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 13.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

5 goals on 37 shots, 199th of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.8% of his attempts.

3 goals on 34 close attempts, 218th of 468 forwards

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -18 on the season.

895th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.05 times an hour.

798th most giveaways an hour

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 5.9% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 17 points with the man advantage

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.3 shots on goal an hour.

754th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.32 penalty minutes an hour.

259th most penalty minutes an hour

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

He sets up 1.07 assists an hour of ice time.

295th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.07 times an hour.

276th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 6.15 checks an hour.

284th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Sundqvist produces 1.51 points an hour of ice time.

372nd in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.32 shots an hour of ice time.

547th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.09 points an hour.

404th in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 46.0% of his draws.

248th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.45 goals an hour of ice time.

453rd in the league

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Sundqvist's line owns 38.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

352 for, 560 against, 453rd of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Blues create 2.91 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Sundqvist on.

450th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Blues generate 38.7% of the expected goals with Sundqvist on the ice.

25.6 xGF to 40.7 xGA over 528 minutes, 448th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

40.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Sundqvist is on.

162 for, 236 against, 447th of 454 forwards

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

The Blues are down 24 goals with Sundqvist on the ice.

22 for, 46 against, 445th of 466 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.9, running cold and likely to correct.

11.7% shooting and 85.2% goaltending behind him, 381st of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Blues score 35.2% of the 5v5 goals with Sundqvist out there.

19 for, 35 against, 420th of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 63.61 shot attempts an hour with Sundqvist on the ice at 5v5.

418th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.62 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

311th of 454 forwards

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 9.21 expected goals an hour.

9 goals against in 76 minutes, 62nd of 180 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 35.2% of the goals off 38.7% of the expected goals.

3.5 points of goal share below expectation

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:36 of penalty kill time a game, 114th among forwards.

11.2% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Sundqvist plays 12:58 a night, 326th among forwards.

675 minutes across 52 games

Nathan Walker is the partner who brings the best out of him

Sundqvist is at his best beside Walker: 45.9% of the expected goals together against 35.0% apart.

172 minutes together, 356 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Philip Broberg

The pairing with Broberg is the one that costs him: 31.6% of the expected goals together, 42.2% apart.

182 minutes together, 346 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Parayko does better away from him: 51.6% of the expected goals apart against 33.3% together.

182 minutes together, 1,257 minutes apart

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

Only 0 of his 9 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Sundqvist than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Nathan Walker are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Sundqvist and Walker: 3.58 expected goals an hour.

172 minutes together at 5v5

Alexey Toropchenko is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Toropchenko than anyone: 286 minutes, worth 38.4% of the expected goals.

11 goals for, 15 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Tyler Tucker are out together

He gives up least beside Tucker: 3.28 expected goals against an hour.

126 minutes together at 5v5

Colton Parayko is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Parayko: 10.75 expected goals against an hour.

44 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Sundqvist with Broberg, Parayko, Toropchenko and Walker, 31 minutes at 5v5.

28.1% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Broberg, Buchnevich and Parayko: 3 goals against in 12 minutes.

15.65 against an hour, 2.4 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Sundqvist has been shuffled through 14 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

9 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Sundqvist this season.

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

Alexey Toropchenko is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Alexey Toropchenko has assisted on 2 of his 5 goals, 40.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Justin Faulk is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Justin Faulk's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

58.3% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 12 assists

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