Paul Cotter

The five the coach goes back to is Cotter with Bjugstad, Dillon, Nemec and Tsyplakov, 30 minutes at 5v5.

Cotter has been shuffled through 26 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

Mercer does better away from him: 54.3% of the expected goals apart against 37.9% together.

Only 2 of his 13 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Cotter than away from him.

The pairing with Glendening is the one that costs him: 38.2% of the expected goals together, 43.5% apart.

He spends more 5v5 time with Dillon than anyone: 281 minutes, worth 42.7% of the expected goals.

His line is being outscored despite the play: 26.8% of the goals off 42.0% of the expected goals.

The Devils score 26.8% of the 5v5 goals with Cotter out there.

The Devils are down 24 goals with Cotter on the ice.

Cotter's line owns 43.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

At 5v5 the Devils generate 42.0% of the expected goals with Cotter on the ice.

The Devils create 3.43 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Cotter on.

43.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Cotter is on.

Opponents get 61.07 shot attempts an hour with Cotter on the ice at 5v5.

He gives up 4.74 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

Cotter plays 10:40 a night, 468th among forwards.

He is -24 on the season.

He takes the puck back 0.5 times an hour.

He blocks 1.57 shots an hour of ice time.

He sets up 0.43 assists an hour of ice time.

He puts 4.34 shots on goal an hour.

59.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

25.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

He fires 10.6 attempts an hour of ice time.

Cotter has taken 149 shot attempts this season.

Andrei Vasilevskiy has turned him away every time: 6 attempts, no goals.