Pavel Buchnevich Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Buchnevich has scored 4 times on Juuse Saros this season, more than on any other goaltender.

4 goals on 13 attempts, 30.8%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jet Greaves has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Juuse Saros: 30.8% of his attempts against him go in.

4 goals on 13 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 4 goals against the Predators this season.

20 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Karel Vejmelka: 13 attempts, 3 goals.

23.1% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 60.0% of his draws against Michael Misa.

6 of 10 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Quinton Byfield beats him on the draw: he wins only 22.2% of them.

2 of 9 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Blackhawks have held him without a goal on 15 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

60.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

170 of 280 attempts, 94th of 468 forwards

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

60.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

169 attempts from inside the home plate, 98th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

98 attempts, 10 goals

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

44.3% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

72 left, 124 middle, 84 right

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Buchnevich has taken 280 shot attempts this season.

122 on goal, 79 missed, 59 blocked, 139th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

14.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

40 long-range attempts, 313th of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

142 of 221 unblocked, 276th of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 11.56 attempts an hour of ice time.

280 attempts in 1,453 minutes, 273rd of 466 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 25.6 feet.

280 located attempts, 199th of 468 forwards

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

21.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

59 of 280 attempts, 216th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 14.3% of them go in.

2 goals on 14 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 20.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 63.

20 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Buchnevich has 20 goals off 18.2 expected: 1.8 more than the chances alone say.

170th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 14.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

20 goals on 142 shots, 171st of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.2% of his attempts.

14 goals on 170 close attempts, 254th of 468 forwards

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.24 checks an hour.

797th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.62 points an hour.

149th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -10 on the season.

787th in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Buchnevich has 4 game winners this season.

20 goals in total

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Buchnevich produces 1.98 points an hour of ice time.

228th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

26 takeaways against 66 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.39 takeaways per giveaway

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

He sets up 1.16 assists an hour of ice time.

245th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.83 goals an hour of ice time.

247th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.65 shots an hour of ice time.

711th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.07 times an hour.

273rd in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 39.7% of his draws.

367th in the league

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 5.87 shots on goal an hour.

351st in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.73 times an hour.

554th most giveaways an hour

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.07 penalty minutes an hour.

598th most penalty minutes an hour

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 6.48 expected goals an hour.

20 goals in 190 minutes, 265th of 269 forwards

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

The Blues are down 9 goals with Buchnevich on the ice.

79 for, 88 against, 343rd of 466 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.0, close to neutral.

9.9% shooting and 90.0% goaltending behind him, 206th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 55.65 shot attempts an hour with Buchnevich on the ice at 5v5.

174th of 454 forwards

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 9.41 expected goals an hour.

21 goals against in 135 minutes, 72nd of 180 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

48.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Buchnevich is on.

453 for, 482 against, 264th of 454 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Blues score 48.4% of the 5v5 goals with Buchnevich out there.

45 for, 48 against, 251st of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Blues create 4.28 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Buchnevich on.

239th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.37 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

214th of 454 forwards

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Blues generate 49.5% of the expected goals with Buchnevich on the ice.

74.8 xGF to 76.4 xGA over 1,049 minutes, 235th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Buchnevich's line owns 49.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

960 for, 973 against, 210th of 454 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Buchnevich plays 17:56 a night, 100th among forwards.

1,453 minutes across 81 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:23 of power play time a game, 129th among forwards.

13.0% of his total ice time

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:46 of penalty kill time a game, 88th among forwards.

9.3% of his total ice time

Jordan Kyrou is the partner who brings the best out of him

Buchnevich is at his best beside Kyrou: 57.5% of the expected goals together against 46.6% apart.

328 minutes together, 721 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Mailloux is a different player beside him: 53.8% of the expected goals with Buchnevich, 42.3% without him.

223 minutes together, 778 minutes apart for Mailloux

It stops working when he is paired with Jimmy Snuggerud

The pairing with Snuggerud is the one that costs him: 43.9% of the expected goals together, 51.2% apart.

217 minutes together, 832 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Snuggerud does better away from him: 49.2% of the expected goals apart against 43.9% together.

217 minutes together, 744 minutes apart

He and Brayden Schenn are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Buchnevich and Schenn: 5.17 expected goals an hour.

168 minutes together at 5v5

Philip Broberg is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Broberg than anyone: 431 minutes, worth 46.0% of the expected goals.

21 goals for, 17 against together

The goals go his team's way when Jake Neighbours is out there with him

With Neighbours on the ice too, the Blues have outscored opponents 22 to 16 at 5v5.

57.9% goal share over 362 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Jordan Kyrou are out together

He gives up least beside Kyrou: 3.05 expected goals against an hour.

328 minutes together at 5v5

Cam Fowler is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Fowler: 93.5% of the expected goals over 79 minutes.

7 goals for, 1 against together

Justin Faulk is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Faulk: 7.79 expected goals against an hour.

31 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Buchnevich with Broberg, Neighbours, Parayko and Thomas, 40 minutes at 5v5.

59.3% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Dvorsky, Fowler, Snuggerud and Thomas: 2 goals in 23 minutes.

5.12 goals an hour, 3.5 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Broberg, Parayko and Thomas: 6 goals against in 30 minutes.

11.98 against an hour, 5.6 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Broberg, Neighbours, Parayko and Thomas: 59.3% of the expected goals over 40 minutes.

3 goals for, 1 against, 51.4% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Broberg, Parayko, Snuggerud and Thomas: 41.2% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 2 against over 39 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Buchnevich has been shuffled through 35 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

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Buchnevich this season.

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

Jordan Kyrou is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Jordan Kyrou has assisted on 7 of his 20 goals, 35.0% of them.

5 primary, 2 secondary

Robert Thomas is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Robert Thomas's goals, 17.9% of his own assists.

4 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

67.9% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

19 primary of 28 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 20 goals.

Kyrou (7), Thomas (5), Neighbours (4), Broberg (3)

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