Rasmus Sandin Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Ethen Frank is the partner who brings the best out of him

Sandin is at his best beside Frank: 59.2% of the expected goals together against 45.8% apart.

210 minutes together, 969 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Ryan Leonard

The pairing with Leonard is the one that costs him: 38.9% of the expected goals together, 50.7% apart.

243 minutes together, 936 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Frank is a different player beside him: 59.2% of the expected goals with Sandin, 49.0% without him.

210 minutes together, 445 minutes apart for Frank

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Dubois does better away from him: 50.1% of the expected goals apart against 40.2% together.

122 minutes together, 259 minutes apart

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

Only 3 of his 18 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Sandin than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Ethen Frank are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Sandin and Frank: 5.26 expected goals an hour.

210 minutes together at 5v5

Anthony Beauvillier is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Beauvillier than anyone: 356 minutes, worth 46.8% of the expected goals.

14 goals for, 17 against together

The goals go his team's way when Hendrix Lapierre is out there with him

With Lapierre on the ice too, the Capitals have outscored opponents 10 to 4 at 5v5.

71.4% goal share over 169 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Nic Dowd are out together

He gives up least beside Dowd: 3.31 expected goals against an hour.

215 minutes together at 5v5

Anthony Beauvillier is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Beauvillier: 8.66 expected goals against an hour.

32 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Sandin with Beauvillier, Ovechkin, Strome and van Riemsdyk, 39 minutes at 5v5.

46.2% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 4 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Sandin has been shuffled through 53 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

18 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Sandin this season.

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

Anthony Beauvillier is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Anthony Beauvillier has assisted on 1 of his 5 goals, 20.0% of them.

1 primary, 0 secondary

Tom Wilson is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Tom Wilson's goals, 16.7% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 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.

14 primary of 24 assists

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 7.82 expected goals an hour.

3 goals in 60 minutes, 71st of 85 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.3, close to neutral.

10.0% shooting and 90.2% goaltending behind him, 118th of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 60.21 shot attempts an hour with Sandin on the ice at 5v5.

175th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Sandin's line owns 47.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,074 for, 1,183 against, 164th of 246 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.6 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

161st of 246 defencemen

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 10.43 expected goals an hour.

13 goals against in 102 minutes, 95th of 156 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Capitals generate 48.2% of the expected goals with Sandin on the ice.

84.0 xGF to 90.4 xGA over 1,179 minutes, 147th of 246 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

48.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Sandin is on.

488 for, 523 against, 144th of 246 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Capitals create 4.28 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Sandin on.

130th of 246 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Capitals are down 6 goals with Sandin on the ice.

64 for, 70 against, 122nd of 245 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Capitals score 49.0% of the 5v5 goals with Sandin out there.

49 for, 51 against, 127th of 246 defencemen

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:10 of power play time a game, 82nd among defencemen.

4.3% of his total ice time

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:35 of penalty kill time a game, 130th among defencemen.

7.2% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Sandin plays 19:12 a night, 118th among defencemen.

1,402 minutes across 73 games

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 5.44 shots an hour of ice time.

77th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.37 times an hour.

122nd in the league

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

Only 3.4% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 29 points with the man advantage

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.81 times an hour.

174th most giveaways an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

32 takeaways against 89 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.36 takeaways per giveaway

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

He takes 0.51 penalty minutes an hour.

790th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +4 on the season.

233rd in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.85 shots on goal an hour.

665th in the league

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

He sets up 1.03 assists an hour of ice time.

310th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.21 goals an hour of ice time.

620th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.04 points an hour.

441st in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Sandin produces 1.24 points an hour of ice time.

492nd in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.77 checks an hour.

479th in the league

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

32.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

62 of 194 attempts, 39th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

53.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

104 long-range attempts, 198th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.6% of his attempts are the snap shot.

69 attempts, 3 goals

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

90 of 132 unblocked, 54th of 241 defencemen

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

47.9% of his attempts come from the left side.

93 left, 55 middle, 46 right

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 42.8 feet.

194 located attempts, 162nd of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 8.3 attempts an hour of ice time.

194 attempts in 1,402 minutes, 152nd of 245 defencemen

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

24.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

47 of 194 attempts, 102nd of 241 defencemen

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Sandin has taken 194 shot attempts this season.

85 on goal, 42 missed, 62 blocked, 112th of 241 defencemen

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

23.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

45 attempts from inside the home plate, 121st of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Sandin has scored 1 times on Jeremy Swayman this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 8 attempts, 12.5%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Justus Annunen has turned him away every time: 6 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Daniil Tarasov: 9 attempts, 1 goal.

11.1% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Paul Cotter 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 Morgan Barron.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 43.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 69.

5 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.1% of his attempts.

1 goals on 47 close attempts, 119th of 221 defencemen

He scores about what his chances are worth

Sandin has 5 goals off 6.8 expected: 1.8 short of what the chances say.

118th of 241 defencemen

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 5.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

5 goals on 90 shots, 122nd of 241 defencemen

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