Reid Schaefer Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Nicolas Hague is the partner who brings the best out of him

Schaefer is at his best beside Hague: 60.4% of the expected goals together against 38.6% apart.

137 minutes together, 309 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Brady Skjei

The pairing with Skjei is the one that costs him: 30.5% of the expected goals together, 49.9% apart.

130 minutes together, 316 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Skjei does better away from him: 53.1% of the expected goals apart against 30.5% together.

130 minutes together, 1,296 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Hague is a different player beside him: 60.4% of the expected goals with Schaefer, 52.4% without him.

137 minutes together, 915 minutes apart for Hague

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

Only 2 of his 8 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Schaefer than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Nicolas Hague are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Schaefer and Hague: 5.12 expected goals an hour.

137 minutes together at 5v5

Michael McCarron is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with McCarron than anyone: 189 minutes, worth 48.1% of the expected goals.

3 goals for, 11 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Nicolas Hague are out together

He gives up least beside Hague: 3.36 expected goals against an hour.

137 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Schaefer with Josi, McCarron, Perbix and Smith, 44 minutes at 5v5.

62.1% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Josi, McCarron, Perbix and Smith: 62.1% of the expected goals over 44 minutes.

0 goals for, 0 against, 47.7% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Schaefer has been shuffled through 15 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

8 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Schaefer this season.

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

Fedor Svechkov is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Fedor Svechkov has assisted on 3 of his 6 goals, 50.0% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

6 different teammates have assisted on his 6 goals.

Svechkov (3), Hague (2), Skjei (2), Wood (1)

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 29.0% of the goals off 45.0% of the expected goals.

16.0 points of goal share below expectation

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

41.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Schaefer is on.

158 for, 227 against, 448th of 458 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Predators score 29.0% of the 5v5 goals with Schaefer out there.

9 for, 22 against, 448th of 458 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Schaefer's line owns 42.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

359 for, 482 against, 441st of 458 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 64.91 shot attempts an hour with Schaefer on the ice at 5v5.

434th of 458 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.0, running cold and likely to correct.

5.7% shooting and 90.3% goaltending behind him, 410th of 458 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Predators generate 45.0% of the expected goals with Schaefer on the ice.

29.5 xGF to 36.0 xGA over 446 minutes, 386th of 458 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.85 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

383rd of 458 forwards

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

The Predators are down 13 goals with Schaefer on the ice.

9 for, 22 against, 383rd of 465 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Predators create 3.97 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Schaefer on.

337th of 458 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Schaefer plays 9:38 a night, 518th among forwards.

453 minutes across 47 games

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 14.31 checks an hour.

64th in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 12.5% of his draws.

520th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -12 on the season.

823rd in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.27 assists an hour of ice time.

787th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.98 shots an hour of ice time.

229th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.25 penalty minutes an hour.

267th most penalty minutes an hour

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.8 goals an hour of ice time.

269th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.52 times an hour.

634th most giveaways an hour

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.66 times an hour.

632nd in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Schaefer produces 1.06 points an hour of ice time.

562nd in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.04 shots on goal an hour.

485th in the league

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

28.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

24 of 83 attempts, 439th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Schaefer has taken 83 shot attempts this season.

33 on goal, 20 missed, 24 blocked, 402nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

45.8% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

38 attempts, 5 goals

He gets almost nothing from long range

15.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

13 long-range attempts, 360th of 468 forwards

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

44.6% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

31 left, 37 middle, 15 right

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

He fires 10.99 attempts an hour of ice time.

83 attempts in 453 minutes, 307th of 465 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.5 feet.

83 located attempts, 255th of 468 forwards

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

51.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

43 of 83 attempts, 254th of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

39 of 59 unblocked, 213th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

51.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

43 attempts from inside the home plate, 247th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Schaefer has scored 1 times on Joel Hofer 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 Joel Hofer: 6 attempts, 1 goal.

16.7% conversion

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.4% of the shots he puts on goal.

6 goals on 39 shots, 130th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 25.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 66.

6 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.3% of his attempts.

4 goals on 43 close attempts, 202nd of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Schaefer has 6 goals off 5.6 expected: 0.4 more than the chances alone say.

208th of 468 forwards

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