Ridly Greig Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Greig has scored 2 times on Juuse Saros this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 6 attempts, 33.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

John Gibson has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Joseph Woll: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than John Gibson: 12 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 100.0% of his draws against Mikael Backlund.

8 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Dylan Strome beats him on the draw: he wins only 20.0% of them.

2 of 10 faceoffs

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Ryan Hartman.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Ryan Hartman has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

87 attempts, 7 goals

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

46.8% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

78 left, 116 middle, 54 right

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

58.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

144 attempts from inside the home plate, 130th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

58.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

144 of 248 attempts, 132nd of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Greig has taken 248 shot attempts this season.

116 on goal, 63 missed, 56 blocked, 169th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 25.0 feet.

248 located attempts, 164th of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

67.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

129 of 192 unblocked, 171st of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

13.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

34 long-range attempts, 291st of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

22.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

56 of 248 attempts, 286th of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 11.58 attempts an hour of ice time.

248 attempts in 1,285 minutes, 272nd of 466 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Greig has 13 goals off 17.5 expected: 4.5 short of what the chances say.

414th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 11.4% of them go in.

4 goals on 35 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 9.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 21.

13 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 10.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 129 shots, 319th of 468 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.0% of his attempts.

13 goals on 144 close attempts, 212th of 468 forwards

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 3.88 penalty minutes an hour.

114th most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +12 on the season.

107th in the league

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

153rd in the league

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

Only 8.6% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

3 of 35 points with the man advantage

He gives the puck away more than he should

20 takeaways against 49 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.41 takeaways per giveaway

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 51.2% of his draws.

130th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.29 times an hour.

722nd most giveaways an hour

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.

309th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Greig produces 1.64 points an hour of ice time.

346th in the league

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

He puts 5.98 shots on goal an hour.

333rd in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.61 goals an hour of ice time.

370th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.14 points an hour.

371st in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.93 times an hour.

382nd in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.58 checks an hour.

399th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.43 shots an hour of ice time.

522nd in the league

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 7.6 expected goals an hour.

21 goals against in 159 minutes, 15th of 180 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 51.85 shot attempts an hour with Greig on the ice at 5v5.

72nd of 454 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

53.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Greig is on.

468 for, 401 against, 72nd of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.98 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

92nd of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Greig's line owns 52.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

957 for, 866 against, 100th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.5, close to neutral.

10.3% shooting and 89.3% goaltending behind him, 232nd of 454 forwards

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Senators generate 52.6% of the expected goals with Greig on the ice.

73.9 xGF to 66.5 xGA over 1,002 minutes, 118th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 8.95 expected goals an hour.

7 goals in 76 minutes, 193rd of 269 forwards

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Senators score 52.7% of the 5v5 goals with Greig out there.

48 for, 43 against, 153rd of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Senators are down 1 goals with Greig on the ice.

70 for, 71 against, 251st of 466 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Senators create 4.42 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Greig on.

197th of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:22 of power play time a game, 248th among forwards.

5.9% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Greig plays 16:41 a night, 152nd among forwards.

1,285 minutes across 77 games

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:05 of penalty kill time a game, 50th among forwards.

12.4% of his total ice time

Brady Tkachuk is the partner who brings the best out of him

Greig is at his best beside Tkachuk: 63.2% of the expected goals together against 46.1% apart.

354 minutes together, 648 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Nick Cousins

The pairing with Cousins is the one that costs him: 42.7% of the expected goals together, 53.6% apart.

105 minutes together, 897 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Cousins does better away from him: 56.2% of the expected goals apart against 42.7% together.

105 minutes together, 810 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Tkachuk is a different player beside him: 63.2% of the expected goals with Greig, 57.4% without him.

354 minutes together, 397 minutes apart for Tkachuk

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

Only 3 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Greig than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Jordan Spence are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Greig and Spence: 5.97 expected goals an hour.

270 minutes together at 5v5

Dylan Cozens is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Cozens than anyone: 498 minutes, worth 59.3% of the expected goals.

24 goals for, 17 against together

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

With Sanderson on the ice too, the Senators have outscored opponents 16 to 9 at 5v5.

64.0% goal share over 305 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and David Perron are out together

He gives up least beside Perron: 2.82 expected goals against an hour.

117 minutes together at 5v5

Claude Giroux is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Giroux: 96.0% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

1 goals for, 0 against together

Artem Zub is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Zub: 6.74 expected goals against an hour.

90 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Cozens, Sanderson, Tkachuk and Zub: 75.8% of the expected goals over 52 minutes.

3 goals for, 1 against, 66.7% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Greig with Cozens, Kleven, Spence and Tkachuk, 64 minutes at 5v5.

75.6% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 0 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Batherson, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle: 5 goals in 33 minutes.

9.06 goals an hour, 4.4 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Pinto, Sanderson and Zub: 6 goals against in 39 minutes.

9.21 against an hour, 4.8 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Amadio, Pinto, Sanderson and Zub: 34.7% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 0 against over 33 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Greig has played 32 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

15 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Greig this season.

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

Dylan Cozens is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Dylan Cozens has assisted on 4 of his 13 goals, 30.8% of them.

4 primary, 0 secondary

Brady Tkachuk is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Brady Tkachuk's goals, 18.2% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

54.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

12 primary of 22 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

9 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

Cozens (4), Amadio (3), Sanderson (3), Spence (2)

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