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Rodrigo Abols

Philadelphia Flyers
Position C
Age 30
Height 6'4"
Weight 206LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Riga, LVA
Born Jan 4, 1996

Key Insights

2025-26
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Abols has been shuffled through 18 different five-man units and none 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 Abols this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Nikita Grebenkin is the partner who brings the best out of him
Nikita Grebenkin

Abols is at his best beside Grebenkin: 46.7% of the expected goals together against 37.4% apart.

143 minutes together, 265 minutes apart
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Carl Grundstrom

Grundstrom does better away from him: 52.2% of the expected goals apart against 36.4% together.

123 minutes together, 390 minutes apart
His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

Only 0 of his 7 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Abols than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart
It stops working when he is paired with Jamie Drysdale
Jamie Drysdale

The pairing with Drysdale is the one that costs him: 36.1% of the expected goals together, 43.7% apart.

144 minutes together, 264 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 4, 1996
Birth Place Riga, LVA
Height 6'4"
Weight 206 LBS
Shoots/Catches L