Ross Colton Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Colton has scored 1 times on John Gibson this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 7 attempts, 14.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Kevin Lankinen has turned him away every time: 14 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Yaroslav Askarov: 14 attempts, 1 goal.

7.1% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Wild have held him without a goal on 20 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Colton has finished his check on Thomas Harley 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 19.76 attempts an hour of ice time.

301 attempts in 914 minutes, 32nd of 466 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 29.9 feet.

301 located attempts, 408th of 468 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

44.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

135 attempts from inside the home plate, 372nd of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

45.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

136 of 301 attempts, 369th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

38.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

115 attempts, 4 goals

He gets almost nothing from long range

15.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

47 long-range attempts, 356th of 468 forwards

He is on the ice for a huge share of the work

Colton has taken 301 shot attempts this season.

145 on goal, 87 missed, 60 blocked, 117th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

19.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

60 of 301 attempts, 158th of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

154 of 241 unblocked, 295th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Colton has 9 goals off 17.8 expected: 8.8 short of what the chances say.

466th of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 3.7% of his attempts.

5 goals on 136 close attempts, 434th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 5.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

9 goals on 154 shots, 429th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 8.9% of them go in.

4 goals on 45 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 36.0 feet out, and the longest went in from 87.

9 goals located by coordinate

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

He puts 10.05 shots on goal an hour.

28th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 10.44 checks an hour.

132nd in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +9 on the season.

135th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.18 times an hour.

207th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

18 takeaways against 51 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.35 takeaways per giveaway

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.64 shots an hour of ice time.

715th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.35 times an hour.

301st most giveaways an hour

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

He sets up 0.98 assists an hour of ice time.

335th in the league

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

He takes 0.85 penalty minutes an hour.

693rd most penalty minutes an hour

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Colton produces 1.58 points an hour of ice time.

360th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.59 goals an hour of ice time.

375th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 47.2% of his draws.

224th in the league

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

60.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Colton is on.

511 for, 339 against, 3rd of 454 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Avalanche create 5.95 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Colton on.

4th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Avalanche generate 59.9% of the expected goals with Colton on the ice.

83.5 xGF to 55.9 xGA over 842 minutes, 10th of 454 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 6.57 expected goals an hour.

1 goals in 57 minutes, 263rd of 269 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Colton's line owns 58.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,058 for, 747 against, 13th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.2, running cold and likely to correct.

8.2% shooting and 90.0% goaltending behind him, 317th of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

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

95th of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.25 shot attempts an hour with Colton on the ice at 5v5.

99th of 454 forwards

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

The Avalanche score 55.3% of the 5v5 goals with Colton out there.

42 for, 34 against, 109th of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 55.3% of the goals off 59.9% of the expected goals.

4.6 points of goal share below expectation

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Avalanche are up 10 goals with Colton on the ice.

46 for, 36 against, 148th of 466 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

He draws 1:06 of power play time a game, 265th among forwards.

6.3% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Colton plays 12:31 a night, 353rd among forwards.

914 minutes across 73 games

Sam Malinski is the partner who brings the best out of him

Colton is at his best beside Malinski: 68.0% of the expected goals together against 54.6% apart.

305 minutes together, 537 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Cale Makar

The pairing with Makar is the one that costs him: 47.0% of the expected goals together, 62.6% apart.

170 minutes together, 672 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Girard is a different player beside him: 61.8% of the expected goals with Colton, 40.9% without him.

156 minutes together, 193 minutes apart for Girard

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Makar does better away from him: 56.2% of the expected goals apart against 47.0% together.

170 minutes together, 1,130 minutes apart

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

10 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Colton than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Sam Malinski are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Colton and Malinski: 7.43 expected goals an hour.

305 minutes together at 5v5

Brock Nelson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Nelson than anyone: 386 minutes, worth 61.6% of the expected goals.

22 goals for, 16 against together

His team tends to be ahead when he is on the ice

With Malinski on the ice too, the Avalanche have outscored opponents 14 to 8 at 5v5.

63.6% goal share over 305 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Sam Malinski are out together

He gives up least beside Malinski: 3.5 expected goals against an hour.

305 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Colton with Burns, Manson, Nelson and Nichushkin, 59 minutes at 5v5.

51.4% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 3 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Burns, Manson, Nelson and Nichushkin: 51.4% of the expected goals over 59 minutes.

2 goals for, 3 against, 51.1% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Colton has been shuffled through 32 different five-man units, and only 3 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 Colton this season.

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

Brock Nelson is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Brock Nelson has assisted on 5 of his 9 goals, 55.6% of them.

3 primary, 2 secondary

Brock Nelson is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Brock Nelson's goals, 26.7% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

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

66.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

10 primary of 15 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

7 different teammates have assisted on his 9 goals.

Nelson (5), Nichushkin (2), Drury (2), Manson (1)

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