Ross Johnston Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Radko Gudas is the partner who brings the best out of him

Johnston is at his best beside Gudas: 58.6% of the expected goals together against 41.7% apart.

159 minutes together, 438 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Drew Helleson

The pairing with Helleson is the one that costs him: 32.1% of the expected goals together, 49.5% apart.

134 minutes together, 463 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Gudas is a different player beside him: 58.6% of the expected goals with Johnston, 49.1% without him.

159 minutes together, 641 minutes apart for Gudas

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Helleson does better away from him: 48.6% of the expected goals apart against 32.1% together.

134 minutes together, 767 minutes apart

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

Only 2 of his 10 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Johnston than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Radko Gudas are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Johnston and Gudas: 5.51 expected goals an hour.

159 minutes together at 5v5

Jacob Trouba is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Trouba than anyone: 223 minutes, worth 46.3% of the expected goals.

10 goals for, 9 against together

The goals go his team's way when Radko Gudas is out there with him

With Gudas on the ice too, the Blues have outscored opponents 9 to 5 at 5v5.

64.3% goal share over 159 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Radko Gudas are out together

He gives up least beside Gudas: 3.89 expected goals against an hour.

159 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Johnston with LaCombe, Moore, Trouba and Washe, 31 minutes at 5v5.

69.4% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Johnston has been shuffled through 31 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

10 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Johnston this season.

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

Jansen Harkins is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Jansen Harkins's goals, 18.2% of his own assists.

2 primary, 0 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.

6 primary of 11 assists

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.8, running hot and likely to cool.

12.2% shooting and 90.6% goaltending behind him, 69th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.91 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

400th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

45.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Johnston is on.

221 for, 265 against, 374th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Blues generate 46.3% of the expected goals with Johnston on the ice.

42.1 xGF to 48.8 xGA over 597 minutes, 346th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 51.9% of the goals off 46.3% of the expected goals.

5.6 points of goal share above expectation

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Johnston's line owns 48.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

529 for, 570 against, 283rd of 454 forwards

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

The Blues score 51.9% of the 5v5 goals with Johnston out there.

27 for, 25 against, 169th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Blues create 4.24 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Johnston on.

249th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 57.33 shot attempts an hour with Johnston on the ice at 5v5.

251st of 454 forwards

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Blues break even with Johnston on the ice.

27 for, 27 against, 234th of 466 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Johnston plays 9:44 a night, 513th among forwards.

604 minutes across 62 games

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 10.64 penalty minutes an hour.

11th most penalty minutes an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 19.29 checks an hour.

29th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.28 shots on goal an hour.

760th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.5 times an hour.

751st in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.59 shots an hour of ice time.

727th in the league

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

He sets up 1.09 assists an hour of ice time.

281st in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.38 times an hour.

287th most giveaways an hour

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Johnston produces 1.39 points an hour of ice time.

424th in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 45.5% of his draws.

267th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.3 goals an hour of ice time.

551st in the league

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

He fires 7.15 attempts an hour of ice time.

72 attempts in 604 minutes, 450th of 466 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

57.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

33 of 57 unblocked, 441st of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Johnston has taken 72 shot attempts this season.

30 on goal, 24 missed, 15 blocked, 420th of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

6.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

5 long-range attempts, 51st of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 22.3 feet.

72 located attempts, 56th of 468 forwards

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

61.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

44 attempts from inside the home plate, 89th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

61.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

44 of 72 attempts, 90th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

27.8% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

20 attempts, 1 goals

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

50.0% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

21 left, 36 middle, 15 right

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

20.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

15 of 72 attempts, 198th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Johnston has scored 1 times on Philipp Grubauer 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 Philipp Grubauer: 6 attempts, 1 goal.

16.7% conversion

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Tyler Tucker.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Tyler Tucker has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 6.2% of them go in.

1 goals on 16 attempts

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 9.1% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 33 shots, 357th of 468 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Johnston has 3 goals off 5.6 expected: 2.6 short of what the chances say.

346th of 468 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 6.8% of his attempts.

3 goals on 44 close attempts, 333rd of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 9.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 11.

3 goals located by coordinate

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