Ryan McDonagh Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Pontus Holmberg is the partner who brings the best out of him

McDonagh is at his best beside Holmberg: 61.5% of the expected goals together against 51.0% apart.

235 minutes together, 497 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Cirelli does better away from him: 58.3% of the expected goals apart against 50.8% together.

154 minutes together, 719 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Goncalves is a different player beside him: 60.8% of the expected goals with McDonagh, 55.3% without him.

149 minutes together, 708 minutes apart for Goncalves

It stops working when he is paired with Anthony Cirelli

The pairing with Cirelli is the one that costs him: 50.8% of the expected goals together, 55.1% apart.

154 minutes together, 577 minutes apart

He and Nikita Kucherov are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is McDonagh and Kucherov: 5.49 expected goals an hour.

159 minutes together at 5v5

Erik Cernak is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Cernak than anyone: 458 minutes, worth 52.5% of the expected goals.

17 goals for, 19 against together

The goals go his team's way when Anthony Cirelli is out there with him

With Cirelli on the ice too, the Lightning have outscored opponents 9 to 3 at 5v5.

75.0% goal share over 154 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Pontus Holmberg are out together

He gives up least beside Holmberg: 2.91 expected goals against an hour.

235 minutes together at 5v5

Jake Guentzel is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Guentzel: 9.03 expected goals against an hour.

38 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is McDonagh with Cernak, Girgensons, Gourde and Holmberg, 124 minutes at 5v5.

56.0% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 6 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Cernak, Cirelli and Hagel: 1 goal against in 36 minutes.

1.67 against an hour, 5.7 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

McDonagh has been shuffled through 26 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

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with McDonagh this season.

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

Nikita Kucherov is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Nikita Kucherov has assisted on 2 of his 6 goals, 33.3% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Jake Guentzel is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 5 of Jake Guentzel's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

3 primary, 2 secondary

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

60.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

9 primary of 15 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

8 different teammates have assisted on his 6 goals.

Kucherov (2), Point (2), Holmberg (2), Goncalves (1)

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.77 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

21st of 246 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Lightning generate 54.1% of the expected goals with McDonagh on the ice.

54.1 xGF to 45.9 xGA over 731 minutes, 40th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.6, running hot and likely to cool.

10.9% shooting and 90.7% goaltending behind him, 56th of 246 defencemen

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

The Lightning score 54.1% of the 5v5 goals with McDonagh out there.

33 for, 28 against, 59th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.82 shot attempts an hour with McDonagh on the ice at 5v5.

65th of 246 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

McDonagh's line owns 50.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

667 for, 656 against, 94th of 246 defencemen

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Lightning create 4.44 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with McDonagh on.

94th of 246 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when McDonagh is on.

303 for, 302 against, 100th of 246 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Lightning are down 2 goals with McDonagh on the ice.

44 for, 46 against, 96th of 245 defencemen

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 10.12 expected goals an hour.

16 goals against in 148 minutes, 83rd of 156 defencemen

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

He draws 3:13 of penalty kill time a game, 6th among defencemen.

16.0% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

McDonagh plays 19:15 a night, 116th among defencemen.

924 minutes across 48 games

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.47 shots on goal an hour.

862nd in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +14 on the season.

87th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.93 shots an hour of ice time.

124th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.36 checks an hour.

781st in the league

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

He takes 0.39 penalty minutes an hour.

816th most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

14 takeaways against 47 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.3 takeaways per giveaway

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

He sets up 0.97 assists an hour of ice time.

341st in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

McDonagh produces 1.36 points an hour of ice time.

438th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.91 times an hour.

406th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 3.05 times an hour.

408th most giveaways an hour

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.39 goals an hour of ice time.

492nd in the league

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

55.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

39 of 70 unblocked, 221st of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 6.88 attempts an hour of ice time.

106 attempts in 924 minutes, 214th of 245 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

McDonagh has taken 106 shot attempts this season.

33 on goal, 31 missed, 36 blocked, 190th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

27.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

29 attempts, 4 goals

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

62.3% of his attempts come from the left side.

66 left, 26 middle, 14 right

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

34.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

36 of 106 attempts, 69th of 241 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

43.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

46 long-range attempts, 78th of 241 defencemen

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

21.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

23 attempts from inside the home plate, 146th of 241 defencemen

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

22.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

24 of 106 attempts, 135th of 241 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.1 feet.

106 located attempts, 109th of 241 defencemen

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, 2nd of 241 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

McDonagh has 6 goals off 3.8 expected: 2.2 more than the chances alone say.

13th of 241 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.3% of his attempts.

2 goals on 24 close attempts, 11th of 221 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 33.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 47.

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