Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Mattias Ekholm is the partner who brings the best out of him

Nugent-Hopkins is at his best beside Ekholm: 56.6% of the expected goals together against 47.1% apart.

418 minutes together, 538 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jake Walman

The pairing with Walman is the one that costs him: 43.8% of the expected goals together, 53.4% apart.

180 minutes together, 775 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Emberson is a different player beside him: 52.0% of the expected goals with Nugent-Hopkins, 44.9% without him.

190 minutes together, 826 minutes apart for Emberson

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Roslovic does better away from him: 50.2% of the expected goals apart against 45.8% together.

232 minutes together, 741 minutes apart

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

6 of his 9 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Nugent-Hopkins than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Zach Hyman are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Nugent-Hopkins and Hyman: 6.28 expected goals an hour.

475 minutes together at 5v5

Connor McDavid is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with McDavid than anyone: 549 minutes, worth 54.5% of the expected goals.

30 goals for, 28 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Ty Emberson are out together

He gives up least beside Emberson: 4.33 expected goals against an hour.

190 minutes together at 5v5

Jack Roslovic is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Roslovic: 93.9% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

9 goals for, 2 against together

Connor McDavid is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with McDavid: 8.67 expected goals against an hour.

43 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Nugent-Hopkins with Bouchard, Ekholm, Hyman and McDavid, 248 minutes at 5v5.

58.4% of the expected goals, 14 goals for and 15 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Bouchard, Draisaitl, Hyman and McDavid: 36 goals in 136 minutes.

15.91 goals an hour, 28.2 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Bouchard, Ekholm and McDavid: 3 goals against in 14 minutes.

12.97 against an hour, 2.6 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Hyman, McDavid, Nurse and Regula: 71.9% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 53.1% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Nugent-Hopkins has been shuffled through 32 different five-man units, and only 2 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

9 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Nugent-Hopkins this season.

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

Connor McDavid is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Connor McDavid has assisted on 16 of his 21 goals, 76.2% of them.

10 primary, 6 secondary

Connor McDavid is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 12 of Connor McDavid's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

10 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

58.3% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

21 primary of 36 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

10 different teammates have assisted on his 21 goals.

McDavid (16), Bouchard (7), Hyman (4), Draisaitl (4)

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 12.76 expected goals an hour.

58 goals in 252 minutes, 23rd of 269 forwards

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 12.36 expected goals an hour.

19 goals against in 97 minutes, 163rd of 180 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.9, running cold and likely to correct.

8.8% shooting and 89.1% goaltending behind him, 331st of 454 forwards

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

The Oilers are up 31 goals with Nugent-Hopkins on the ice.

113 for, 82 against, 62nd of 466 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Oilers create 5.01 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Nugent-Hopkins on.

71st of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 60.93 shot attempts an hour with Nugent-Hopkins on the ice at 5v5.

373rd of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.74 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

342nd of 454 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 45.6% of the goals off 51.4% of the expected goals.

5.8 points of goal share below expectation

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Oilers score 45.6% of the 5v5 goals with Nugent-Hopkins out there.

41 for, 49 against, 296th of 454 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Oilers generate 51.4% of the expected goals with Nugent-Hopkins on the ice.

79.8 xGF to 75.4 xGA over 955 minutes, 160th of 454 forwards

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

51.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Nugent-Hopkins is on.

468 for, 450 against, 168th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Nugent-Hopkins's line owns 49.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

941 for, 970 against, 233rd of 454 forwards

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:36 of power play time a game, 19th among forwards.

18.4% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Nugent-Hopkins plays 19:03 a night, 57th among forwards.

1,373 minutes across 72 games

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:25 of penalty kill time a game, 136th among forwards.

7.1% of his total ice time

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 1.27 points an hour.

19th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 1.84 times an hour.

838th most giveaways an hour

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

He sets up 1.57 assists an hour of ice time.

120th in the league

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

116th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.09 checks an hour.

819th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Nugent-Hopkins produces 2.45 points an hour of ice time.

138th in the league

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

51.8% of his points come on the power play, so his even-strength production is thinner than the totals suggest.

29 of 56 points with the man advantage

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.36 shots an hour of ice time.

782nd in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -9 on the season.

764th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.88 goals an hour of ice time.

217th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

14 takeaways against 42 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.33 takeaways per giveaway

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.61 times an hour.

680th in the league

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

He takes 0.92 penalty minutes an hour.

663rd most penalty minutes an hour

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

He puts 5.77 shots on goal an hour.

365th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 47.4% of his draws.

223rd in the league

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

8.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

22 long-range attempts, 87th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 23.6 feet.

268 located attempts, 100th of 468 forwards

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

59.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

160 attempts from inside the home plate, 105th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

37.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

100 attempts, 9 goals

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

59.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

160 of 268 attempts, 108th of 468 forwards

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

43.3% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

81 left, 116 middle, 71 right

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

23.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

63 of 268 attempts, 324th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Nugent-Hopkins has taken 268 shot attempts this season.

116 on goal, 68 missed, 63 blocked, 151st of 468 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

66.8% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

137 of 205 unblocked, 184th of 468 forwards

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 11.72 attempts an hour of ice time.

268 attempts in 1,373 minutes, 261st of 466 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Nugent-Hopkins has scored 2 times on Dustin Wolf this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 14 attempts, 14.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Anton Forsberg has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Avalanche this season.

7 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Dustin Wolf: 14 attempts, 2 goals.

14.3% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 87.5% of his draws against Nico Hischier.

7 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Nathan MacKinnon beats him on the draw: he wins only 33.3% of them.

3 of 9 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Kings have held him without a goal on 13 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Neal Pionk has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Neal Pionk 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 snap shot: 12.2% of them go in.

6 goals on 49 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

21 goals on 137 shots, 135th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.6% of his attempts.

17 goals on 160 close attempts, 133rd of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 15.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 45.

21 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Nugent-Hopkins has 21 goals off 18.6 expected: 2.4 more than the chances alone say.

153rd of 468 forwards

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