Ryan Poehling Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Zellweger does better away from him: 52.5% of the expected goals apart against 40.2% together.

227 minutes together, 884 minutes apart

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

Only 0 of his 11 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Poehling than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

It stops working when he is paired with Olen Zellweger

The pairing with Zellweger is the one that costs him: 40.2% of the expected goals together, 46.9% apart.

227 minutes together, 652 minutes apart

Cutter Gauthier is the partner who brings the best out of him

Poehling is at his best beside Gauthier: 48.1% of the expected goals together against 44.3% apart.

205 minutes together, 674 minutes apart

He and Jackson LaCombe are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Poehling and LaCombe: 5.06 expected goals an hour.

317 minutes together at 5v5

Jacob Trouba is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Trouba than anyone: 333 minutes, worth 43.9% of the expected goals.

10 goals for, 16 against together

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

With Gudas on the ice too, the Ducks have outscored opponents 12 to 6 at 5v5.

66.7% goal share over 179 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Ian Moore are out together

He gives up least beside Moore: 4.3 expected goals against an hour.

181 minutes together at 5v5

Jackson LaCombe is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with LaCombe: 11.83 expected goals against an hour.

53 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Poehling with Gauthier, LaCombe, Trouba and Viel, 45 minutes at 5v5.

44.7% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 2 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Killorn, Mintyukov and Trouba: 12 goals against in 58 minutes.

12.33 against an hour, 16.4 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Poehling has been shuffled through 41 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 Poehling this season.

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

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

76.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

19 primary of 25 assists

Alex Killorn is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Alex Killorn has assisted on 3 of his 11 goals, 27.3% of them.

3 primary, 0 secondary

Cutter Gauthier is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Cutter Gauthier's goals, 12.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 2 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

14 different teammates have assisted on his 11 goals.

Killorn (3), Helleson (2), Mintyukov (2), LaCombe (2)

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 5.39 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

446th of 454 forwards

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Ducks are down 17 goals with Poehling on the ice.

55 for, 72 against, 421st of 466 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 62.28 shot attempts an hour with Poehling on the ice at 5v5.

398th of 454 forwards

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 12.03 expected goals an hour.

27 goals against in 186 minutes, 155th of 180 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Ducks generate 45.2% of the expected goals with Poehling on the ice.

65.0 xGF to 78.9 xGA over 879 minutes, 381st of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.4, close to neutral.

11.3% shooting and 90.0% goaltending behind him, 136th of 454 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 51.8% of the goals off 45.2% of the expected goals.

6.6 points of goal share above expectation

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

The Ducks score 51.8% of the 5v5 goals with Poehling out there.

44 for, 41 against, 173rd of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

48.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Poehling is on.

388 for, 412 against, 258th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Ducks create 4.44 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Poehling on.

189th of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Poehling's line owns 48.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

874 for, 912 against, 254th of 454 forwards

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

He draws 2:39 of penalty kill time a game, 8th among forwards.

16.4% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Poehling plays 15:04 a night, 226th among forwards.

1,131 minutes across 75 games

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

He has 4 short-handed points this season.

18th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +8 on the season.

157th in the league

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

Only 2.8% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 36 points with the man advantage

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.57 shots an hour of ice time.

159th in the league

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

He sets up 1.33 assists an hour of ice time.

184th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

17 takeaways against 48 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.35 takeaways per giveaway

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Poehling produces 1.91 points an hour of ice time.

251st in the league

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

He takes 0.64 penalty minutes an hour.

748th most penalty minutes an hour

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.34 checks an hour.

635th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.55 times an hour.

620th most giveaways an hour

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 48.4% of his draws.

199th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.58 goals an hour of ice time.

381st in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.9 times an hour.

413th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.05 points an hour.

425th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.99 shots on goal an hour.

494th in the league

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

He fires 9.76 attempts an hour of ice time.

184 attempts in 1,131 minutes, 374th of 466 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

28.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

52 attempts, 4 goals

He gets almost nothing from long range

14.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

27 long-range attempts, 325th of 468 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

94 of 147 unblocked, 295th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

20.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

37 of 184 attempts, 167th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

55.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

102 of 184 attempts, 182nd of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.8 feet.

184 located attempts, 272nd of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

54.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

100 attempts from inside the home plate, 198th of 468 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Poehling has taken 184 shot attempts this season.

83 on goal, 53 missed, 37 blocked, 244th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Poehling has scored 2 times on Connor Hellebuyck this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 9 attempts, 22.2%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Devin Cooley has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Connor Hellebuyck: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Jets this season.

11 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Devin Cooley: 12 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 80.0% of his draws against Matthew Wood.

8 of 10 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Adam Lowry beats him on the draw: he wins only 16.7% of them.

2 of 12 faceoffs

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Ryan Ufko.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

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

His deadliest shot is the tip: 8.0% of them go in.

2 goals on 25 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 19.6 feet out, and the longest went in from 87.

11 goals located by coordinate

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.8% of his attempts.

10 goals on 102 close attempts, 179th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 11.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

11 goals on 94 shots, 273rd of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Poehling has 11 goals off 11.8 expected: 0.8 short of what the chances say.

260th of 468 forwards

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