Ryan Reaves Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Reaves has finished his check on Hampus Lindholm 5 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

J.J. Moser has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He sees very little of the ice compared to his peers

Reaves has taken 55 shot attempts this season.

22 on goal, 15 missed, 15 blocked, 446th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 8.45 attempts an hour of ice time.

55 attempts in 390 minutes, 422nd of 466 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

27.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

15 of 55 attempts, 418th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

32.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

18 attempts, 2 goals

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

25 of 40 unblocked, 349th of 468 forwards

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

50.9% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

8 left, 28 middle, 19 right

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 24.6 feet.

55 located attempts, 139th of 468 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

14.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

8 long-range attempts, 319th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

54.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

30 attempts from inside the home plate, 196th of 468 forwards

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

54.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

30 of 55 attempts, 203rd of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 4.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 5.

3 goals located by coordinate

He is not converting the chances he gets

Reaves has 3 goals off 4.9 expected: 1.9 short of what the chances say.

318th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.0% of his attempts.

3 goals on 30 close attempts, 166th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 12.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 25 shots, 259th of 468 forwards

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 24.61 checks an hour.

8th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 5.69 penalty minutes an hour.

42nd most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -12 on the season.

832nd in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.23 times an hour.

181st in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Reaves produces 0.46 points an hour of ice time.

801st in the league

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

He puts 3.85 shots on goal an hour.

666th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.31 shots an hour of ice time.

549th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.46 goals an hour of ice time.

443rd in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.92 times an hour.

455th most giveaways an hour

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 30.0% of the goals off 46.0% of the expected goals.

16.0 points of goal share below expectation

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

40.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Reaves is on.

129 for, 190 against, 448th of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Sharks score 30.0% of the 5v5 goals with Reaves out there.

9 for, 21 against, 443rd of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Reaves's line owns 42.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

281 for, 374 against, 436th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 95.9, running cold and likely to correct.

7.0% shooting and 88.9% goaltending behind him, 411th of 454 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Sharks create 3.68 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Reaves on.

396th of 454 forwards

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

The Sharks are down 12 goals with Reaves on the ice.

9 for, 21 against, 377th of 466 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Sharks generate 46.0% of the expected goals with Reaves on the ice.

23.8 xGF to 27.9 xGA over 388 minutes, 360th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 57.85 shot attempts an hour with Reaves on the ice at 5v5.

266th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.31 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

197th of 454 forwards

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Reaves plays 7:48 a night, 587th among forwards.

390 minutes across 50 games

Dmitry Orlov is the partner who brings the best out of him

Reaves is at his best beside Orlov: 62.0% of the expected goals together against 40.4% apart.

104 minutes together, 283 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Mario Ferraro

The pairing with Ferraro is the one that costs him: 37.1% of the expected goals together, 50.7% apart.

132 minutes together, 256 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Orlov is a different player beside him: 62.0% of the expected goals with Reaves, 50.8% without him.

104 minutes together, 1,300 minutes apart for Orlov

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Ferraro does better away from him: 45.9% of the expected goals apart against 37.1% together.

132 minutes together, 1,265 minutes apart

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

Only 1 of his 4 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Reaves than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Dmitry Orlov are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Reaves and Orlov: 4.81 expected goals an hour.

104 minutes together at 5v5

Zack Ostapchuk is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Ostapchuk than anyone: 212 minutes, worth 43.7% of the expected goals.

6 goals for, 9 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Dmitry Orlov are out together

He gives up least beside Orlov: 2.95 expected goals against an hour.

104 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Reaves with Desharnais, Dickinson, Goodrow and Ostapchuk, 33 minutes at 5v5.

37.7% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Reaves has been shuffled through 13 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

4 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Reaves this season.

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

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