Sam Rinzel Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Connor Hellebuyck has turned him away every time: 9 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Sharks this season.

8 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Connor Hellebuyck: 9 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Predators have held him without a goal on 17 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

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

18.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

36 attempts from inside the home plate, 207th of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

18.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

37 of 200 attempts, 201st of 241 defencemen

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 12.16 attempts an hour of ice time.

200 attempts in 987 minutes, 48th of 245 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

41.5% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

83 attempts, 2 goals

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

55.0% of his attempts come from the right side.

26 left, 64 middle, 110 right

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

35.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

70 of 200 attempts, 88th of 241 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

44.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

89 long-range attempts, 91st of 241 defencemen

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Rinzel has taken 200 shot attempts this season.

79 on goal, 47 missed, 70 blocked, 107th of 241 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.2 feet.

200 located attempts, 112th of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

63.8% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

83 of 130 unblocked, 121st of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 5.0% of them go in.

1 goals on 20 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 28.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 36.

4 goals located by coordinate

He is not converting the chances he gets

Rinzel has 4 goals off 6.6 expected: 2.6 short of what the chances say.

162nd of 241 defencemen

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 4.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 83 shots, 140th of 241 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.7% of his attempts.

1 goals on 37 close attempts, 93rd of 221 defencemen

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.08 times an hour.

114th most giveaways an hour

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

Only 7.1% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 14 points with the man advantage

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.68 penalty minutes an hour.

193rd most penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -7 on the season.

736th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

13 takeaways against 67 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.19 takeaways per giveaway

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.83 shots an hour of ice time.

259th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Rinzel produces 0.85 points an hour of ice time.

655th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 2.98 checks an hour.

558th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.61 assists an hour of ice time.

605th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.24 goals an hour of ice time.

592nd in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.06 points an hour.

420th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.79 times an hour.

518th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 4.99 shots on goal an hour.

496th in the league

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Blackhawks generate 40.8% of the expected goals with Rinzel on the ice.

48.9 xGF to 70.9 xGA over 833 minutes, 236th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

43.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Rinzel is on.

330 for, 433 against, 225th of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Blackhawks create 3.52 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Rinzel on.

224th of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 63.53 shot attempts an hour with Rinzel on the ice at 5v5.

225th of 246 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 5.11 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

221st of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Rinzel's line owns 44.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

716 for, 882 against, 220th 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.

10.6% shooting and 91.0% goaltending behind him, 57th of 246 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 47.3% of the goals off 40.8% of the expected goals.

6.5 points of goal share above expectation

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 8.69 expected goals an hour.

8 goals in 109 minutes, 59th of 85 defencemen

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

The Blackhawks break even with Rinzel on the ice.

45 for, 45 against, 83rd of 245 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Blackhawks score 47.3% of the 5v5 goals with Rinzel out there.

35 for, 39 against, 147th of 246 defencemen

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Rinzel plays 18:16 a night, 135th among defencemen.

987 minutes across 54 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:19 of power play time a game, 36th among defencemen.

11.1% of his total ice time

Tyler Bertuzzi is the partner who brings the best out of him

Rinzel is at his best beside Bertuzzi: 48.1% of the expected goals together against 37.6% apart.

238 minutes together, 595 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Donato does better away from him: 45.7% of the expected goals apart against 37.1% together.

215 minutes together, 840 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Ilya Mikheyev

The pairing with Mikheyev is the one that costs him: 36.2% of the expected goals together, 41.9% apart.

180 minutes together, 653 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Bertuzzi is a different player beside him: 48.1% of the expected goals with Rinzel, 44.0% without him.

238 minutes together, 905 minutes apart for Bertuzzi

He and Tyler Bertuzzi are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Rinzel and Bertuzzi: 4.41 expected goals an hour.

238 minutes together at 5v5

Wyatt Kaiser is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Kaiser than anyone: 375 minutes, worth 43.7% of the expected goals.

19 goals for, 16 against together

The goals go his team's way when Tyler Bertuzzi is out there with him

With Bertuzzi on the ice too, the Blackhawks have outscored opponents 14 to 9 at 5v5.

60.9% goal share over 238 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Tyler Bertuzzi are out together

He gives up least beside Bertuzzi: 4.75 expected goals against an hour.

238 minutes together at 5v5

Ryan Donato is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Donato: 98.8% of the expected goals over 37 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Rinzel with Bedard, Burakovsky, Greene and Kaiser, 45 minutes at 5v5.

48.2% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Bedard, Bertuzzi, Nazar and Teravainen: 4 goals in 45 minutes.

5.31 goals an hour, 5.9 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Rinzel 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

11 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Rinzel this season.

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

Teuvo Teravainen is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Teuvo Teravainen has assisted on 2 of his 4 goals, 50.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Tyler Bertuzzi is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Tyler Bertuzzi's goals, 30.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

50.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 10 assists

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