Samuel Girard Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Fabian Zetterlund has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Tim Stützle has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

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

He fires 22.82 attempts an hour of ice time.

144 attempts in 379 minutes, 2nd of 245 defencemen

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

53.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

41 of 76 unblocked, 234th of 241 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

47.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

68 of 144 attempts, 230th of 241 defencemen

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

30.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

44 attempts from inside the home plate, 18th of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

30.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

44 of 144 attempts, 19th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

23.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

34 attempts, 1 goals

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

53.5% of his attempts come from the left side.

77 left, 44 middle, 23 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

42.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

61 long-range attempts, 65th of 241 defencemen

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 40.2 feet.

144 located attempts, 81st of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Girard has taken 144 shot attempts this season.

38 on goal, 35 missed, 68 blocked, 156th of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 5.3% of them go in.

1 goals on 19 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 7.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 41 shots, 68th of 241 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 31.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 48.

3 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Girard has 3 goals off 5.3 expected: 2.3 short of what the chances say.

144th of 241 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.3% of his attempts.

1 goals on 44 close attempts, 105th of 221 defencemen

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +17 on the season.

58th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.27 shots on goal an hour.

875th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.16 checks an hour.

807th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

11 takeaways against 54 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.2 takeaways per giveaway

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.61 times an hour.

683rd in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.17 goals an hour of ice time.

657th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.2 shots an hour of ice time.

365th in the league

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

He sets up 0.88 assists an hour of ice time.

415th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Girard produces 1.05 points an hour of ice time.

568th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.98 times an hour.

429th most giveaways an hour

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.27 penalty minutes an hour.

509th most penalty minutes an hour

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

The Penguins score 61.3% of the 5v5 goals with Girard out there.

19 for, 12 against, 14th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 104.9, running hot and likely to cool.

13.6% shooting and 91.4% goaltending behind him, 4th of 246 defencemen

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 61.3% of the goals off 52.4% of the expected goals.

8.9 points of goal share above expectation

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Penguins create 4.81 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Girard on.

44th of 246 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Penguins generate 52.4% of the expected goals with Girard on the ice.

28.0 xGF to 25.5 xGA over 350 minutes, 58th of 246 defencemen

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

The Penguins are up 1 goals with Girard on the ice.

20 for, 19 against, 77th of 245 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Girard is on.

140 for, 139 against, 99th of 246 defencemen

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Girard's line owns 48.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

315 for, 337 against, 142nd of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

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

130th of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.37 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

122nd of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Girard plays 18:55 a night, 123rd among defencemen.

379 minutes across 20 games

Ross Colton is the partner who brings the best out of him

Girard is at his best beside Colton: 61.8% of the expected goals together against 40.9% apart.

156 minutes together, 193 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Drury does better away from him: 62.4% of the expected goals apart against 52.2% together.

208 minutes together, 769 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Gavin Brindley

The pairing with Brindley is the one that costs him: 48.3% of the expected goals together, 54.4% apart.

111 minutes together, 238 minutes apart

He and Ross Colton are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Girard and Colton: 6.96 expected goals an hour.

156 minutes together at 5v5

Jack Drury is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Drury than anyone: 208 minutes, worth 52.2% of the expected goals.

9 goals for, 7 against together

The goals go his team's way when Nathan MacKinnon is out there with him

With MacKinnon on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 11 to 3 at 5v5.

78.6% goal share over 159 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Valeri Nichushkin are out together

He gives up least beside Nichushkin: 3.54 expected goals against an hour.

130 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Girard with Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Malinski and Necas, 34 minutes at 5v5.

49.2% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 1 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Drury, Kelly, Kiviranta and Malinski: 67.2% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

0 goals for, 1 against, 66.2% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Girard has been shuffled through 41 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

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

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

Rickard Rakell is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Rickard Rakell's goals, 18.8% of his own assists.

1 primary, 2 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

37.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

6 primary of 16 assists

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