Sandis Vilmanis Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Vilmanis has scored 2 times on Spencer Knight this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 12 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Akira Schmid has turned him away every time: 6 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Blackhawks this season.

12 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Spencer Knight: 12 attempts, 2 goals.

16.7% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Vilmanis has finished his check on Dylan DeMelo 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

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 gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Dylan DeMelo.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Vilmanis has taken 44 shot attempts this season.

22 on goal, 14 missed, 7 blocked, 214th of 246 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

20.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

9 long-range attempts, 222nd of 246 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

15.9% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

7 of 44 attempts, 29th of 246 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.8% of his attempts are the snap shot.

14 attempts, 0 goals

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

56.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

25 attempts from inside the home plate, 72nd of 246 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

56.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

25 of 44 attempts, 74th of 246 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

23 of 37 unblocked, 167th of 246 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 28.3 feet.

44 located attempts, 162nd of 246 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 4.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 23 shots, 232nd of 246 forwards

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.0% of his attempts.

1 goals on 25 close attempts, 202nd of 246 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Vilmanis has 1 goals off 2.3 expected: 1.3 short of what the chances say.

194th of 246 forwards

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 100.0% of his draws.

1st in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 14.72 checks an hour.

41st in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -3 on the season.

558th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.35 assists an hour of ice time.

530th in the league

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

He puts 6.66 shots on goal an hour.

188th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Vilmanis produces 0.7 points an hour of ice time.

507th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.45 times an hour.

207th fewest giveaways an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 2.1 shots an hour of ice time.

400th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.7 times an hour.

351st in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.35 goals an hour of ice time.

370th in the league

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Vilmanis plays 13:19 a night, 293rd among forwards.

160 minutes across 12 games

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Vilmanis with Ekblad, Forsling, Lundell and Luostarinen, 30 minutes at 5v5.

67.4% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Vilmanis has been shuffled through 7 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

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