Scott Laughton Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Laughton has scored 2 times on Jakub Dobes this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 7 attempts, 28.6%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Karel Vejmelka 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 Juuse Saros: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Predators this season.

10 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Karel Vejmelka: 12 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 90.9% of his draws against Christian Dvorak.

10 of 11 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Morgan Frost beats him on the draw: he wins only 30.0% of them.

3 of 10 faceoffs

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Laughton has finished his check on Elias Pettersson 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Nick Cousins.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

John Marino has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He gets almost nothing from long range

22.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

40 long-range attempts, 453rd of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 31.2 feet.

177 located attempts, 438th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

15.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

28 of 177 attempts, 48th of 468 forwards

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

He fires 18.08 attempts an hour of ice time.

177 attempts in 588 minutes, 58th of 466 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

43.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

77 of 177 attempts, 393rd of 468 forwards

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

43.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

77 attempts from inside the home plate, 392nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

45.8% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

81 attempts, 6 goals

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

62.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

93 of 149 unblocked, 351st of 468 forwards

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

42.4% of his attempts come from the left side.

75 left, 60 middle, 42 right

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Laughton has taken 177 shot attempts this season.

80 on goal, 56 missed, 28 blocked, 260th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 14.3% of his attempts.

11 goals on 77 close attempts, 32nd of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Laughton has 13 goals off 8.1 expected: 4.9 more than the chances alone say.

92nd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 15.4% of them go in.

4 goals on 26 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 16.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 40.

13 goals located by coordinate

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 14.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 93 shots, 172nd of 468 forwards

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

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

73rd in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 57.7% of his draws.

48th in the league

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

Only 10.0% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

2 of 20 points with the man advantage

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.85 times an hour.

164th most giveaways an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 7.84 checks an hour.

208th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

14 takeaways against 59 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.24 takeaways per giveaway

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.85 goals an hour of ice time.

233rd in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -5 on the season.

675th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.02 penalty minutes an hour.

307th most penalty minutes an hour

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

He puts 6.21 shots on goal an hour.

291st in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.46 assists an hour of ice time.

710th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.13 points an hour.

376th in the league

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.92 times an hour.

397th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Laughton produces 1.31 points an hour of ice time.

466th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.74 shots an hour of ice time.

454th in the league

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Kings create 2.96 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Laughton on.

449th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Kings generate 38.8% of the expected goals with Laughton on the ice.

23.2 xGF to 36.6 xGA over 470 minutes, 447th of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Laughton's line owns 40.7% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

351 for, 511 against, 446th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

41.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Laughton is on.

171 for, 238 against, 439th of 454 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 65.26 shot attempts an hour with Laughton on the ice at 5v5.

433rd of 454 forwards

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 12.28 expected goals an hour.

8 goals against in 97 minutes, 160th of 180 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Kings score 40.6% of the 5v5 goals with Laughton out there.

13 for, 19 against, 371st of 454 forwards

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

The Kings are down 11 goals with Laughton on the ice.

18 for, 29 against, 368th of 466 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.6, close to neutral.

7.6% shooting and 92.0% goaltending behind him, 228th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.68 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

333rd of 454 forwards

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

He draws 2:22 of penalty kill time a game, 22nd among forwards.

16.5% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Laughton plays 13:39 a night, 298th among forwards.

588 minutes across 43 games

Jared Wright is the partner who brings the best out of him

Laughton is at his best beside Wright: 57.6% of the expected goals together against 22.0% apart.

200 minutes together, 270 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Simon Benoit

The pairing with Benoit is the one that costs him: 31.0% of the expected goals together, 42.0% apart.

138 minutes together, 332 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Rielly does better away from him: 49.4% of the expected goals apart against 37.1% together.

132 minutes together, 1,197 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Armia is a different player beside him: 53.1% of the expected goals with Laughton, 47.3% without him.

132 minutes together, 648 minutes apart for Armia

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

Only 3 of his 9 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Laughton than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Cody Ceci are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Laughton and Ceci: 5.57 expected goals an hour.

127 minutes together at 5v5

Steven Lorentz is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Lorentz than anyone: 340 minutes, worth 38.1% of the expected goals.

11 goals for, 12 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Brian Dumoulin are out together

He gives up least beside Dumoulin: 3.58 expected goals against an hour.

131 minutes together at 5v5

Jake McCabe is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with McCabe: 10.55 expected goals against an hour.

64 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Laughton with Armia, Ceci, Dumoulin and Wright, 51 minutes at 5v5.

55.3% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 1 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Lorentz, McCabe and Stecher: 1 goal against in 23 minutes.

2.65 against an hour, 4.7 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Laughton has been shuffled through 27 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 Laughton this season.

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

Steven Lorentz is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Steven Lorentz has assisted on 3 of his 13 goals, 23.1% of them.

1 primary, 2 secondary

Joel Armia is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 1 of Joel Armia's goals, 16.7% of his own assists.

1 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

Lorentz (3), Knies (2), Wright (1), Armia (1)

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