Sean Walker Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Walker has scored 1 times on Dennis Hildeby this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Akira Schmid has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Stuart Skinner: 19 attempts, 1 goal.

5.3% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Devils have held him without a goal on 23 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Walker has finished his check on Juraj Slafkovský 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Brady Tkachuk has hit him 5 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 Donovan Sebrango.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Walker has taken 449 shot attempts this season.

170 on goal, 83 missed, 187 blocked, 10th of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 15.25 attempts an hour of ice time.

449 attempts in 1,767 minutes, 20th of 246 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

41.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

187 of 449 attempts, 195th of 241 defencemen

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.3% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

179 of 262 unblocked, 51st of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

24.5% of his attempts are the snap shot.

110 attempts, 2 goals

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

42.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

189 long-range attempts, 62nd of 241 defencemen

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

55.5% of his attempts come from the right side.

80 left, 120 middle, 249 right

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

22.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

99 attempts from inside the home plate, 142nd of 241 defencemen

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

22.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

100 of 449 attempts, 139th of 241 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.2 feet.

449 located attempts, 112th of 241 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Walker has 9 goals off 15.5 expected: 6.5 short of what the chances say.

234th of 241 defencemen

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

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

5 goals on 95 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 42.4 feet out, and the longest went in from 71.

9 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.0% of his attempts.

2 goals on 100 close attempts, 123rd of 221 defencemen

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 5.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

9 goals on 179 shots, 130th of 241 defencemen

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

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

61st in the league

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

Only 3.2% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 31 points with the man advantage

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +6 on the season.

183rd in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.21 shots an hour of ice time.

203rd in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

33 takeaways against 96 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.34 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.12 times an hour.

235th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2 penalty minutes an hour.

313th most penalty minutes an hour

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.26 times an hour.

329th most giveaways an hour

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

He puts 5.98 shots on goal an hour.

332nd in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 4.79 checks an hour.

374th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Walker produces 1.05 points an hour of ice time.

567th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.31 goals an hour of ice time.

543rd in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.03 points an hour.

450th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.75 assists an hour of ice time.

518th in the league

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Walker's line owns 61.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,755 for, 1,105 against, 2nd of 246 defencemen

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

59.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Walker is on.

783 for, 532 against, 4th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 45.48 shot attempts an hour with Walker on the ice at 5v5.

4th of 246 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.63 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

6th of 246 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Hurricanes generate 59.8% of the expected goals with Walker on the ice.

131.1 xGF to 88.3 xGA over 1,458 minutes, 6th of 246 defencemen

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Hurricanes create 5.4 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Walker on.

12th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.1, running cold and likely to correct.

8.3% shooting and 87.8% goaltending behind him, 226th of 246 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 50.0% of the goals off 59.8% of the expected goals.

9.8 points of goal share below expectation

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.62 expected goals an hour.

3 goals in 60 minutes, 11th of 85 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.52 expected goals an hour.

21 goals against in 153 minutes, 28th of 156 defencemen

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

The Hurricanes are down 11 goals with Walker on the ice.

87 for, 98 against, 150th of 246 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Hurricanes score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Walker out there.

65 for, 65 against, 108th of 246 defencemen

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:11 of power play time a game, 79th among defencemen.

3.4% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Walker plays 21:48 a night, 57th among defencemen.

1,767 minutes across 81 games

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:59 of penalty kill time a game, 84th among defencemen.

8.7% of his total ice time

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Svechnikov is a different player beside him: 63.1% of the expected goals with Walker, 53.9% without him.

409 minutes together, 618 minutes apart for Svechnikov

It stops working when he is paired with Eric Robinson

The pairing with Robinson is the one that costs him: 54.7% of the expected goals together, 60.8% apart.

208 minutes together, 1,249 minutes apart

Jordan Martinook is the partner who brings the best out of him

Walker is at his best beside Martinook: 63.7% of the expected goals together against 58.5% apart.

357 minutes together, 1,101 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Robinson does better away from him: 59.9% of the expected goals apart against 54.7% together.

208 minutes together, 476 minutes apart

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

12 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Walker than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Shayne Gostisbehere are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Walker and Gostisbehere: 5.98 expected goals an hour.

117 minutes together at 5v5

K'Andre Miller is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Miller than anyone: 902 minutes, worth 60.5% of the expected goals.

39 goals for, 40 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Andrei Svechnikov are out together

He gives up least beside Svechnikov: 3.21 expected goals against an hour.

409 minutes together at 5v5

Sebastian Aho is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Aho: 5.71 expected goals against an hour.

68 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Walker with Aho, Jarvis, Miller and Svechnikov, 179 minutes at 5v5.

61.5% of the expected goals, 9 goals for and 9 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Blake, Hall, Miller and Stankoven: 0 goals in 19 minutes.

0.0 goals an hour, 3.1 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Aho, Jarvis and Miller: 1 goal against in 29 minutes.

2.05 against an hour, 3.6 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Aho, Ehlers, Miller and Svechnikov: 70.0% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

5 goals for, 2 against, 67.5% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Walker has played 43 different five-man units at 5v5, 8 of them for real minutes.

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

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

16 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Walker this season.

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

Sebastian Aho is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Sebastian Aho has assisted on 3 of his 9 goals, 33.3% of them.

2 primary, 1 secondary

Andrei Svechnikov is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Andrei Svechnikov's goals, 18.2% of his own assists.

0 primary, 4 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

45.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

10 primary of 22 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 9 goals.

Aho (3), Jarvis (3), Hall (2), Martinook (1)

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