Simon Edvinsson Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Andrei Vasilevskiy has turned him away every time: 7 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.

16 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Andrei Vasilevskiy: 7 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Senators have held him without a goal on 13 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Michael McCarron 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 Cozens.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

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

27.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

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

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

27.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

57 of 208 attempts, 45th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

33.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

70 attempts, 4 goals

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 39.4 feet.

208 located attempts, 55th of 241 defencemen

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 7.75 attempts an hour of ice time.

208 attempts in 1,610 minutes, 177th of 245 defencemen

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

33.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

70 of 208 attempts, 64th of 241 defencemen

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

66.3% of his attempts come from the left side.

138 left, 42 middle, 28 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

43.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

91 long-range attempts, 83rd of 241 defencemen

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Edvinsson has taken 208 shot attempts this season.

79 on goal, 50 missed, 70 blocked, 98th of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

63.8% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

88 of 138 unblocked, 121st of 241 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.5% of his attempts.

6 goals on 57 close attempts, 4th of 221 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Edvinsson has 9 goals off 7.1 expected: 1.9 more than the chances alone say.

17th of 241 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 10.2% of the shots he puts on goal.

9 goals on 88 shots, 23rd of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 10.8% of them go in.

4 goals on 37 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 25.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 69.

9 goals located by coordinate

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 5.56 shots an hour of ice time.

65th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +12 on the season.

102nd in the league

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

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

110th in the league

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

Only 4.0% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 25 points with the man advantage

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.8 penalty minutes an hour.

183rd most penalty minutes an hour

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.28 shots on goal an hour.

759th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

26 takeaways against 89 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.29 takeaways per giveaway

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.32 times an hour.

313th most giveaways an hour

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.97 times an hour.

352nd in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.6 assists an hour of ice time.

618th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Edvinsson produces 0.93 points an hour of ice time.

611th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.5 checks an hour.

504th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.04 points an hour.

446th in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.34 goals an hour of ice time.

524th in the league

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

53.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Edvinsson is on.

634 for, 556 against, 45th of 245 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.9, close to neutral.

8.8% shooting and 90.1% goaltending behind him, 165th of 245 defencemen

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 10.82 expected goals an hour.

16 goals against in 114 minutes, 112th of 156 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Edvinsson's line owns 51.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,359 for, 1,265 against, 67th of 245 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.26 shot attempts an hour with Edvinsson on the ice at 5v5.

80th of 245 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.23 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

90th of 245 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Red Wings create 4.19 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Edvinsson on.

146th of 245 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Red Wings score 50.5% of the 5v5 goals with Edvinsson out there.

56 for, 55 against, 106th of 245 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Red Wings are down 3 goals with Edvinsson on the ice.

76 for, 79 against, 102nd of 245 defencemen

The run of play is about even when he is on the ice

At 5v5 the Red Wings generate 49.8% of the expected goals with Edvinsson on the ice.

97.6 xGF to 98.6 xGA over 1,399 minutes, 120th of 245 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Edvinsson plays 22:21 a night, 52nd among defencemen.

1,610 minutes across 72 games

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:40 of penalty kill time a game, 125th among defencemen.

7.1% of his total ice time

Elmer Soderblom is the partner who brings the best out of him

Edvinsson is at his best beside Soderblom: 69.3% of the expected goals together against 47.6% apart.

126 minutes together, 1,273 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Soderblom is a different player beside him: 69.3% of the expected goals with Edvinsson, 44.1% without him.

126 minutes together, 282 minutes apart for Soderblom

It stops working when he is paired with Axel Sandin-Pellikka

The pairing with Sandin-Pellikka is the one that costs him: 42.1% of the expected goals together, 50.6% apart.

140 minutes together, 1,259 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Sandin-Pellikka does better away from him: 49.7% of the expected goals apart against 42.1% together.

140 minutes together, 789 minutes apart

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

11 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Edvinsson than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Elmer Soderblom are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Edvinsson and Soderblom: 6.38 expected goals an hour.

126 minutes together at 5v5

Moritz Seider is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Seider than anyone: 1,088 minutes, worth 51.6% of the expected goals.

51 goals for, 38 against together

The goals go his team's way when Patrick Kane is out there with him

With Kane on the ice too, the Red Wings have outscored opponents 19 to 12 at 5v5.

61.3% goal share over 326 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Elmer Soderblom are out together

He gives up least beside Soderblom: 2.82 expected goals against an hour.

126 minutes together at 5v5

Moritz Seider is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Seider: 10.28 expected goals against an hour.

74 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Edvinsson with Finnie, Larkin, Raymond and Seider, 185 minutes at 5v5.

52.6% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 8 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Compher, Copp and Seider: 1 goal against in 18 minutes.

3.38 against an hour, 4.8 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Danielson, Kasper, Seider and Soderblom: 71.4% of the expected goals over 34 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 61.8% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Edvinsson has played 48 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 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

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Edvinsson this season.

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

Alex DeBrincat is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Alex DeBrincat has assisted on 2 of his 9 goals, 22.2% of them.

1 primary, 1 secondary

Dylan Larkin is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Dylan Larkin's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

56.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

9 primary of 16 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

11 different teammates have assisted on his 9 goals.

DeBrincat (2), Larkin (2), Seider (1), van Riemsdyk (1)

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