Timothy Liljegren Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Ty Dellandrea

The pairing with Dellandrea is the one that costs him: 32.1% of the expected goals together, 47.8% apart.

109 minutes together, 585 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Graf does better away from him: 51.0% of the expected goals apart against 36.7% together.

178 minutes together, 869 minutes apart

Macklin Celebrini is the partner who brings the best out of him

Liljegren is at his best beside Celebrini: 51.0% of the expected goals together against 42.7% apart.

216 minutes together, 478 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Kurashev is a different player beside him: 50.0% of the expected goals with Liljegren, 44.9% without him.

131 minutes together, 410 minutes apart for Kurashev

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

Only 4 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Liljegren than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Philipp Kurashev are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Liljegren and Kurashev: 5.08 expected goals an hour.

131 minutes together at 5v5

Dmitry Orlov is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Orlov than anyone: 340 minutes, worth 48.6% of the expected goals.

8 goals for, 17 against together

The goals go his team's way when Mario Ferraro is out there with him

With Ferraro on the ice too, the Capitals have outscored opponents 14 to 7 at 5v5.

66.7% goal share over 233 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Barclay Goodrow are out together

He gives up least beside Goodrow: 3.88 expected goals against an hour.

126 minutes together at 5v5

Mario Ferraro is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Ferraro: 8.76 expected goals against an hour.

55 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Liljegren with Celebrini, Orlov, Smith and Toffoli, 50 minutes at 5v5.

55.6% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 0 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Dellandrea, Ferraro and Graf: 6 goals against in 24 minutes.

15.25 against an hour, 3.5 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Celebrini, Orlov, Smith and Toffoli: 55.6% of the expected goals over 50 minutes.

1 goal for, 0 against, 54.5% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Liljegren has been shuffled through 28 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

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Liljegren this season.

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

Michael Misa is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Michael Misa's goals, 20.0% of his own assists.

2 primary, 0 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

70.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 10 assists

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Liljegren's line owns 42.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

552 for, 737 against, 234th of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 63.67 shot attempts an hour with Liljegren on the ice at 5v5.

225th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

45.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Liljegren is on.

267 for, 326 against, 211th of 246 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.97 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

209th of 246 defencemen

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

The Capitals are down 21 goals with Liljegren on the ice.

36 for, 57 against, 202nd of 245 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Capitals generate 45.3% of the expected goals with Liljegren on the ice.

47.5 xGF to 57.5 xGA over 695 minutes, 196th of 246 defencemen

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 11.19 expected goals an hour.

17 goals against in 99 minutes, 125th of 156 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.4, close to neutral.

10.5% shooting and 89.9% goaltending behind him, 115th of 246 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Capitals score 45.9% of the 5v5 goals with Liljegren out there.

28 for, 33 against, 169th of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Capitals create 4.11 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Liljegren on.

163rd of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Liljegren plays 20:07 a night, 99th among defencemen.

865 minutes across 43 games

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

He draws 2:28 of penalty kill time a game, 56th among defencemen.

11.5% of his total ice time

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 5.72 shots an hour of ice time.

56th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.51 shots on goal an hour.

854th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -7 on the season.

733rd in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

9 takeaways against 50 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.18 takeaways per giveaway

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.58 times an hour.

698th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.06 goals an hour of ice time.

738th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Liljegren produces 0.71 points an hour of ice time.

715th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.86 penalty minutes an hour.

342nd most penalty minutes an hour

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.44 checks an hour.

615th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.22 times an hour.

346th most giveaways an hour

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.13 points an hour.

378th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.64 assists an hour of ice time.

580th in the league

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

55.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

40 of 72 unblocked, 223rd of 241 defencemen

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

27.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

31 of 114 attempts, 48th of 241 defencemen

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

27.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

31 attempts from inside the home plate, 48th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

23.7% of his attempts are the slap shot.

27 attempts, 1 goals

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Liljegren has taken 114 shot attempts this season.

39 on goal, 32 missed, 42 blocked, 181st of 241 defencemen

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

59.6% of his attempts come from the right side.

16 left, 30 middle, 68 right

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

He fires 7.9 attempts an hour of ice time.

114 attempts in 865 minutes, 173rd of 245 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

48.2% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

55 long-range attempts, 126th of 241 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

36.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

42 of 114 attempts, 121st of 241 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.3 feet.

114 located attempts, 117th of 241 defencemen

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jeremy Swayman: 6 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Will Cuylle 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 Evander Kane.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Evander Kane has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 31 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 2.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 40 shots, 190th of 241 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Liljegren has 1 goals off 4.3 expected: 3.3 short of what the chances say.

185th of 241 defencemen

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