Tom Willander Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Kiefer Sherwood is the partner who brings the best out of him

Willander is at his best beside Sherwood: 48.9% of the expected goals together against 39.7% apart.

119 minutes together, 906 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Marco Rossi

The pairing with Rossi is the one that costs him: 29.8% of the expected goals together, 42.4% apart.

124 minutes together, 901 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Rossi does better away from him: 82.1% of the expected goals apart against 29.8% together.

124 minutes together, 116 minutes apart

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

Only 0 of his 16 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Willander than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Kiefer Sherwood are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Willander and Sherwood: 5.02 expected goals an hour.

119 minutes together at 5v5

Marcus Pettersson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Pettersson than anyone: 613 minutes, worth 42.1% of the expected goals.

21 goals for, 34 against together

The goals go his team's way when David Kampf is out there with him

With Kampf on the ice too, the Canucks have outscored opponents 8 to 5 at 5v5.

61.5% goal share over 123 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Max Sasson are out together

He gives up least beside Sasson: 4.23 expected goals against an hour.

180 minutes together at 5v5

Elias Pettersson is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Pettersson: 95.7% of the expected goals over 30 minutes.

3 goals for, 1 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Willander with Blueger, Karlsson, Pettersson and Sasson, 32 minutes at 5v5.

55.1% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Boeser, DeBrusk, Pettersson and Sherwood: 3 goals in 16 minutes.

11.43 goals an hour, 6.6 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Boeser, Ohgren, Pettersson and Rossi: 21.9% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 1 against over 30 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Willander has been shuffled through 37 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

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

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Blueger, Karlsson, Pettersson and Sasson: 55.1% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

1 goal for, 2 against, 52.8% of the attempts

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

17 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Willander this season.

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

Elias Pettersson is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Elias Pettersson has assisted on 2 of his 5 goals, 40.0% of them.

1 primary, 1 secondary

Brock Boeser is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

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

2 primary, 2 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

31.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 16 assists

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

41.0% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Willander is on.

353 for, 509 against, 237th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

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

782 for, 1,047 against, 234th of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Canucks generate 41.0% of the expected goals with Willander on the ice.

59.6 xGF to 85.7 xGA over 1,024 minutes, 232nd of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Canucks create 3.49 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Willander on.

228th of 246 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Canucks score 37.8% of the 5v5 goals with Willander out there.

34 for, 56 against, 223rd of 246 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 5.02 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

215th of 246 defencemen

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

The Canucks are down 23 goals with Willander on the ice.

46 for, 69 against, 212th of 245 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.6, close to neutral.

9.6% shooting and 89.0% goaltending behind him, 176th of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 61.33 shot attempts an hour with Willander on the ice at 5v5.

198th of 246 defencemen

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.79 expected goals an hour.

6 goals in 82 minutes, 21st of 85 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 37.8% of the goals off 41.0% of the expected goals.

3.2 points of goal share below expectation

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:28 of power play time a game, 63rd among defencemen.

6.9% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Willander plays 16:59 a night, 178th among defencemen.

1,189 minutes across 70 games

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -23 on the season.

916th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.98 shots on goal an hour.

799th in the league

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

Only 14.3% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

3 of 21 points with the man advantage

He gives the puck away more than he should

11 takeaways against 58 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.19 takeaways per giveaway

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.77 checks an hour.

723rd in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.56 times an hour.

717th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.94 shots an hour of ice time.

239th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.15 points an hour.

363rd in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.25 goals an hour of ice time.

586th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.41 penalty minutes an hour.

463rd most penalty minutes an hour

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.81 assists an hour of ice time.

469th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Willander produces 1.06 points an hour of ice time.

563rd in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.93 times an hour.

451st most giveaways an hour

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

59.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

58 of 98 unblocked, 188th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

43.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

65 attempts, 4 goals

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

He fires 7.52 attempts an hour of ice time.

149 attempts in 1,189 minutes, 187th of 245 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

51.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

77 long-range attempts, 174th of 241 defencemen

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

63.1% of his attempts come from the right side.

14 left, 41 middle, 94 right

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

34.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

51 of 149 attempts, 74th of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Willander has taken 149 shot attempts this season.

53 on goal, 40 missed, 51 blocked, 152nd of 241 defencemen

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

22.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

34 of 149 attempts, 130th of 241 defencemen

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 41.7 feet.

149 located attempts, 128th of 241 defencemen

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

22.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

34 attempts from inside the home plate, 128th of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Willander has scored 1 times on Dan Vladar this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 7 attempts, 14.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Elvis Merzlikins has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Wild this season.

9 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Elvis Merzlikins: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Jack Quinn.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 8.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

5 goals on 58 shots, 44th of 241 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Willander has 5 goals off 4.8 expected: 0.2 more than the chances alone say.

47th of 241 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 30.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 44.

5 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.9% of his attempts.

1 goals on 34 close attempts, 86th of 221 defencemen

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