Urho Vaakanainen Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Taylor Raddysh

The pairing with Raddysh is the one that costs him: 43.6% of the expected goals together, 51.4% apart.

116 minutes together, 330 minutes apart

Will Cuylle is the partner who brings the best out of him

Vaakanainen is at his best beside Cuylle: 53.5% of the expected goals together against 47.8% apart.

110 minutes together, 336 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Raddysh does better away from him: 48.8% of the expected goals apart against 43.6% together.

116 minutes together, 602 minutes apart

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

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

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Will Cuylle are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Vaakanainen and Cuylle: 4.63 expected goals an hour.

110 minutes together at 5v5

Braden Schneider is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Schneider than anyone: 189 minutes, worth 48.1% of the expected goals.

6 goals for, 7 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Noah Laba are out together

He gives up least beside Laba: 3.65 expected goals against an hour.

148 minutes together at 5v5

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Vaakanainen has been shuffled through 22 different five-man units and none 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

4 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Vaakanainen this season.

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

Jaroslav Chmelar is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

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

0 primary, 1 secondary

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 102.0, running hot and likely to cool.

9.9% shooting and 92.0% goaltending behind him, 44th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

46.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Vaakanainen is on.

161 for, 188 against, 193rd of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.45 shot attempts an hour with Vaakanainen on the ice at 5v5.

57th of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Rangers create 4.0 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Vaakanainen on.

181st of 246 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.11 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

65th of 246 defencemen

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Rangers score 51.6% of the 5v5 goals with Vaakanainen out there.

16 for, 15 against, 90th of 246 defencemen

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Vaakanainen's line owns 50.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

398 for, 397 against, 104th of 246 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Rangers are down 3 goals with Vaakanainen on the ice.

16 for, 19 against, 104th of 245 defencemen

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

At 5v5 the Rangers generate 49.3% of the expected goals with Vaakanainen on the ice.

29.7 xGF to 30.6 xGA over 446 minutes, 128th of 246 defencemen

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Vaakanainen plays 13:51 a night, 267th among defencemen.

471 minutes across 34 games

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.93 shots on goal an hour.

806th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.4 checks an hour.

775th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.64 times an hour.

654th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Vaakanainen produces 0.76 points an hour of ice time.

690th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.44 shots an hour of ice time.

322nd in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.78 penalty minutes an hour.

364th most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.8 times an hour.

508th most giveaways an hour

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.76 assists an hour of ice time.

503rd in the league

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

54.8% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

23 of 42 unblocked, 231st of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

15.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

10 of 66 attempts, 230th of 241 defencemen

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

15.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

10 attempts from inside the home plate, 230th of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Vaakanainen has taken 66 shot attempts this season.

23 on goal, 19 missed, 24 blocked, 219th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

56.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

37 long-range attempts, 217th of 241 defencemen

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 44.5 feet.

66 located attempts, 206th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

39.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

26 attempts, 0 goals

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

63.6% of his attempts come from the left side.

42 left, 21 middle, 3 right

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

He fires 8.41 attempts an hour of ice time.

66 attempts in 471 minutes, 149th of 245 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

36.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

24 of 66 attempts, 111th of 241 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 0.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

0 goals on 23 shots, 216th of 241 defencemen

He scores about what his chances are worth

Vaakanainen has 0 goals off 1.8 expected: 1.8 short of what the chances say.

118th of 241 defencemen

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