Victor Eklund Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Eklund has scored 2 times on Darcy Kuemper this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 8 attempts, 25.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Juuse Saros has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Darcy Kuemper: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Ducks this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Lukas Dostal: 13 attempts, 2 goals.

15.4% conversion

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

He has drawn 3 penalties on Ryan O'Reilly.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

14.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

7 of 48 attempts, 22nd of 235 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Eklund has taken 48 shot attempts this season.

22 on goal, 15 missed, 7 blocked, 180th of 235 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.4% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

17 attempts, 1 goals

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

43.8% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

12 left, 21 middle, 15 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

10.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

5 long-range attempts, 81st of 235 forwards

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

63.4% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

26 of 41 unblocked, 141st of 235 forwards

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

50.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

24 of 48 attempts, 122nd of 235 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

50.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

24 attempts from inside the home plate, 122nd of 235 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 26.3 feet.

48 located attempts, 104th of 235 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 27.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 42.

4 goals located by coordinate

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.4% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 26 shots, 82nd of 235 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Eklund has 4 goals off 3.1 expected: 0.9 more than the chances alone say.

88th of 235 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.3% of his attempts.

2 goals on 24 close attempts, 114th of 235 forwards

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 11.91 checks an hour.

73rd in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.08 goals an hour of ice time.

119th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.17 times an hour.

130th fewest giveaways an hour

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.89 penalty minutes an hour.

574th fewest penalty minutes an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +2 on the season.

164th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.36 assists an hour of ice time.

523rd in the league

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

He puts 6.5 shots on goal an hour.

200th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.36 points an hour.

207th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.17 shots an hour of ice time.

390th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Eklund produces 1.44 points an hour of ice time.

312th in the league

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Eklund plays 14:02 a night, 252nd among forwards.

154 minutes across 11 games

Emil Heineman is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Emil Heineman has assisted on 4 of his 5 goals, 80.0% of them.

2 primary, 2 secondary

Matthew Schaefer is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Matthew Schaefer's goals, 75.0% of his own assists.

0 primary, 3 secondary

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