Vladimir Tarasenko Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Tarasenko has scored 2 times on Anthony Stolarz this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 6 attempts, 33.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Karel Vejmelka has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 4 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.

13 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jake Oettinger: 16 attempts, 1 goal.

6.2% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Jets have held him without a goal on 14 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on MacKenzie Weegar.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

42.8% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

121 attempts, 14 goals

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 15.16 attempts an hour of ice time.

283 attempts in 1,120 minutes, 119th of 466 forwards

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

68.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

149 of 217 unblocked, 125th of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Tarasenko has taken 283 shot attempts this season.

126 on goal, 68 missed, 66 blocked, 136th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

23.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

66 of 283 attempts, 314th of 468 forwards

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

49.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

139 attempts from inside the home plate, 296th of 468 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

49.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

140 of 283 attempts, 299th of 468 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.2 feet.

283 located attempts, 293rd of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

12.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

36 long-range attempts, 256th of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Tarasenko has 23 goals off 16.1 expected: 6.9 more than the chances alone say.

62nd of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 13.7% of them go in.

7 goals on 51 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

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

23 goals on 149 shots, 130th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 26.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 83.

23 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.9% of his attempts.

11 goals on 140 close attempts, 274th of 468 forwards

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.23 goals an hour of ice time.

81st in the league

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

He puts 7.93 shots on goal an hour.

108th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Tarasenko produces 2.52 points an hour of ice time.

126th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.7 points an hour.

130th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -11 on the season.

804th in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.29 assists an hour of ice time.

198th in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Tarasenko has 4 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

23 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

11 takeaways against 65 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.17 takeaways per giveaway

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.54 penalty minutes an hour.

786th most penalty minutes an hour

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.59 times an hour.

693rd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.48 times an hour.

252nd most giveaways an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.77 shots an hour of ice time.

672nd in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 46.2% of his draws.

244th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.21 checks an hour.

529th in the league

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 67.13 shot attempts an hour with Tarasenko on the ice at 5v5.

447th of 454 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Tarasenko's line owns 44.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

808 for, 1,016 against, 416th of 454 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

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

407th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 101.2, close to neutral.

8.9% shooting and 92.3% goaltending behind him, 149th of 454 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

46.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Tarasenko is on.

394 for, 453 against, 348th of 454 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Wild generate 46.5% of the expected goals with Tarasenko on the ice.

65.3 xGF to 75.2 xGA over 908 minutes, 340th of 454 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Wild are up 10 goals with Tarasenko on the ice.

61 for, 51 against, 150th of 466 forwards

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 50.0% of the goals off 46.5% of the expected goals.

3.5 points of goal share above expectation

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Wild create 4.31 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Tarasenko on.

229th of 454 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Wild score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Tarasenko out there.

35 for, 35 against, 204th of 454 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 9.94 expected goals an hour.

21 goals in 166 minutes, 134th of 269 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Tarasenko plays 14:56 a night, 238th among forwards.

1,120 minutes across 75 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:16 of power play time a game, 143rd among forwards.

14.8% of his total ice time

Quinn Hughes is the partner who brings the best out of him

Tarasenko is at his best beside Hughes: 55.2% of the expected goals together against 43.5% apart.

222 minutes together, 686 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Zach Bogosian

The pairing with Bogosian is the one that costs him: 35.0% of the expected goals together, 48.0% apart.

130 minutes together, 778 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Bogosian does better away from him: 48.8% of the expected goals apart against 35.0% together.

130 minutes together, 426 minutes apart

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

Only 2 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Tarasenko than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Hughes is a different player beside him: 55.2% of the expected goals with Tarasenko, 51.0% without him.

222 minutes together, 303 minutes apart for Hughes

He and Brock Faber are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Tarasenko and Faber: 5.36 expected goals an hour.

341 minutes together at 5v5

Danila Yurov is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Yurov than anyone: 384 minutes, worth 45.0% of the expected goals.

20 goals for, 16 against together

The goals go his team's way when Jonas Brodin is out there with him

With Brodin on the ice too, the Wild have outscored opponents 9 to 5 at 5v5.

64.3% goal share over 239 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Jake Middleton are out together

He gives up least beside Middleton: 4.29 expected goals against an hour.

272 minutes together at 5v5

Quinn Hughes is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Hughes: 96.6% of the expected goals over 43 minutes.

6 goals for, 1 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Tarasenko with Faber, Hughes, Trenin and Yurov, 51 minutes at 5v5.

64.7% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 1 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Boldy, Buium, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov: 7 goals in 34 minutes.

12.29 goals an hour, 5.5 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Tarasenko has been shuffled through 44 different five-man units, and only 1 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 Tarasenko this season.

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

Ryan Hartman is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Ryan Hartman has assisted on 7 of his 23 goals, 30.4% of them.

4 primary, 3 secondary

Danila Yurov is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 7 of Danila Yurov's goals, 29.2% of his own assists.

6 primary, 1 secondary

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

66.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

16 primary of 24 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

18 different teammates have assisted on his 23 goals.

Hartman (7), Yurov (6), Zuccarello (4), Spurgeon (3)

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