Vladislav Namestnikov Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Stanley is a different player beside him: 53.3% of the expected goals with Namestnikov, 43.4% without him.

235 minutes together, 675 minutes apart for Stanley

It stops working when he is paired with Alex Iafallo

The pairing with Iafallo is the one that costs him: 45.0% of the expected goals together, 52.9% apart.

114 minutes together, 558 minutes apart

Nino Niederreiter is the partner who brings the best out of him

Namestnikov is at his best beside Niederreiter: 55.8% of the expected goals together against 48.0% apart.

327 minutes together, 346 minutes apart

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

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

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Iafallo does better away from him: 49.6% of the expected goals apart against 45.0% together.

114 minutes together, 908 minutes apart

He and Jonathan Toews are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Namestnikov and Toews: 5.09 expected goals an hour.

226 minutes together at 5v5

Nino Niederreiter is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Niederreiter than anyone: 327 minutes, worth 55.8% of the expected goals.

10 goals for, 13 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Dylan DeMelo are out together

He gives up least beside DeMelo: 3.38 expected goals against an hour.

225 minutes together at 5v5

Neal Pionk is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Pionk: 93.3% of the expected goals over 57 minutes.

5 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Namestnikov with DeMelo, Lowry, Morrissey and Niederreiter, 36 minutes at 5v5.

62.3% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Niederreiter, Nyquist, Pionk and Toews: 5 goals in 26 minutes.

11.44 goals an hour, 4.8 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Namestnikov has been shuffled through 32 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 Namestnikov this season.

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

Nino Niederreiter is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Nino Niederreiter has assisted on 4 of his 8 goals, 50.0% of them.

1 primary, 3 secondary

Nino Niederreiter is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Nino Niederreiter's goals, 50.0% of his own assists.

3 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

6 different teammates have assisted on his 8 goals.

Niederreiter (4), Stanley (3), Toews (2), Nyquist (2)

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 36.4% of the goals off 51.6% of the expected goals.

15.2 points of goal share below expectation

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 95.6, running cold and likely to correct.

5.7% shooting and 89.9% goaltending behind him, 416th of 454 forwards

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Jets score 36.4% of the 5v5 goals with Namestnikov out there.

16 for, 28 against, 404th of 454 forwards

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

The Jets are down 14 goals with Namestnikov on the ice.

24 for, 38 against, 395th of 466 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.08 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

123rd of 454 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.18 shot attempts an hour with Namestnikov on the ice at 5v5.

127th of 454 forwards

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Jets generate 51.6% of the expected goals with Namestnikov on the ice.

48.8 xGF to 45.7 xGA over 672 minutes, 156th of 454 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 9.51 expected goals an hour.

5 goals in 88 minutes, 159th of 269 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.2% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Namestnikov is on.

280 for, 278 against, 201st of 454 forwards

Neither team controls the puck when he is on

Namestnikov's line owns 49.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

604 for, 607 against, 197th of 454 forwards

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Jets create 4.36 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Namestnikov on.

212th of 454 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:34 of power play time a game, 230th among forwards.

10.7% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Namestnikov plays 13:46 a night, 290th among forwards.

827 minutes across 60 games

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -13 on the season.

839th 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.

2 of 14 points with the man advantage

He gives the puck away more than he should

10 takeaways against 46 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.22 takeaways per giveaway

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.03 penalty minutes an hour.

304th most penalty minutes an hour

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.44 assists an hour of ice time.

723rd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.34 times an hour.

303rd most giveaways an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 5.52 checks an hour.

321st in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.58 goals an hour of ice time.

382nd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.14 points an hour.

366th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.73 times an hour.

571st in the league

Losing draws is a real hole in his game

He wins 40.9% of his draws.

343rd in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.59 shots on goal an hour.

396th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Namestnikov produces 1.02 points an hour of ice time.

586th in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.69 shots an hour of ice time.

463rd in the league

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

25.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

38 attempts, 4 goals

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

40.5% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

54 left, 60 middle, 34 right

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

He fires 10.74 attempts an hour of ice time.

148 attempts in 827 minutes, 323rd of 466 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

57.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

85 of 148 attempts, 148th of 468 forwards

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

56.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

84 attempts from inside the home plate, 154th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

23.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

34 of 148 attempts, 304th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Namestnikov has taken 148 shot attempts this season.

68 on goal, 38 missed, 34 blocked, 303rd of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 25.1 feet.

148 located attempts, 171st of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

76 of 114 unblocked, 186th of 468 forwards

His long range shooting is about league average

12.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

19 long-range attempts, 263rd of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Namestnikov has scored 1 times on Darcy Kuemper this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Dustin Wolf has turned him away every time: 7 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Dustin Wolf: 7 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Dylan Strome.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He is not converting the chances he gets

Namestnikov has 8 goals off 11.0 expected: 3.0 short of what the chances say.

361st of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 24.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 88.

8 goals located by coordinate

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 7.1% of his attempts.

6 goals on 85 close attempts, 319th of 468 forwards

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 10.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

8 goals on 76 shots, 310th of 468 forwards

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