Wyatt Kaiser Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Oliver Moore is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kaiser is at his best beside Moore: 52.0% of the expected goals together against 41.9% apart.

184 minutes together, 1,129 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Ilya Mikheyev

The pairing with Mikheyev is the one that costs him: 33.8% of the expected goals together, 45.7% apart.

304 minutes together, 1,009 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Dickinson does better away from him: 50.0% of the expected goals apart against 40.8% together.

153 minutes together, 465 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Greene is a different player beside him: 45.7% of the expected goals with Kaiser, 37.7% without him.

370 minutes together, 697 minutes apart for Greene

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

12 of his 18 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kaiser than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Tyler Bertuzzi are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kaiser and Bertuzzi: 4.22 expected goals an hour.

354 minutes together at 5v5

Artyom Levshunov is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Levshunov than anyone: 430 minutes, worth 44.2% of the expected goals.

10 goals for, 30 against together

The goals go his team's way when Tyler Bertuzzi is out there with him

With Bertuzzi on the ice too, the Blackhawks have outscored opponents 15 to 12 at 5v5.

55.6% goal share over 354 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Connor Murphy are out together

He gives up least beside Murphy: 2.97 expected goals against an hour.

221 minutes together at 5v5

Jason Dickinson is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Dickinson: 8.53 expected goals against an hour.

30 minutes together short-handed

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Bedard, Burakovsky, Greene and Levshunov: 32.9% of the expected goals.

2 goals for, 7 against over 50 minutes

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kaiser with Bedard, Burakovsky, Greene and Levshunov, 50 minutes at 5v5.

32.9% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 7 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Crevier, Greene and Teravainen: 1 goal against in 16 minutes.

3.82 against an hour, 3.9 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Bedard, Burakovsky, Greene and Rinzel: 48.2% of the expected goals over 45 minutes.

4 goals for, 1 against, 48.8% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kaiser has been shuffled through 50 different five-man units, and only 2 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

18 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kaiser this season.

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

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

Ryan Greene has assisted on 2 of his 6 goals, 33.3% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Tyler Bertuzzi is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Tyler Bertuzzi's goals, 27.3% of his own assists.

1 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

45.5% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

5 primary of 11 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

9 different teammates have assisted on his 6 goals.

Greene (2), Rinzel (1), Foligno (1), Murphy (1)

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Blackhawks create 3.49 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kaiser on.

228th of 246 defencemen

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

The Blackhawks are down 30 goals with Kaiser on the ice.

55 for, 85 against, 225th of 245 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

44.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kaiser is on.

490 for, 621 against, 219th of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Blackhawks generate 43.3% of the expected goals with Kaiser on the ice.

76.3 xGF to 100.0 xGA over 1,313 minutes, 217th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Kaiser's line owns 45.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,041 for, 1,269 against, 215th of 246 defencemen

The kill leaks goals when he is the one out there

Short-handed he concedes 11.35 expected goals an hour.

14 goals against in 144 minutes, 130th of 156 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Blackhawks score 42.6% of the 5v5 goals with Kaiser out there.

49 for, 66 against, 201st of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 99.4, close to neutral.

10.0% shooting and 89.4% goaltending behind him, 148th of 246 defencemen

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.57 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

156th of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 57.99 shot attempts an hour with Kaiser on the ice at 5v5.

134th of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Kaiser plays 19:36 a night, 105th among defencemen.

1,510 minutes across 77 games

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 1:58 of penalty kill time a game, 88th among defencemen.

9.5% of his total ice time

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -16 on the season.

867th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.43 times an hour.

103rd in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.98 shots on goal an hour.

796th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

36 takeaways against 89 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.4 takeaways per giveaway

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.79 checks an hour.

722nd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.54 times an hour.

235th most giveaways an hour

The points are not coming for him this season

Kaiser produces 0.68 points an hour of ice time.

733rd in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.44 assists an hour of ice time.

722nd in the league

He scores at about the rate you would expect

He scores 0.24 goals an hour of ice time.

597th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.35 penalty minutes an hour.

482nd most penalty minutes an hour

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.74 shots an hour of ice time.

455th in the league

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

He fires 6.95 attempts an hour of ice time.

175 attempts in 1,510 minutes, 210th of 245 defencemen

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

32.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

57 of 175 attempts, 48th of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

19.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

34 of 175 attempts, 188th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

48.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

84 attempts, 6 goals

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

19.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

34 attempts from inside the home plate, 184th of 241 defencemen

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

59.4% of his attempts come from the left side.

104 left, 45 middle, 26 right

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 42.7 feet.

175 located attempts, 158th of 241 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

45.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

79 long-range attempts, 95th of 241 defencemen

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Kaiser has taken 175 shot attempts this season.

69 on goal, 43 missed, 57 blocked, 127th of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

63.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

75 of 118 unblocked, 124th of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Kaiser has scored 1 times on Joel Hofer 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

Andrei Vasilevskiy has turned him away every time: 6 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joseph Woll: 7 attempts, 1 goal.

14.3% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Eeli Tolvanen has hit him 6 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Ryan Hartman has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 5.9% of his attempts.

2 goals on 34 close attempts, 28th of 221 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Kaiser has 6 goals off 6.1 expected: 0.1 short of what the chances say.

50th of 241 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 8.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

6 goals on 75 shots, 55th of 241 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 32.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 62.

6 goals located by coordinate

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