Yan Kuznetsov Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Lukas Dostal: 7 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Kuznetsov has finished his check on Ryan Hartman 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

78.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

64 of 82 unblocked, 3rd of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

15.6% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

21 of 135 attempts, 228th of 241 defencemen

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

15.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

21 attempts from inside the home plate, 228th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

54.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

73 long-range attempts, 203rd of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 7.08 attempts an hour of ice time.

135 attempts in 1,145 minutes, 203rd of 245 defencemen

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 43.7 feet.

135 located attempts, 190th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

34.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

46 attempts, 2 goals

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

65.9% of his attempts come from the left side.

89 left, 35 middle, 11 right

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Kuznetsov has taken 135 shot attempts this season.

60 on goal, 18 missed, 53 blocked, 163rd of 241 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

39.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

53 of 135 attempts, 158th of 241 defencemen

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Kuznetsov has 4 goals off 4.1 expected: 0.1 short of what the chances say.

50th of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 5.3% of them go in.

1 goals on 19 attempts

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.8% of his attempts.

1 goals on 21 close attempts, 46th of 221 defencemen

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 40.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 60.

4 goals located by coordinate

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 6.2% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 64 shots, 97th of 241 defencemen

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

43rd in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 5.35 shots an hour of ice time.

85th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.47 times an hour.

762nd in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.35 shots on goal an hour.

747th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -8 on the season.

746th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

9 takeaways against 61 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.15 takeaways per giveaway

The points are not coming for him this season

Kuznetsov produces 0.63 points an hour of ice time.

749th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.42 assists an hour of ice time.

736th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 3.2 times an hour.

353rd most giveaways an hour

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.21 goals an hour of ice time.

623rd in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.47 penalty minutes an hour.

435th most penalty minutes an hour

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.14 checks an hour.

448th in the league

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 5.37 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

239th of 246 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 65.13 shot attempts an hour with Kuznetsov on the ice at 5v5.

233rd of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.8, running cold and likely to correct.

6.4% shooting and 90.4% goaltending behind him, 219th of 246 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Flames score 39.7% of the 5v5 goals with Kuznetsov out there.

31 for, 47 against, 216th of 246 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.1 expected goals an hour.

7 goals against in 98 minutes, 19th of 156 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Flames generate 45.4% of the expected goals with Kuznetsov on the ice.

74.1 xGF to 89.3 xGA over 997 minutes, 193rd of 246 defencemen

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

The Flames are down 15 goals with Kuznetsov on the ice.

41 for, 56 against, 176th of 245 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 39.7% of the goals off 45.4% of the expected goals.

5.7 points of goal share below expectation

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Kuznetsov's line owns 47.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

996 for, 1,082 against, 157th of 246 defencemen

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Flames create 4.46 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kuznetsov on.

90th of 246 defencemen

Shots even out when he is on the ice

49.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kuznetsov is on.

486 for, 489 against, 114th of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Kuznetsov plays 20:05 a night, 100th among defencemen.

1,145 minutes across 57 games

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:53 of penalty kill time a game, 94th among defencemen.

8.6% of his total ice time

Blake Coleman is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kuznetsov is at his best beside Coleman: 56.3% of the expected goals together against 42.7% apart.

188 minutes together, 809 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Matvei Gridin

The pairing with Gridin is the one that costs him: 33.2% of the expected goals together, 46.9% apart.

108 minutes together, 889 minutes apart

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

Only 1 of his 14 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kuznetsov than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Gridin does better away from him: 41.7% of the expected goals apart against 33.2% together.

108 minutes together, 361 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Coleman is a different player beside him: 56.3% of the expected goals with Kuznetsov, 50.4% without him.

188 minutes together, 722 minutes apart for Coleman

He and Blake Coleman are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kuznetsov and Coleman: 5.74 expected goals an hour.

188 minutes together at 5v5

MacKenzie Weegar is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Weegar than anyone: 622 minutes, worth 45.6% of the expected goals.

18 goals for, 33 against together

The goals go his team's way when Blake Coleman is out there with him

With Coleman on the ice too, the Flames have outscored opponents 10 to 5 at 5v5.

66.7% goal share over 188 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Blake Coleman are out together

He gives up least beside Coleman: 4.45 expected goals against an hour.

188 minutes together at 5v5

Blake Coleman is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Coleman: 6.57 expected goals against an hour.

33 minutes together short-handed

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Coronato, Frost, Huberdeau and Weegar: 43.2% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 6 against over 78 minutes

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kuznetsov with Farabee, Kadri, Sharangovich and Weegar, 87 minutes at 5v5.

47.3% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 5 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Backlund, Coleman, Weegar and Zary: 57.7% of the expected goals over 55 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 51.4% of the attempts

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Backlund, Coleman and Weegar: 0 goals against in 11 minutes.

0.0 against an hour, 0.6 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kuznetsov has been shuffled through 34 different five-man units, and only 3 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

14 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kuznetsov this season.

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

Blake Coleman is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Blake Coleman has assisted on 2 of his 4 goals, 50.0% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Blake Coleman is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Blake Coleman's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

1 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

50.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

4 primary of 8 assists

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