Zach Hyman Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Mattias Ekholm is the partner who brings the best out of him

Hyman is at his best beside Ekholm: 59.8% of the expected goals together against 46.4% apart.

514 minutes together, 373 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jake Walman

The pairing with Walman is the one that costs him: 45.6% of the expected goals together, 55.6% apart.

114 minutes together, 774 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Draisaitl is a different player beside him: 60.0% of the expected goals with Hyman, 48.9% without him.

174 minutes together, 867 minutes apart for Draisaitl

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

8 of his 8 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Hyman than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Hyman and Nugent-Hopkins: 6.28 expected goals an hour.

475 minutes together at 5v5

Connor McDavid is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with McDavid than anyone: 724 minutes, worth 55.4% of the expected goals.

43 goals for, 34 against together

The goals go his team's way when Mattias Ekholm is out there with him

With Ekholm on the ice too, the Oilers have outscored opponents 35 to 26 at 5v5.

57.4% goal share over 514 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Leon Draisaitl are out together

He gives up least beside Draisaitl: 3.54 expected goals against an hour.

174 minutes together at 5v5

Leon Draisaitl is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Draisaitl: 93.0% of the expected goals over 164 minutes.

40 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Hyman with Bouchard, Ekholm, McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins, 248 minutes at 5v5.

58.4% of the expected goals, 14 goals for and 15 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Bouchard, Draisaitl, McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins: 36 goals in 136 minutes.

15.91 goals an hour, 28.2 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse and Regula: 71.9% of the expected goals over 32 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 53.1% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Hyman has played 23 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

8 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Hyman this season.

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

Connor McDavid is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Connor McDavid has assisted on 18 of his 31 goals, 58.1% of them.

13 primary, 5 secondary

Connor McDavid is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 7 of Connor McDavid's goals, 33.3% of his own assists.

4 primary, 3 secondary

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

61.9% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

13 primary of 21 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

9 different teammates have assisted on his 31 goals.

McDavid (18), Draisaitl (11), Bouchard (9), Ekholm (6)

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

The Oilers are up 59 goals with Hyman on the ice.

115 for, 56 against, 11th of 464 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Oilers create 5.65 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Hyman on.

12th of 455 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 12.23 expected goals an hour.

46 goals in 208 minutes, 30th of 269 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.79 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

369th of 455 forwards

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

At 5v5 the Oilers generate 54.1% of the expected goals with Hyman on the ice.

83.5 xGF to 70.9 xGA over 888 minutes, 88th of 455 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.5, close to neutral.

11.0% shooting and 89.5% goaltending behind him, 176th of 455 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

52.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Hyman is on.

462 for, 419 against, 112th of 455 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Hyman's line owns 51.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

920 for, 856 against, 126th of 455 forwards

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Oilers score 53.7% of the 5v5 goals with Hyman out there.

51 for, 44 against, 136th of 455 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 57.86 shot attempts an hour with Hyman on the ice at 5v5.

268th of 455 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Hyman plays 19:59 a night, 34th among forwards.

1,159 minutes across 58 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:39 of power play time a game, 16th among forwards.

18.0% of his total ice time

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.6 goals an hour of ice time.

25th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 1.4 times an hour.

885th most giveaways an hour

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.93 shots an hour of ice time.

882nd in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Hyman produces 2.69 points an hour of ice time.

96th in the league

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

He puts 8.23 shots on goal an hour.

93rd in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +13 on the season.

98th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.78 points an hour.

109th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.41 times an hour.

785th in the league

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

He sets up 1.09 assists an hour of ice time.

286th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.9 checks an hour.

568th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.45 penalty minutes an hour.

441st most penalty minutes an hour

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 14.9 feet.

291 located attempts, 1st of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

84.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

245 of 291 attempts, 1st of 468 forwards

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

84.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

245 attempts from inside the home plate, 1st of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

2.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

6 long-range attempts, 2nd of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

15.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

46 of 291 attempts, 48th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

28.9% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

84 attempts, 12 goals

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

He fires 15.06 attempts an hour of ice time.

291 attempts in 1,159 minutes, 121st of 464 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Hyman has taken 291 shot attempts this season.

128 on goal, 86 missed, 46 blocked, 127th of 468 forwards

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

65.3% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

48 left, 190 middle, 53 right

He hits the net about as often as anyone

64.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

159 of 245 unblocked, 253rd of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Hyman has scored 2 times on Cam Talbot this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 7 attempts, 28.6%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jake Oettinger has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Frederik Andersen: 22.2% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 9 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Predators this season.

17 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Dustin Wolf: 13 attempts, 1 goal.

7.7% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Wild have held him without a goal on 17 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

K'Andre Miller has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

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

He has drawn 2 penalties on Rasmus Andersson.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 19.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

31 goals on 159 shots, 37th of 468 forwards

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

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 17.4% of them go in.

8 goals on 46 attempts

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.6% of his attempts.

26 goals on 245 close attempts, 133rd of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 14.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 89.

31 goals located by coordinate

He scores about what his chances are worth

Hyman has 31 goals off 31.6 expected: 0.6 short of what the chances say.

252nd of 468 forwards

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