Zach Whitecloud Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Tomas Hertl is the partner who brings the best out of him

Whitecloud is at his best beside Hertl: 62.0% of the expected goals together against 42.0% apart.

215 minutes together, 560 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Reilly Smith

The pairing with Smith is the one that costs him: 33.4% of the expected goals together, 51.3% apart.

188 minutes together, 587 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Smith does better away from him: 54.8% of the expected goals apart against 33.4% together.

188 minutes together, 645 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Bahl is a different player beside him: 48.3% of the expected goals with Whitecloud, 43.5% without him.

345 minutes together, 1,013 minutes apart for Bahl

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

Only 7 of his 24 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Whitecloud than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Mitch Marner are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Whitecloud and Marner: 5.35 expected goals an hour.

200 minutes together at 5v5

Noah Hanifin is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Hanifin than anyone: 449 minutes, worth 50.3% of the expected goals.

17 goals for, 20 against together

The goals go his team's way when Ivan Barbashev is out there with him

With Barbashev on the ice too, the Flames have outscored opponents 13 to 6 at 5v5.

68.4% goal share over 186 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Tomas Hertl are out together

He gives up least beside Hertl: 2.88 expected goals against an hour.

215 minutes together at 5v5

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

Killing penalties he is tightest with Coleman: 5.21 expected goals against an hour.

33 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Whitecloud with Backlund, Bahl, Coleman and Farabee, 63 minutes at 5v5.

56.2% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 2 against

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Hanifin, Kolesar, Reinhardt and Sissons: 32.4% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 1 against over 39 minutes

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Backlund, Bahl and Farabee: 3 goals against in 20 minutes.

9.08 against an hour, 3.0 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Hanifin, Howden, Marner and Stone: 68.2% of the expected goals over 30 minutes.

2 goals for, 2 against, 60.3% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Whitecloud has played 51 different five-man units at 5v5, 6 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

25 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Whitecloud this season.

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

Joel Farabee is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 2 of Joel Farabee's goals, 13.3% of his own assists.

2 primary, 0 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

40.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

6 primary of 15 assists

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.5, running cold and likely to correct.

9.3% shooting and 87.2% goaltending behind him, 223rd of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Flames create 3.89 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Whitecloud on.

190th of 246 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.7 expected goals an hour.

7 goals against in 81 minutes, 35th of 156 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Flames score 43.7% of the 5v5 goals with Whitecloud out there.

31 for, 40 against, 186th of 246 defencemen

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

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

33 for, 48 against, 176th of 245 defencemen

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

51.7% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Whitecloud is on.

334 for, 312 against, 65th of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Flames generate 47.1% of the expected goals with Whitecloud on the ice.

50.2 xGF to 56.3 xGA over 775 minutes, 169th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.61 shot attempts an hour with Whitecloud on the ice at 5v5.

84th of 246 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 43.7% of the goals off 47.1% of the expected goals.

3.4 points of goal share below expectation

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Whitecloud's line owns 50.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

720 for, 705 against, 90th of 246 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.36 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

119th of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Whitecloud plays 18:46 a night, 127th among defencemen.

882 minutes across 47 games

He takes an ordinary share of the penalty killing

He draws 2:01 of penalty kill time a game, 82nd among defencemen.

9.2% of his total ice time

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 5.3 shots an hour of ice time.

89th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.54 shots on goal an hour.

850th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

15 takeaways against 73 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.21 takeaways per giveaway

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -6 on the season.

712th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.57 times an hour.

707th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Whitecloud produces 0.64 points an hour of ice time.

745th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.08 goals an hour of ice time.

729th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.57 assists an hour of ice time.

641st in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 4.7 checks an hour.

385th in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.76 times an hour.

534th most giveaways an hour

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.14 penalty minutes an hour.

573rd most penalty minutes an hour

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

43.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

83 of 190 attempts, 213th of 241 defencemen

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

He fires 12.92 attempts an hour of ice time.

190 attempts in 882 minutes, 37th of 245 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.6% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

60 attempts, 0 goals

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

58.4% of his attempts come from the right side.

29 left, 50 middle, 111 right

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 42.6 feet.

190 located attempts, 155th of 241 defencemen

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

24.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

46 attempts from inside the home plate, 100th of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

62.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

67 of 107 unblocked, 137th of 241 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

48.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

93 long-range attempts, 134th of 241 defencemen

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

24.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

46 of 190 attempts, 102nd of 241 defencemen

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Whitecloud has taken 190 shot attempts this season.

65 on goal, 40 missed, 83 blocked, 118th of 241 defencemen

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Alex Nedeljkovic has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Alex Nedeljkovic: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Jeff Malott has hit him 5 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Gabriel Landeskog has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He is not converting the chances he gets

Whitecloud has 2 goals off 6.3 expected: 4.3 short of what the chances say.

209th of 241 defencemen

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

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 4.2% of them go in.

1 goals on 24 attempts

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 3.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

2 goals on 67 shots, 178th of 241 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.2% of his attempts.

1 goals on 46 close attempts, 112th of 221 defencemen

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