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Blake Coleman

#20 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Shoots left · 34 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season42131114:50
Last season6920153517617:20

Role

Where he fits on Minnesota right now.

Line

L4 with D. Yurov and M. Shabanov · 0:03 a game together

Power play

PP2

Power-play role tags count only games with his current team, and he has too few power-play shots with Minnesota yet to earn one.

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 11 of 12 kills · 0:42 a kill · starts 6

Ice time

14:50 a game, 5th-most among Minnesota forwards · 11:18 5-on-5 · 1:08 PP · 1:56 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 89% of forwards · home 94%, road 57%

Tougher opponents than 76% of forwards · road 89%

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Preventing chances

    −0.19 expected goals against /60better than 95% of forwards

  • Shorthanded threat

    1.07 expected goals for /60better than 86% of forwards

  • Creating his own chances

    0.90 expected goals /60better than 84% of wingers

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 1241.34 takeaways /60better than 83% of forwardsmore than 89% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Staying out of the box

    1.04 penalties taken /60behind 86% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Blake ColemanAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 69, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

He played for Calgary Flames last season. Habits that travel with a player (shooting, hitting, penalties) still use that season in full; setting up goals, finishing, faceoffs and power-play chances depend more on linemates and role, so they lean on it less. We measured how much each one carries over for players who change teams.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.14 expected goals /60top 21%

    +0.01 expected goals /60average

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.19 expected goals against /60top 5%

    +0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 34%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    14.5 shot attempts /60top 28%

    13.2 shot attempts /60top 42%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.90 expected goals /60top 16%

    0.78 expected goals /60top 39%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 35%

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 37%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.54 first assists /60bottom 41%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.89 expected goals /60top 29%

    1.90 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    1.07 expected goals for /60top 14%

    0.85 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.96 penalties drawn /60top 26%

    0.93 penalties drawn /60top 31%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    1.04 penalties taken /60bottom 14%

    0.74 penalties taken /60bottom 39%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    47.1% wontoo few games

    49.5% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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253 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 13 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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13 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 2 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left26
  • Wide right26
  • Over the net11
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other4

69 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

2 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.