Max Sasson
#63 · Center · Vancouver Canucks
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14:31 |
| Last season | 66 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 62 | 11:43 |
Role
Where he fits on Vancouver right now.
- Line
L3 with L. Karlsson and L. Ohgren · 6:31 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Second wave 14 of 17 kills · 0:37 a kill · starts only 6
- Ice time
14:31 a game, 9th-most among Vancouver forwards · 11:55 5-on-5 · 1:45 PK
- Competition
About average among forwards · home easier than 61%, road tougher than 75%
Tougher opponents than 97% of forwards · home 73%
What’s changed
- M. Sasson has started killing penalties: on the ice for 32% of the team’s shorthanded time in 5 games, up from 4% last season.
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Fast burstsTop 10
15.3 bursts /60more often than 98% of forwards
Top speed
23.7 mphfaster than 95% of forwards
Distance skated
10.26 miles /60farther than 94% of centers
Shot blocking
blocking score 1533.40 blocks /60better than 93% of centersmore than 81% of centers
Behind most at his position
Setting up goals
0.42 first assists /60behind 97% of forwards
Faceoffs
43.4% wonbehind 90% of forwards
Hitting
hitting score 192.20 hits /60behind 89% of forwardsfewer than 74% of forwards
Staying out of the box
1.02 penalties taken /60behind 85% 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
Fast burstsTop 5
21.5 bursts /60more often than 99% of forwards
Top speed
22.8 mphfaster than 95% of forwards
Distance skated
10.32 miles /60farther than 89% of centers
Shot blocking
blocking score 1396.61 blocks /60better than 85% of centersmore than 99% of centers
Behind most at his position
Hitting
hitting score 280.83 hits /60behind 81% of forwardsfewer than 94% of 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.
This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 66, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
−0.06 expected goals /60bottom 31%
−0.01 expected goals /60bottom 41%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
+0.08 expected goals against /60bottom 22%
+0.01 expected goals against /60bottom 40%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
10.0 shot attempts /60bottom 28%
11.3 shot attempts /60average
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.64 expected goals /60bottom 36%
0.67 expected goals /60bottom 43%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 11%
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstop 44%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.42 first assists /60bottom 3%
0.54 first assists /60bottom 44%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.72 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.97 expected goals for /60too few games
1.01 expected goals for /60top 22%
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 19bottom 11%2.20 hits /60bottom 26%
hitting score 28bottom 19%0.83 hits /60bottom 6%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 153top 7%3.40 blocks /60top 19%
blocking score 139top 15%6.61 blocks /60top 1%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 113top 28%0.99 takeaways /60top 41%
takeaway score 113top 28%1.65 takeaways /60top 3%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.67 penalties drawn /60bottom 28%
0.81 penalties drawn /60average
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
1.02 penalties taken /60bottom 15%
0.85 penalties taken /60bottom 27%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
43.4% wonbottom 10%
47.4% wonbottom 32%
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.
103 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 2 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
11 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
35 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
4 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 speedSlowerBurner
23.7 mphtop 5%
22.8 mphtop 5%
- Fast burstsTop 10Top 5RareFrequent
15.3 bursts /60top 2%
21.5 bursts /60top 1%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
84.0 mphbottom 35%
76.9 mphbottom 42%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
10.26 miles /60top 6%
10.32 miles /60top 11%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
40.3% of his timebottom 30%
37.0% of his timebottom 16%
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.