Quoting: LeafsFanZay
Can you send the stats for how many times Marner factored into Matthews' goals?? Im curious
Would love to actually.
Through 50 games this season Matthews has 65 points (40G, 25A). Now the breakdown:
52 EV strength points - 35 of them Marner has factored in on (67.3%)
13 powerplay points - 5 of them Marner has factored in on (38.4%)
65 total points - 40 of them Marner has factored in on (61.5%)
40 total goals - 25 Marner has recorded an assist on (62.5%)
40 total goals - 15 of them Marner had the primary assist on (37.5%)
One thing I didn't mention last comment is the amount of playing time each player has with each teammate which is also extremely important:
Draisaitl has played with McDavid 47.6% of the time on ice.
Matthews has played with Marner 96.4% of the time on ice.
So the only category here where McDavid helps Draisaitl less than Marner helps Matthews is EV strength points. And that's highly affected by the fact that Marner and Matthews play together almost all the time. If Draisaitl was so good, wouldn't he still be able to produce without McDavid since Draisatil plays without him more? But then why does McDavid factor into Draisaitl's points so much?
Here's a little more info on the both of Matthews and Draisaitl to help determine who's better (all stats a 5v5 to make it easier to compare):
Matthews:
xGF -
32.2
xGA -
13.6
corsiFor -
53.9%
FenwickFor -
55.2%
oZS - 57.6%
shooting % -
18.7%
takeaways/
giveaways - 47/
52
hits -
56
blocked shots -
46
faceoff % - 51.9%
Draisaitl:
xGF - 16.1
xGA - 26.7
corsiFor - 51.7%
FenwickFor - 51.7%
oZS -
54.7%
shooting % - 18.5
takeaways/giveaways -
52/69
hits - 36
blocked shots - 12
faceoff % -
55.8%
Matthews is better than Draisaitl in 8 of 11 categories here. The ones I've picked were to help show different areas of the game and not just pure offence. Some of its defence, some of its offence, and some of it is physical play to help show the more complete player. Matthews comes out on top in most categories.
Matthews >> Draisaitl (and it's not close anymore).
Drasaitl had his big year last season, but this year he's proved that without McDavid he's not the elite player he's hyped up to be because of one good season the year prior.