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Nashville Predators

Alexei Emelin

#25Defenseman

2017-18 regular season
76
GP
1
G
8
A
9
P
59
SOG
1.7% SH
16:53
TOI/GP

D · NSH · NHL id 8471296

Alexei Emelin has played 76 games for the Nashville Predators in 2017-18, scoring 1 goal and 8 assists (9 points) on 59 shots while averaging 16:53 a night (15:06 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 1:37 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Predators have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Emelin on the ice (39-31 in goals, 51% offensive-zone starts). In the Predators' most recent game against WPG he was on D3 with Yannick Weber and off the power play. He is shooting 1.7% this season against 1.6% across the 86 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 10 game vs WPG, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 16 games, 12:02 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.

PPLine331▲332▲3▼3333333330m3m7m10m13m17mMar 27Mar 31Apr 3Apr 7Apr 14Apr 18Apr 22Apr 29May 3May 7
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
16 games shown, 12:02 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2017-18 · 148 attempts, 61 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at NSH: 148 attempts, 61 on goal, 1 goal, 3.02 expected goals; best chance Alexei Emelin at 0.24 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2017-18 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

01234-1.9goals below expected-1.1σOct 5Apr 7
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2017-18 regular season · 70 of 76 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.028
Season net
−0.53xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.32
Attempts
6
0.006

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−2.09G
Per 60
−0.098
Drawn / taken
8 / 20minors

MethodLeaders
47.0%
42.5%
47.0%
Transition CF/60
4.5
Turnovers won/60
16.6
Turnovers lost/60
17.7

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
59 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point37%7%0
Low Slot3%23%0
R Circle3%11%0
High Slot3%9%0
L Circle7%11%0
Outside R8%4%0
Center Point12%8%0

Linemates

2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Emelin

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

86 games in 2017-18, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 10POvs WPGL 1-500001031—9:419:41——
May 1PO@ WPGL 4-700000000—9:419:41——
Apr 29POvs WPGW 5-400000020—12:2911:43—0:46
Apr 27POvs WPGL 1-4000-10020—12:3212:32——
Apr 22PO@ COLW 5-000000031—16:0116:01——
Apr 20POvs COLL 1-200000021—9:359:35——
Apr 18PO@ COLW 3-2000+10005—11:2410:59——
Apr 16PO@ COLL 3-500000031—10:538:42—2:11
Apr 14POvs COLW 5-4000-11020—9:138:39—0:34
Apr 12POvs COLW 5-200000003—11:4210:52—0:50
Apr 7vs CBJW 4-200001402—15:5715:49——
Apr 5@ WSHW 4-300000003—13:4713:13—0:34
Apr 3@ FLAL 1-2000-10010—11:3511:35——
Mar 31vs BUFL 4-7000-10020—14:3914:30—0:09
Mar 29vs SJSW 5-3000-10042—11:2210:24—0:58
Mar 27vs MINW 2-100000021—13:0612:40——
Mar 22vs TORL 2-5000-10001—9:159:15——
Mar 19@ BUFW 4-0011+20201—18:4817:57—0:51
Mar 15@ ARIW 3-200001013—16:2216:08——
Mar 13vs WPGW 3-100002011—12:0111:59——

Season splits by strength

2017-18 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations761282:5916:531018133643.2%44.5%546710425046%53.467.745%
Even strength761147:1715:06974111746.6%47.3%514590393156%49.555.551%
5v5761132:2514:54965110646.6%47.4%509582393156%48.855.151%
Power play122:130:1120100.0%100.0%2000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill56123:102:123419614.8%19.3%2610821810%1.711.49%
4v41814:520:5091145.0%44.4%5800—0.70.460%
5v4122:130:1120100.0%100.0%2000—0.00.0100%
4v556121:442:103419414.9%19.3%2610821810%1.711.410%
5v6, opponent net empty257:410:1842314.8%23.5%012010%1.60.90%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2017-18PlayoffsNSH10000-1020.0%171211:19
2017-18NSH76189+940591.7%18110916:53

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.