190Octane
Registered User
I posted these numbers in another thread...
Ozsp = Offensive zone start percentage
Ozfp = offensive zone finish percentage
GA/20 = goals against per 20 minutes of 5 on 5
Toews: 63.9 ozsp, 52.6 ozfp, .818 ga/20
Benn: 57.1 ozsp, 52 ozfp, .796 ga/20
Kopitar: 53.7 ozsp, 55.2 ozfp, .428 ga/20
Getzlaf: 48.5 ozsp, 51.5 ozfp, .715 ga/20
Tavares: 62.6 ozsp, 55 ozfp, .905 ga/20
Giroux: 55.6 ozsp, 51.8 ozfp, .779 ga/20
Thornton: 47.5 ozsp, 49.7 ozfp, .720 ga/20
Stamkos: 51 ozsp, 50.9 ozfp, .815 ga/20
Malkin: 59.6 ozsp, 53.5 ozfp, .810 ga/20
Crosby: 51.4 ozsp, 54.1 ozfp, .801 ga/20
I don't understand how someone who is elite defensively ends up having more ga/20 than almost everyone on this list despite starting in the offensive zone 10-15% of the time more than most of the other players on this list.
Is there something that I'm missing or is "Toews is great defensively" purely anecdotal with no hard evidence to back it up?
Ozsp = Offensive zone start percentage
Ozfp = offensive zone finish percentage
GA/20 = goals against per 20 minutes of 5 on 5
Toews: 63.9 ozsp, 52.6 ozfp, .818 ga/20
Benn: 57.1 ozsp, 52 ozfp, .796 ga/20
Kopitar: 53.7 ozsp, 55.2 ozfp, .428 ga/20
Getzlaf: 48.5 ozsp, 51.5 ozfp, .715 ga/20
Tavares: 62.6 ozsp, 55 ozfp, .905 ga/20
Giroux: 55.6 ozsp, 51.8 ozfp, .779 ga/20
Thornton: 47.5 ozsp, 49.7 ozfp, .720 ga/20
Stamkos: 51 ozsp, 50.9 ozfp, .815 ga/20
Malkin: 59.6 ozsp, 53.5 ozfp, .810 ga/20
Crosby: 51.4 ozsp, 54.1 ozfp, .801 ga/20
I don't understand how someone who is elite defensively ends up having more ga/20 than almost everyone on this list despite starting in the offensive zone 10-15% of the time more than most of the other players on this list.
Is there something that I'm missing or is "Toews is great defensively" purely anecdotal with no hard evidence to back it up?