Article: Zone entry and the NHL

[Jarnberg]

After tracking more than 300 games from the 2011-12 season, the authors found that, even when accounting for the higher failure rate of carry attempts, that approach still generated roughly twice as many shots, scoring chances, and goals as dumping in the puck and trying to retrieve it.

Good read on Grantland:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10083164/zone-entry-nhl

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[weeze]

Explains a lot. Can someone send this to the Preds braintrust to read.

 

[nomorekids]

Predators zone entry is much better this year than it was in previous seasons...I understand that was a key focus area for Housley.

That said, it's still not really good enough.