I'm not sure how that explains any of those numbers though?
SC Pass % numbers don't depend on teammates, and it is a proportion, so why is his team giving up so many more scoring chances off of passes than they are creating when he is on the ice?
In the shot rate plot, Sutter performs poorly either relative to his team and league average.
I'm not sure I understand how this stat, while interesting, isn't dependant on his teammates. Can the passer really be faulted if the receiver doesn't get to a scoring position before/after receiving the pass? Especially when the relative aspect is vs Crosby and Malkin.
If Sutter moves the puck up to a winger who crosses the blueline and puts the puck on net, that shot off a pass isn't a scoring chance. If Sutter's line tends to play offense by shooting from everywhere and crashing the net, then the shot attempts off a pass are coming from outside the scoring chance zone. Scoring chance zone shot attempts would come off rebounds or turnovers.
The opposite would be true when Malkin or Crosby are on the ice. These two are of course either going to get into the scoring chance zone themselves, or they're going to get the puck to another player in the zone. When Malkin or Crosby are on the ice, you're not going to just whip the puck at the net from anywhere, you're going to move the puck and go to scoring areas.
As for more scoring chances against. I'd think at least some of that can be explained by the other teams not using their best offensive defensemen against Crosby/Malkin. I'd don't know if the stats break it down by position, but I'd be interested in seeing how many of those 25 shots against were from defensemen. The way the red and blue are inverted on the chart supports this.
