Some interesting stats regarding Zajac.
We know his 5v5 goals were his best since the 13-14 season. In that season he had 14 5v5 goals, and since then has posted totals of 4, 5, 6 and this year 9 goals.
Looking at in terms of goals per 60 his season this year was even more impressive, at .66 g/60, which is actually his 2nd best year(behind 13-14 where he was only slightly better at .70 g/60) since the 09-10 year. Since 13-14 he has put up some paltry #'s in this regard, .23, .3 and .33 g/60 respectively.
Now part of that is shooting %, as he shot a career best 12.16%, his best years prior to this were 09-10 and 13-14 when he shot in the 11's. In the 3 years prior to this year he shot 5.06, 6.25 and 7.06.
But he also did a much better job getting shots at, and on goal this year, and getting shots more often in the HD area's.
His shot's per 60 over the last 4 years: 4.5, 4.82, 4.63 and 5.43.
His individual corsi/60: 8.2, 7.95, 7.85, and 8.8.
individual scoring chances/60: 4.9, 4.76, 4.74, 5.79.
individual HD chances for /60. 1.99, 2.17, 1.91, 3.3
So not only do we see that his improved goal scoring this year is not just anamoly, but performance based, I think we also see that his shooting % is not just an anamoly but performance based as well. Now would I expect 12% shooting next year? No, but if we see similar play, I'd be surprised if he fell back to 6 ish % range.
I'd like to see monthly splits on these stats to see if his goal scoring during the year reflected an increase in shots, ie, was he shooting more later in the year. Because we know he was not putting points on the board early. Perhaps I'll break that down from game logs(or perhaps not
).
We know his 5v5 goals were his best since the 13-14 season. In that season he had 14 5v5 goals, and since then has posted totals of 4, 5, 6 and this year 9 goals.
Looking at in terms of goals per 60 his season this year was even more impressive, at .66 g/60, which is actually his 2nd best year(behind 13-14 where he was only slightly better at .70 g/60) since the 09-10 year. Since 13-14 he has put up some paltry #'s in this regard, .23, .3 and .33 g/60 respectively.
Now part of that is shooting %, as he shot a career best 12.16%, his best years prior to this were 09-10 and 13-14 when he shot in the 11's. In the 3 years prior to this year he shot 5.06, 6.25 and 7.06.
But he also did a much better job getting shots at, and on goal this year, and getting shots more often in the HD area's.
His shot's per 60 over the last 4 years: 4.5, 4.82, 4.63 and 5.43.
His individual corsi/60: 8.2, 7.95, 7.85, and 8.8.
individual scoring chances/60: 4.9, 4.76, 4.74, 5.79.
individual HD chances for /60. 1.99, 2.17, 1.91, 3.3
So not only do we see that his improved goal scoring this year is not just anamoly, but performance based, I think we also see that his shooting % is not just an anamoly but performance based as well. Now would I expect 12% shooting next year? No, but if we see similar play, I'd be surprised if he fell back to 6 ish % range.
I'd like to see monthly splits on these stats to see if his goal scoring during the year reflected an increase in shots, ie, was he shooting more later in the year. Because we know he was not putting points on the board early. Perhaps I'll break that down from game logs(or perhaps not
).
