Malhotra Effect
All of the statistics were taken from NHL.com)
Montreal Year Before Malhotra (2013-2014) Year with Malhotra (2014-2015) Change
Player FOs Win % FOs Win % Absolute Change %
T. Plekanec 1712 48.00% 139 47.50% -0.50% -1%
D. Desharnais 1202 50.80% 138 57.20% 6.40% 13%
L. Eller 979 53.20% 96 56.20% 3.00% 6%
Carolina Year Before Malhotra (2012-2013) Year with Malhotra (2013-2014) Change
Player FOs Win % FOs Win % Absolute Change %
J. Staal 914 50.10% 1477 54.40% 4.30% 9%
E. Staal 1014 52.00% 1430 52.70% 0.70% 1%
R. Nash 289 44.30% 666 46.00% 1.70% 4%
Vancouver Year Before Malhotra (2010-2011) Year with Malhotra (2010-2011) Change
Player FOs Win % FOs Win % Absolute Change %
H. Sedin 1527 49.50% 1387 52.00% 2.50% 5%
R. Kesler 1401 55.10% 1496 57.40% 2.30% 4%
San Jose Year Before Malhotra (2009-2010) Year with Malhotra (2010-2011) Change
Player FOs Win % FOs Win % Absolute Change %
J. Thorton 1295 55.40% 1228 53.90% -1.50% -3%
J. Pavelski 1274 56.30% 821 58.10% 1.80% 3%
P. Marleau 591 52.40% 615 51.40% -1.00% -2%
Conclusion
Although the sample size for the Canadiens this year is too small to count, it does appear that both Carolina and Vancouver saw large net increases in winrate after Malhotra's arrival. The Sharks saw a net decrease.
Although we cannot be sure as to the reason for the increases in winrate (is it due to lower quality of competition, due to learning from Malhotra, or variance) it does seem like there is a positive trend on faceoffs when Malhotra arrives at a new team.
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