- Oct 31, 2007
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After yet another 1-0 shootout loss for Cam Ward and the Canes, I decided to do some quick digging into the history of the shootout for the goaltender. Ward has posted an 11-27 record in the shootout, which looks bad, until you look at the goal support (or lack thereof) he has had in the shootout.
In the 11 victories, the Canes have scored 16 goals and Ward has allowed only 1. That means all the Canes victories in the shootout with Ward in net, except for one, Ward has allowed zero goals and the team won 1-0 or 2-0. The Canes have never had all three shooters score in a shootout.
In the 27 losses, the Canes have scored 10 goals and Ward has allowed 41. That means Ward is allowing less than two goals per shootout game, which (if the Canes had any competent shootout specialists) should have been enough to earn a win. But the Canes shooters are only scoring one goal every eight attempts, meaning two out of every three games they lose in a shootout, they lose because they failed to score a single goal.
With the talk about the Devils struggles in the shootout, I wonder if it's the same issue there. Is it a matter of the goaltender not receiving goal support or a matter of the goals being scored, but the goaltending not stacking up?
And I wonder how Ward's stats in the shootout, with regards to goal support leading to victories/losses, would look compared to other goaltenders? Say Fleury's, who has been behind a Penguins team that has excelled in the shootout?
Late night thoughts that I may look into in the future.
In the 11 victories, the Canes have scored 16 goals and Ward has allowed only 1. That means all the Canes victories in the shootout with Ward in net, except for one, Ward has allowed zero goals and the team won 1-0 or 2-0. The Canes have never had all three shooters score in a shootout.
In the 27 losses, the Canes have scored 10 goals and Ward has allowed 41. That means Ward is allowing less than two goals per shootout game, which (if the Canes had any competent shootout specialists) should have been enough to earn a win. But the Canes shooters are only scoring one goal every eight attempts, meaning two out of every three games they lose in a shootout, they lose because they failed to score a single goal.
With the talk about the Devils struggles in the shootout, I wonder if it's the same issue there. Is it a matter of the goaltender not receiving goal support or a matter of the goals being scored, but the goaltending not stacking up?
And I wonder how Ward's stats in the shootout, with regards to goal support leading to victories/losses, would look compared to other goaltenders? Say Fleury's, who has been behind a Penguins team that has excelled in the shootout?
Late night thoughts that I may look into in the future.
) - I can try some more on this tomorrow.
