Weird stat of the year - Oilers have the worst PK% in 30 years

[ColbyChaos]

eh it probably wont stick. Last year Chicago had a pk% that was below 50% through the first month and a half of the season (most of it due to a horrendous start with allowing 3 a game for like 5 games) and managed to jump to 77% while being 11th in PK from November onward. While they may not jump into the high 80s low 90s, they have enough of the season to bump it up to around 75-78

 

[jetsforever]

Wow - wonder if it's too late to turn it around

 

[jetsforever]

Also on that list, LA Kings this season are second best in the past 30 years

 

[Helistin]

Jay Woodcroft working his magic.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Wow - wonder if it's too late to turn it around

Theyre currently higher than my team was last season at this point. Pleanty of time to turn it around

 

[Blade Paradigm]

My opinion he should be first on team at least for forwards. I have no doubt it would improve

He is fourth out of the Oilers forwards in shorthanded TOI.

1. Mark Letestu - 56:58
2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - 48:37
3. Zack Kassian - 47:32
4. Connor McDavid - 34:47

However . . .

Nugent-Hopkins has been on the ice for 10 powerplay goals against; Kassian and Letestu have each been on for 9. McDavid has only been on the ice for 2.

To play McDavid more on the PK would require giving him more ice time. He already plays 21:30 per game, which is third in the NHL in forward ice time behind Anze Kopitar (22:08 per game) and Alex Barkov (22:46).

The team might have to play him more if it wants to improve its PK and potentially win a few more games; there really isn't much point to managing his TOI if the team isn't going to make the postseason. The team needs to find a balance.

 

[voxel]

Theyre currently higher than my team was last season at this point. Pleanty of time to turn it around

Hawks were at 70.7% at Dec 6th according to this blog so yes the Hawks were worse.

The Blackhawks’ penalty kill is coming around

I hold no hope for the Oilers because of Talbot’s injury and the PK actually hasn’t been improving this season. I’m thinking previous season Dallas Stars like results at 73% would be in range.

 

[TheTechNoir]

A 11-14-2 record is bad just looking at, but impressive when thinking we won 11 times with horrific special teams and goaltending.

We get those in order we will make the ploffs.

Well said. I also agree that if the two biggest weaknesses of theirs which are major facets of the game were not weaknesses, they would be good. Their record is definitely impressive upon altering your framing relative to the rest of the league while they retain all of their biggest weaknesses.

Another clever way we can look at it is, if you made goaltending a major weakness for every other team, and brought their PK% down to match the Oilers' but removed those weaknesses from the Oilers. Their team is stellar within that framing. All strength, no weakness.

 

[Martin Skoula]

When you're on the PP against the Oilers, they let you do it. Skate around in their zone, you can do anything

Underrated post.

 

[alko]

Wow - wonder if it's too late to turn it around

Bring back Anthej "The Axe" Sekera.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

Every bottom feeding team can say "if we got better $&/&&, we'd be better."

The reality is.. there is McDavid then junk.

Of course every team can say that, not just junk teams. Our pk is historically bad and our pp is only getting better. When things progress to the mean we are a playoff team. No way we are at 30 year lows on the pk or is our goaltending as bad as it is. You don't like it but too bad, you got messed up while we were injured and not performing up to snuff.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

Bring back Anthej "The Axe" Sekera.

Seriously, we need him back.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

They also went 0/6 tonight. Yikes. What is wrong with that PP? They only lost Samwise Gagner?

It's crazy, Ohio has wonderful fans and will never wish I'll will on the cbj fans. When they get their pp in order... watch tf out. Kekalainen has done an amazing job there.

Should learn how to multi quote. My bad.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Oilers jumped ship on talbot? But i had to listen about how much better than gibson he is.

 

[CanCHI]

Tuesday’s contest was just the third time in 86 games as a Canuck that Markstrom carried a goalless start into the third period.

 

[Tofveve]

Haha @Oilers Propagandist

 

[Jumptheshark]

Yeah another one of these threads. We just need one thread to rule them all when it comes to everything bad about the oilers

 

[klozge]

Buffalo defensemen have scored zero goals this season.

And then they played the Avs...

 

[PatrikBerglund]

They miss Anton Lander.

 

[mouz135]

Just oilers being oilers

 

[McFlash97]

So when is Woodcroft being canned ? Still waiting. What a sieve

 

[oXo Cube]

Oilers jumped ship on talbot? But i had to listen about how much better than gibson he is.

?

Talbot is injured.

 

[Brian McDavid]

eh it probably wont stick. Last year Chicago had a pp% that was below 50% through the first month and a half of the season (most of it due to a horrendous start with allowing 3 a game for like 5 games) and managed to jump to 77% while being 11th in PK from November onward. While they may not jump into the high 80s low 90s, they have enough of the season to bump it up to around 75-78

I'll assume you meant pk%?

 

[ChaoticOrange]

The weirdest part of it all is the PK is so much worse at home than on the road.

 

[Baxterman]

Not surprising as it is one of the worst rosters in the NHL in the past 30 years.