Who's Better Offensively This Season: Point Or Crosby?

[Fataldogg]

and point is the best player on the team

No. No he isnt.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

point is very clearly WAY better than guentzel. so do you still think Crosby is way better than kucherov?????

Let me know when point scores 13 goals in a playoff run and then follows that up with 21 points in 12 playoff games.

 

[bsu]

Let me know when point scores 13 goals in a playoff run and then follows that up with 21 points in 12 playoff games.

If you cannot admit that Point is a much better player than Guentzel, whats the point of having a conversation with you? I hate both teams and Point is much better it's not really close.

 

[talitintti]

at 5v5 he was kinda scoring at a borderline first line rate. this year his offense is elite again

Who cares? His oish% was career low last year and he made up for that producing massively at power play. Now his oish% at 5vs5 has spiked very high and suddenly his 5vs5 scoring rate looks tremendous even though he's exactly the same player he was last year.

You need to learn to read advanced stats better than just look at a yearly 5vs5 p1/60...

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Who cares? His oish% was career low last year and he made up for that producing massively at power play. Now his oish% at 5vs5 has spiked very high and suddenly his 5vs5 scoring rate looks tremendous even though he's exactly the same player he was last year.

You need to learn to read advanced stats better than just look at a yearly 5vs5 p1/60...

i was aware his oish% was unsustainably low lol

 

[Regal]

Who cares? His oish% was career low last year and he made up for that producing massively at power play. Now his oish% at 5vs5 has spiked very high and suddenly his 5vs5 scoring rate looks tremendous even though he's exactly the same player he was last year.

You need to learn to read advanced stats better than just look at a yearly 5vs5 p1/60...

On-ice shooting variances suggests regression to the mean, but that's often confused with pure luck, when over sample sizes that large it's as much about a player playing better or worse, but at a level that is likely not going to continue based on their history. Crosby was noticeably less engaged last year and playing more on the perimeter than usual, which is generally going to lead to lower percentage chances. That's what led to the talk of him "saving it" for the playoffs. The difference isn't as pronounced as the statistics, but I think he's been appreciably better this year.