Good morning,
Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said this week that there will be a match when Juraj Slafkovský scores two or three points.
It could only sound like encouragement for the player and not a realistic estimate, as Slafkovský had only scored one point in the previous nine games.
But St. Louis was serious because he had advanced stats at his disposal. They told him that the Juraj Slafkovský – Nick Suzuki – Cole Caufield attack is even among the best in the entire league, despite the fact that it has hardly scored any points so far.
In the night game, these statistics were already reflected in the Canadian scoring. Slafkovský and Suzuki each had two points for a goal and an assist, Caufield a point for an assist.
Montreal lost in Minnesota 3-4 after overtime, but thanks to the performance of the first attack, they got at least a point.
We will show both Slafkovský’s points and an assist by Šimon Nemec, who again showed great self-confidence and willingness to take risks.
Four other Slovaks also played that night, but none of them scored.
Morning with the NHL is an article in which we regularly address topics from the best hockey league in the world and provide a short summary of the night’s events.
They dominate the game, but they don’t score.
This evaluation of Montreal’s first formation was repeated game after game.
Since they threw away the created chances, good performances did not show up in goals and assists, but they were reflected in the so-called statistics. of expected goals, known by the abbreviation xG.
Hockey is not played on those, but even captain Nick Suzuki said this week that he watches such statistics rather than productivity.
He measures his performance by how many chances he created for his teammates. Ten chances are better than five, although efficiency or luck may cause you to score more goals in five chances than in ten.
So how did the Slafkovský – Caufield – Suzuki attack hold up against the competition of the entire league according to xG?
Pospišil’s attack is even better
Portal Money Puck compared all offensive trios and defensive pairs that played at least one hundred minutes together in a five-on-five game in the season.
Since the beginning of the season, there were 76 such attacks, 128 defensive pairs.
Let’s see how Slafkovský, Martin Pospíšil, Martin Fehérváry and Erik Černák fared in this evaluation. The other Slovaks did not play a hundred minutes in the same attack or defense pair.
Data from tonight are not yet included in the rating.
According to these statistics, Edmonton’s formation of Zach Hyman – Connor McDavid – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the very best attack.
When they were on the ice, according to the chances, their team had 77.1 percent of the expected goals, while the opponents scored only 22.9 percent.
Attack Slafkovský – Suzuki – Caufield was placed on
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2023-12-22 06:24:24
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