Monday, October 12, 2009

Avalanche v. Bruins - Scoring Chances #5

TmPTimeNoteCOLOpponent
BOS118:58
48232641521617214045915v5
COL118:52
437415254551617214045915v5
COL117:40
59101640412640464855735v5
BOS117:08
59101640412126404546735v5
BOS117:05
59101640412126404546735v5
BOS114:57
916222740411617404855915v5
COL114:27
437415254552640464855735v5
COL113:46Goal49232627412733405361
5v4
COL113:09Goal2237415254551617214045915v5
BOS18:33
526394152
1633405373914v5
BOS15:54
916222740411617404855915v5
BOS14:43
541525455
2128404655914v5
BOS13:48
510162326412128374046555v5
BOS215:28
49164041521617214048915v5
BOS215:27
49164041521617214048915v5
BOS212:16Goal4894041521228333740555v5
BOS210:44
437415254551617214045915v5
BOS210:42
437415254551617214045915v5
BOS29:47Goal1522272839412640464855735v5
COL29:23
822232627411228333740535v5
COL29:06
58222326411228333740535v5
COL26:30Goal58101640412640464855
5v4
COL25:11
49232627411221374045
5v4
COL24:36
49232627411233374055
5v4
BOS23:22
510394154
2126404648534v5
COL23:11Goal510394154
1621404873914v5
BOS22:41
437415255
1633405373914v5
COL21:55
822232627411721283340915v5
BOS318:06
415394152542640464855735v5
BOS313:39
437415254551721404546735v5
BOS313:37Goal437415254551721404546735v5
BOS312:01
910164041521617404855915v5
BOS39:33
422394154551228333740535v5
BOS35:47
1522273940411733404653735v5
BOS35:31
1522273940411617334053915v5


#PlayerEVPPSH
4J. LILES17:352102:16300:3301
5B. CLARK13:20231:37102:3913
8W. WOLSKI14:02321:37100:0400
9M. DUCHENE12:29182:16300:2300
10K. CUMISKEY10:33141:37100:2511
15M. HENDRICKS7:44040:00000:3200
16D. TUCKER12:28181:37100:0000
22S. HANNAN17:55460:00005:5200
23M. HEJDUK15:14322:16301:3500
26P. STASTNY14:02322:16302:4701
27K. QUINCEY14:37252:16305:3100
28D. KOCI3:35010:00000:0000
37R. O'REILLY12:03340:00003:1501
39T. GALIARDI11:23050:00004:5912
40M. SVATOS10:351101:37100:0000
41C. ANDERSON46:227193:53409:2014
52A. FOOTE19:343100:00003:4003
54D. JONES14:15360:00002:5112
55C. MCLEOD12:16350:00002:1402


PeriodTotalsEVPP5v3 PPSH5v3 SH
1584610000200
2783630001200
3070700000000
4000000000000
Totals122371940001400


This was a very interesting game from the Avalanche. On the good side of the ledger, the first line had their best game at EV with all of Hejduk, Stastny and Wolski creating more than they were giving back for the first time. The Avalanche special teams were also once again very good. The Avalanche scored two power play goals and created over one chance per minute while holding the Bruins to four chances in over nine minutes on the power play as well as recording one shorthanded goal. This was really driven home in the third period when Stastny was called for interference with only five minutes to go when the Avalanche were having one of their rare third period shifts in the offensive zone. This was a bad call, the kind of call you expect to change the outcome of the game. And it did. As I said, the Avalanche had been dominant, pouring on the pressure for the entire period but once Colorado was able to relax into their PK system the Bruins couldn't muster any good chances to score. I don't have them generating even one solid chance after that penalty call.

As for the bad side, there were a few players that got shelled with the Duchene-Tucker-Svatos group leading the way. As a team the Avalanche were outchanced badly in this game whenever they took the lead. From the time they took the 2-0 lead in the first period to the time of the Bruins second goal to tie the game the Avalanche were outchanced 10-0 in just over twenty minutes of action. The Avalanche were then able to pick themselves up and re-establish a 4-2 lead heading into the third period. In that third period they were outchanced 7-0. There were two twenty minute sections where the Avalanche didn't generate a single chance! Unfortunately for the Avalanche this has been a pretty consistent problem. Considering the amount of time they spend in their own zone when they use this strategy it's amazing to me that the opposition doesn't get more chances. For example, although the Bruins didn't generate any significant chances in the last five minutes of the game those five minutes were spent either in the defensive zone or with the Bruins in control of the puck. It's just scary. The decision to take such a passive stance cost them the game against Nashville and caused them to be outchanced by a wide margin in the third period against San Jose and in this game. It's all well and good to protect your lead but you probably shouldn't do it by generating, quite literally, nothing for huge sections of the game.

2 comments:

Sunny Mehta said...

more and more, i'm starting to come around to the idea that in today's NHL, a team's best bet is to just forecheck like crazy at all times.

Scott Reynolds said...

I'm not sure to be honest. Teams are generally pretty decent about holding leads. Those "leading after two periods" stats are pretty consistently one-sided for the team that's winning and most teams do have some tendency to sit on the lead. So it's working to a degree. But Colorado seems to be particularly bad at getting totally shelled when leading. The game would certainly be more exciting if teams did as you say though.