Dr Quincy
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- Jun 19, 2005
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If you look at the team rankings, 5 on 5 for xGF% the B's were 18th in the league. Carolina was 2nd.Of the 26 skaters that played 150 minutes, half had a xGF% over 50%.
17 had a positive on ice goals %. Only two key players didn’t (Coyle and Carlo) while the other 7 were bottom liners (Forbort, Peeke, Wotherspoon, Lauko, Maroon, Beecher, Steen).
Corsi isn’t the stat you want to use to analyze teams effectiveness - the Hurricanes would be top every year because they huck everything at the net. Last year Philly, New Jersey, and Nashville were all top 10 in Corsi. Bruins were 24th. Vegas 21st. Rangers 19th.
In 22-23 Bruins were 15th. Vegas was 22nd.
The Bruins were 2nd overall (to VAN) in PDO which is exactly the point Celly Hard was saying: The B's were outplayed but overachieved due to having the 3rd highest sv% in the league and the 4th highest shooting % in the league. Their actual GF% was 56%. Their xGF% was 50%.
There's reason to think that their save % will still be high this year (but probably not as high as last year due to the starts Korpisalo or Bussi will get) and its possible that their SH% will be sustainable.
But a dip in both could be a problem.