How is that offensive rating calculated? Is On Ice shooting perecentage something that is factored in?
I'm guessing it's based mostly on scoring chances/expected goals because Laughton/Lorentz/Jarnkrok/McMann are all around the same number whereas their actual 5v5 GF vary quite a lot more (Jarnkrok, for example, has only been on for one GF in nearly 120 5v5 minutes, which is abysmal).
Usage goes both ways. Benoit gets more d-zone than o-zone starts, sure, because he doesn't create offense, but he's also mostly playing with lines 3&4 who aren't scoring. Jarnkrok & Laughton have had chances but not finished. I think the stats are mostly fair in that they're spending a lot of time hemmed in their own zone, and not finishing because... they're not very good. Case in point, Benoit snuck off the point and got a shot in close... last game or the game before? but put it well wide. So when people say it's encouraging that he's skating with the puck more, yeah, it can be if it leads to a goal (and not a break against), but if you're not converting, well...
Consider OEL-Benoit have played 143 mins 5v5, 3GF 5GA for 37.5% GF%, 40.6% xGF. OEL has also played 66 5v5 minutes with other partners, mostly Rielly, and has 5GF 1GA in that time (3.64xGF, 2.93xGA). But of course OEL-Rielly are likely to be playing with one of the top 2 lines while pressing for a goal, not taking garbage time minutes with checking lines.
