Mark Scheifele and a case of high shooting percentages.

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Ever since 2015-2016, Scheifele has never failed to convert less than 15% of his shots. According to most stat nerds, even converting 15% is already a bit high and unsustainable, yet Scheifele has almost an entire decade of performing well above 15%. He's even flirted above 20% twice, and looking like he'll finish this season shooting above 20% as well. What exactly makes him so efficient in converting his chances or being the PDO king to say the least?

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[FlappyGiraffe]

He's a very patient player, and does not mind holding onto the puck looking for high percentage shots.

 

[Kegs]

Super under rated player.

 

[Ozakar]

He has 50 % of his shots taken in the crease and proximate crease area, which is a high danger area (the most dangerous one).

 

[GeeoffBrown]

Maybe if Scheifele took more shots, he could compete for the Art Ross

 

[Coffee]

Most underrated forward in the central division hands down.

To be fair there some big horses in the central, but he is one of them

 

[TheSuperElite]

needs to be in Italy

 

[Channelcat]

He's got a wicked shot. And he's a right hand shot, not sure if that makes a difference, but from what I observe, it almost seems to.

 

[Maelmoor]

He has 50 % of his shots taken in the crease and proximate crease area, which is a high danger area (the most dangerous one).

Yeah this is why you cannot say for an example that 15% is unsustainable, good players who get more scoring chances near the crease are more likely to have a higher %. We have Brayden Point as a good example, he is super active around the crease and scores a lot of goals near the goal.