Who is the Shootout King? Is it still Datsyuk? Or one of Kane, Toews, Oshie or Barkov?

[Sticksandsun]

Datsyuk easily comes to mind as one of the best to ever do it from 2000-2015.

He scored 40 shootout goals on 98 attempts for a 40.8% during his career.


Is Barkov the new king from 2015 on?
He has scored 33 goals on 67 attempts for 49.3%.

Any other players in the mix for an often underappreciated skill?
The shootout has become more exciting than the current 3 on 3 OT imo.

 

[Summer Rose]

TJ Oshie comes to mind, but that's based on one game, which wasn't an NHL game.

If you know, you know.

 

[Kreator]

Prime 66 blows EVERYONE AWAY on breakaways and penalty shots...no one else is close.

 

[Stealth JD]

Toews was a monster

 

[Mattb124]

TJ Oshie is still king.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I’m drawing a blank..who was that ~3rd line guy from 10-15 years ago that had an impossible to stop forehand to backhand shot?

 

[koyvoo]

Marek Malik

 

[ESH]

TJ Oshie comes to mind, but that's based on one game, which wasn't an NHL game.

If you know, you know.

He is 3rd all-time in shootout goals, so I wouldn’t say it’s just the one game.

 

[Sticksandsun]

Kane has most all time at 53 goals but a 40.1% conversion rate.
Toews has 52 but a 47.2% conversion rate.
Oshie has 49 goals and 47.1% rate

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[Summer Rose]

I’m drawing a blank..who was that ~3rd line guy from 10 years ago that had an impossible to stop forehand to backhand shot?

Are you thinking of Radim Vrbata? He had a move like that when he was on the Coyotes and it seemed like he would score on it every single time.

I found the numbers on him, and apparently he finished 45 for 105 on shootout attempts or penalty shots, which is good for 67th all time of players with a minimum of 10 attempts.

 

[Stealth JD]

Per AI:

The player with the highest career shootout scoring percentage in the NHL, with a minimum of 10 shootout attempts, is Petteri Nummelin with an 80.00% success rate.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of the top players in NHL shootout scoring percentage:

• Petteri Nummelin: 80.00%
• Trevor Zegras: 65.00%
• Vyacheslav Kozlov: 58.70%
• Artemi Panarin: 58.70%
• Nikita Gusev: 58.33%
• Trevor Linden: 58.33%
• Jeff Tambellini: 57.14%
• Jason Robertson: 56.67%

 

[crowi]

Not ready to give up on the Datsyuk magic yet, but I do think Barkov is making his way up there with good speed. Barkov has at the very least top-5 mitts in the league right now.

 

[Sticksandsun]

Per AI:

The player with the highest career shootout scoring percentage in the NHL, with a minimum of 10 shootout attempts, is Petteri Nummelin with an 80.00% success rate.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of the top players in NHL shootout scoring percentage:

• Petteri Nummelin: 80.00%
• Trevor Zegras: 65.00%
• Vyacheslav Kozlov: 58.70%
• Artemi Panarin: 58.70%
• Nikita Gusev: 58.33%
• Trevor Linden: 58.33%
• Jeff Tambellini: 57.14%
• Jason Robertson: 56.67%

I think amount of goals and attempts needs to be added for context?
Robertson has only been in the league for what 5 years? Does he even have 20 attempts yet?

 

[1989]

Costco... if you know his Signature move.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

I’m drawing a blank..who was that ~3rd line guy from 10-15 years ago that had an impossible to stop forehand to backhand shot?

MATT HENDRICKS THE PARALYZER

 

[ManofSteel55]

I’m drawing a blank..who was that ~3rd line guy from 10-15 years ago that had an impossible to stop forehand to backhand shot?

Jussi Jokinen?

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Jussi Jokinen

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Are you thinking of Radim Vrbata? He had a move like that when he was on the Coyotes and it seemed like he would score on it every single time.

I found the numbers on him, and apparently he finished 45 for 105 on shootout attempts or penalty shots, which is good for 67th all time of players with a minimum of 10 attempts.

MATT HENDRICKS THE PARALYZER

Jussi Jokinen?

Lol. I’m sure there are a few guys that fit my vague description. In theory the forehand-backhand is probably the best basic move because if the goalie cheats for the backhand you can just wrist it in

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Lol. I’m sure there are a few guys that fit my vague description. In theory the forehand-backhand is probably the best basic move because if the goalie cheats for the backhand you can just wrist it in

Idk if it's Franz Nielsen you are thinking of, but he was a shootout master and had a very simple forehand-backhand elevate move that was his bread and butter.

 

[CostaRica]

Are you thinking of Radim Vrbata? He had a move like that when he was on the Coyotes and it seemed like he would score on it every single time.

I found the numbers on him, and apparently he finished 45 for 105 on shootout attempts or penalty shots, which is good for 67th all time of players with a minimum of 10 attempts.

Vrbata and Aucoin were awesome

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Idk if it's Franz Nielsen you are thinking of, but he was a shootout master and had a very simple forehand-backhand elevate move that was his bread and butter.

I think this is who I’m thinking of. It wasn’t sexy but it was super effective somehow even though every goalie knew it was coming

 

[Cursed Lemon]

In the back-9 of his career, you could visibly see how much Datsyuk was going through the motions when he took shootouts. It distinctly looked like he thought they were stupid.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Slava Kozlov was the actual best at this.

 

[NVious]

Jason Allison is my GOAT, kids today still don't have the nifty mitts to pull off his moves.

 

[COHawk]

I think amount of goals and attempts needs to be added for context?
Robertson has only been in the league for what 5 years? Does he even have 20 attempts yet?

This is what I found for overall conversion rate:

For comparison, Datsyuk is 40 for 98 (40.8%)