Kings Article: Striking Stats: Kings 3/4 Season Round-Up

[Sheng Peng]

Where does LA's power play need to improve?

Pearson and Brown have outscored Carter in these key categories.

Why does Sutter love Forbort?

And do we blame Budaj?

These questions and more answered here:

Striking Stats: Kings 3/4 Season Round-Up

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[PJ Kings Hockey]

A lot one can comment on. Not to pile it on the affable Zatkoff, but this underscores the impact of your back-up, even a rarely-used one:

It's no exaggeration to say that Budaj saved LA's season -- it might end up being his back-up who undoes it.

(Adjusted Fenwick Save Percentage “shows if a goalie is saving more or less shots than an average NHL goalie would be expected to save if they faced the same quality of unblocked shots.”)

Jeff Zatkoff

Jeff Zatkoff's 2-7-1 record is probably deserved. His .879 Overall Save % is worst out of 59 qualified goalies (500+ Overall minutes), as is his -2.89 Adj.FSv%.

The Kings are probably in the postseason right now if Zatkoff had offered even league-average play.

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[Sheng Peng]

A lot one can comment on. Not to pile it on the affable Zatkoff, but this underscores the impact of your back-up, even a rarely-used one:

Thanks for reading once again! Indeed, the criticism, in a lot of ways, is not fair to Zatkoff -- 10 games is too few to judge pretty much any player -- but it's the nature of the position.