Def. Zone Touch - Every time a player has possession of the puck in the defensive zone. Results are based off this number.
Direct CTL Exit - (Direct Control Exit) Controlled zone exit, skate + controlled zone exit, pass.
Controlled Zone Exit Skate - When a player skates over the blueline from the defensive zone into the neutral zone with possession of the puck.
Controlled Zone Exit Pass - When a player completes a pass which goes over the blueline and his team remains in possession of the puck.
Uncontrolled Zone Exit - Dump, flip, incomplete pass which crosses the blueline giving up possession of the puck.
Total Zone Exits - Controlled zone exit + uncontrolled zone exit
Fail - Most commonly a turnover in the defensive zone; However, rarely an event occurs which causes a defensive zone face-off.
Icing - Icing
NEW - Team Exit - When a player has had possession of the puck in the defensive zone and his team exits the zone. The exit does not have to be controlled.
Direct CTL Exit - (Direct Control Exit) Controlled zone exit, skate + controlled zone exit, pass.
Controlled Zone Exit Skate - When a player skates over the blueline from the defensive zone into the neutral zone with possession of the puck.
Controlled Zone Exit Pass - When a player completes a pass which goes over the blueline and his team remains in possession of the puck.
Uncontrolled Zone Exit - Dump, flip, incomplete pass which crosses the blueline giving up possession of the puck.
Total Zone Exits - Controlled zone exit + uncontrolled zone exit
Fail - Most commonly a turnover in the defensive zone; However, rarely an event occurs which causes a defensive zone face-off.
Icing - Icing
NEW - Team Exit - When a player has had possession of the puck in the defensive zone and his team exits the zone. The exit does not have to be controlled.
Below is a slideshow of each individuals defensive zone transition game log as well as a team compilation. Please take a look and then I'll explain what all of this means.
Fail rate %
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DIRECT Ctl zone exit %
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Passing % - not pass exits
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Neutral Zone - Defensive - 5v5
Below are some charts displaying how the Canucks defencemen are protecting their blue-line in the neutral zone. In other words, preventing zone entries. I do not credit the defenceman for a dump in if it's dumped in on their side but it's a Canuck forward forcing the play.
carry in + pass %
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Dump in %
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Break up %
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Shot Attempt Assists
For the first time, let's take a look at how the d-men are generating offense. We'll start by looking at how often each player is setting up shooters for a shot attempt per 60 minutes played.
Hutton leading the way by a fair margin. He's also primarily involved in a very high percentage of the teams corsi for events while on the PP. We'll take a closer look at that tomorrow.
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Not surprised Tanev is leading the way here. His composure and vision help him in all three zones.
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Added this one for fun, wanted to display how much each player is generating primarily whether it's as the playmaker or trigger man on the PP.
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Neutral Zone - Offensive
Now we'll take a look at how each player is entering the offensive zone. This sample is small as the Canucks don't rely on their d-men for zone entries. There are under 100 entries tracked here but you can see it's beginning to take shape.
Thanks for your interest in phase one of my project. It didn't go exactly as planned as it took me far longer to produce all of these charts that I originally thought it would, I'm not going to tell you what time it is! That being said, I got the numbers out and that's the important part. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact me. I do my best to respond to everyone on twitter as soon as I can.
I should also mention that I'm using the icetime provided by NHL.com, and the individual corsi for events and zone starts ratios provided by corsica.hockey which is an awesome site if you're interested in digging deeper into the game of hockey which I encourage you to do. A final thank you to all of my followers, especially the early ones and a special thank you to those who have donated. All the likes and retweets are appreciated as for the most part this is a passion fueled project. That's all I've got for now, I'll be back tomorrow with a little bit more content and further explanations. Good night! I hope this makes your Monday morning coffee a little bit more interesting.
I should also mention that I'm using the icetime provided by NHL.com, and the individual corsi for events and zone starts ratios provided by corsica.hockey which is an awesome site if you're interested in digging deeper into the game of hockey which I encourage you to do. A final thank you to all of my followers, especially the early ones and a special thank you to those who have donated. All the likes and retweets are appreciated as for the most part this is a passion fueled project. That's all I've got for now, I'll be back tomorrow with a little bit more content and further explanations. Good night! I hope this makes your Monday morning coffee a little bit more interesting.