Kings and Sharks: play to your strengths

by Quisp on Apr 13, 2011 10:39 AM PDT in Playoffs

Laying the groundwork for a coming post:

Penalty Killing

Kings 85.5% (4th)

Sharks 79.4% (24th)

PK Goals-Against

LAK 40 (1st)

SJS 56 (23rd)

Shots-Against per Game

LAK 27.9 (3rd)

SJS 28.9 (8th)

GAA

LAK 2.39 (6th)

SJS 2.54 (10th)

Win% in one goal games

LAK .595 (5th)

SJS .538 (13th)

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Interesting tidbit, the Kings are the youngest team in the NHL playoffs. Average age is 26 years old.

by sstephen17 on Apr 13, 2011 12:34 PM PDT reply actions

seems to me...

on paper this series may actually be fairly evenly matched…..and by on paper i mean the stats you list above. Not name for name roster players….

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by card_base on Apr 13, 2011 1:42 PM PDT reply actions

What I take away from this is that the Kings’ strength is their team D — note that these are all team defensive stats. Couple that with the analysis from FTF (a fine hockey blog, from what I’ve read of it) that Quisp just cited, and I think we may conclude that the one thing that would kill the Kings in this series is lack of discipline. As long as they stick to the system and don’t panic, the games will be close and competitive.

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by DougX on Apr 13, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Breaking News!

The Kings are more of a defensively oriented team than the San Jose Sharks! Who could’ve guessed!

and ya the Sharks’ PK has been terrible in the second half of the season, mostly due to Scott Nichol being out with injury.

by Khaaz on Apr 13, 2011 5:52 PM PDT reply actions

yeah, lets just pick all the stats LA has the edge on and post them!

i can do that too!!
Goals per game:
SJ 6th
LA 25th

5v5 goals for/against ratio
Sharks 5th
LA 13th

Powerplay
Sharks 2nd
LA 21st

Shots on goal per game
SJ 1st
LA 23rd

FO%
Sharks 2nd
LA 10th

+/-
Sharks 7th
LA 14th

don’t get too excited, guys. especially when considering the sharks numbers are twice as good as they look when you factor in the difference between pre-january and post-january. let the games begin :)

by tealstherealdeal92 on Apr 13, 2011 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions