Should Maple Leafs be concerned about special teams for the playoffs?
Justin Bourne discusses a messy game from the Vancouver Canucks and if the penalty kill is an issue for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
| April 30, 2021, 1:12 PM
April 30, 2021, 1:12 PM
There’s a stat I’m familiar with hearing about from my time playing and coaching that oddly isn’t a part of the public conversation, which is simply “combined special teams.” No need to overthink this one, it’s just a snapshot of “how are our special teams?”
If you combine your power player percentage with your penalty kill percentage, there’s a clear baseline in that a total above 100 is good, and below it is bad. So if your PP scores 20 per cent of the time and your PK keeps the puck out of the net 80 per cent of the time you’re … fine. Nothing to see there, that’s a combined 100.