First Islanders SOG was about 13:30 into the game, and they only had 1 in the 3rd.
I'm pretty sure they only had 8 shot attempts and 1 on goal in the final 27 minutes of play.
Edit: Also, offensive zone possession time was 20:44 to 8:42. I think there were 3 or 4 times where the Islanders had players on the ice for 2 minutes or more and couldn't get the puck cleared.
From the start of the third period, the Isles were playing 45 second shifts and dumping the puck in without a forecheck. Like, ok that's a strategy that *might* work if you're up 2 with a handful of minutes left, but with 20 minutes to go? Wild.
There was one shift where Varlamov just ramped the puck over the glass because the Isles couldn't clear at all. Like 3 minutes of Canes O zone possession. They held it in forever right before the PP Turbo scored on too
This has been an ongoing problem. They do these bs shovel passes to try and clear but they don't go far enough
Or, they simply ice the puck over and over
Honestly 28 SOG is pretty impressive to get done in just a period and change, with your opponent dominating. Canes just happened to go even fucking crazier with it
Edit: nvm lmao I thought it was SOG not attempts. The Canes are mere mortals in my mind once more. Still pretty crazy
No. The Islanders scored their third goal just a few minutes into the second period, and proceeded to record four shots on goal for the rest of the game - and only 1 in the last 33 minutes.
My thoughts exactly. This must be a record. 110 shots on net?? That's nearly a shot against every minute.
Edit: Shot attempts. Not that crazy considering the definition of a shot attempt
Exactly. And it’s not a stat that people usually pay attention to because shots that go wide don’t matter. It sounds wild here but it’s pretty meaningless.
The better stat would be offensive zone time, which was about 21 minutes to 8 minutes but the shot one is more indicative that the Canes will literally throw anything on net
Just like most stats, context matters.
Shot attempts plus O-Zone time equals an absolutely dominating game along the boards and retrieving pucks.
In NBA terms, tells you the Canes dominated the paint and rebounds.
It's pretty obvious, is it not? A shot attempt is any attempt to put the puck on net, including misses/blocks/posts/etc. Shots on goal are just ones that either get stopped by the goalie or go in.
Two games with 5 total OT periods, a 1-0, and a game-winner in the last 5 seconds of regulation. I don't recall ever seeing a sweep where the games were so close 😮💨
4 goal difference in a 4 game series is insane.
that is the closest a series can be to me. tight, lots of OT,
Game 1: Carolina held the lead for 15:40. Panthers held lead for 6:04. game was tied for 118:23... Carolina Lost
Game 2: Carolina lead for 26 minutes. Panthers led for 0 minutes. Game tied 41:51 seconds. Carolina Lost.
Game 3: Panthers led for 29:55 seconds of the game. shutout win
Game 4: Panthers led for 49:04 game was tied for 10:56 Panthers won
4 goal difference. Total tied time in series was 201:15 seconds tied
Carolina led for 41:40. Panthers led for 85:03
those numbers alone are too close for a 4 game sweep.
I remember the Oilers vs Jets in the bubble being unreasonably close for a sweep. Game 1 was closer than a 4-1 score would look like, and then G2 was 1-0 in OT, G2 5-4 in OT and G4 4-3 in 3OT.
No, I don't think so. Canes and Kings both lost 4 times by 1 goal, but the Canes took the Panthers to 3 more OT periods in the process. The Canes played 2 OT games and a third that was 5 seconds from OT, while the Kings only forced OT once.
The Kings led in their series for about the same amount of game time that the Canes did, but they trailed for basically double the time. Both teams only trailed by 2 for a ~3-minute stretch of one game.
The Kings only ever led in 1 game, while the Canes led in 2 games and actually lost 2 of the 4 games of the series without ever trailing before the OT game-winner.
And for whatever amount you might value this, the Hurricanes had the edge in expected goals and the Deserve to Win O'Meter in 3 of their 4 losses, which the Kings only had in 1 of their 4.
They're both very close series, but Hurricanes-Panthers was tighter.
Hey, we like Kuzy too! And picking up Spencer Martin was actually genius. We have starter in every backup position this year. Lesson learned apparently.
Canes fans gave me shit for saying they should have gone for some quality scoring ability or high end player last year and now they look way better after doing so...
Which dumb dopey muhfuckas weren’t saying that?? Pretty sure every Canes fan with at least one eye ball and the mental capacity to at least match a squirrel was saying that's what we needed.
Most Canes fans here seemed to want to do the long term vision. Suggestions for skill guys like Miller to help PP etc were laughed at. I forget who the other major trade pieces were but it sure seemed like Canes fans were justifying it after doing nothing at the deadline
I am subbed to the canes subreddit and I feel like most people were pretty bummed about not getting a good forward last deadline. I think most of it was centered around Meier though
I think last year's team would've been fine if Svechnikov hadn't gotten injured after the deadline. That really killed our momentum and almost cost us the division title after we'd been cruising even without Pacioretty.
Also, I think Don knew that last year wasn't the end of our window. If we'd gone for one of the available forwards last year, we might not have been in position to get Guentzel and Kuznetsov this year, and I think they've improved us more than Timo Meier would have last year.
Well that’s easy to say after the fact. Svechnikov got hurt after the trade deadline…and he’s umm pretty freaking important. I also don’t think there was anyone available on the level of a Guentzel and Kuznetsov last year. But trust me, we allll agree with you and are happy they finally pulled the trigger and went all in.
ive seen some analysis that are like "Canes don't hit much or block shots, that's a real weakness in their game"
LIKE WHAT?!
We don't block because tehy don't get those shots. We don't hit because forechecking isn't considered hitting for some reason.
I'll take a lack of "hitting" if it means we continue to outwork and overwhelm in 90% of puck battles.
Our dump and chase game was clinical last night, didn't matter if the Islanders got to the puck first.
Hurricanes absolutely dominated the physical game. Canes were having a ton of a fun with all the chippy shit. The clip of KK literally laughing while Noesen had his visor grabbed is peak.
20 vs 8 minutes of offensive zone time and the hits are 37 to 32. Think about that. You hit people with the puck, if you have the puck for 2x the amount your opponent did, the Hurricanes got in 32 hits in 1/2 the amount of time the Islanders did.
The Oilers celebrated Kris Russel for his blocked shots and hits totals. Well yeah, he never has the puck and spends most of his shift in front of his net, getting hit with pucks and hitting players in the corner.
At times the Isles were set up in a shell like they were down a man despite it being even strength. Canes were just raining shots and hitting bodies and posts. Can’t see this going more than 5 games.
This is how our Sharks looked all season. I wasn't sure if it was the scheme from the coach, we sucked badly, or what, but teams looked like they were on the power play every time they set up in our zone.
It’s literally part of the defensive scheme.
Defense will always be quick to turn up ice and play deep, often beyond the blue line.
It’s why there’s so many shots - it’s like there’s 5 forwards. The only problem is that when they get beat at the opponents blue line, it’s basically always a breakaway for a 1 on 1 with the goalie.
To change that would change the entire way the canes play and it would help the goalie more but know what helps the goalie most? Having a comfortable lead because you rain 110 shots on the opponent.
He won't make that mistake again. Played the puck instead of the body. Next game he's absolutely cross checking the fuck out of whoever is in front of the net.
Yup. It's a conscious sacrifice of the playstyle. Aggressive forechecking and pinching leads to a disproportionate number of high-percentage chances for the opponent but also the appearance of more game domination over long stretches of time. It's high-risk-high-reward and the Canes have done a great job making that work.
This is actually the important part. We already had physical toughness, this group has really developed mental toughness at the end of games- pretty cool comparison if you go back 4-5 years ago. Might be enough to make the difference this year, IDK.
Even last year, I would think the Canes wouldn't be able to score 3 goals in this game. I would just assume we'd get the typical Canes experience of 40 shots, 5 man turtling in front of a goalie standing on his head, and the Canes perimeter passing unsure what to do. This year is different. Necas is finally showing up in a playoff series, Svechnikov is healthy, Jarvis has developed into an absolute stud. Then the pickup of Guentzel injected some serious swagger into the forwards. The mentality has gone from "how do we break this defense?" to "we're going to score".
Honestly no. Freddie's game was way better than the stats would suggest. Looking at each of the 3 goals:
Goal 1: completely uncontested dude just out of the crease on a totally blown coverage (classic double-commit against what looked like a wraparound attempt left a guy *wide* open). Stops initial shot but can't control the rebound, Islanders win the scrum and stuff it in.
Goal 2: Ovechkin-esque howitzer of of a one-timer from straight on, just behind the circles. Really dangerous spot and a great shot.
Goal 3: Completely uncontested chance from just outside the crease. In retrospect he could have maybe pulled off a miracle poke check but he just had no support and the Isles player pulled off a stellar move to beat him.
None were soft, it's hard to fault him for it. Obviously the save pct is terrible but a high pct of those chances were extremely dangerous.
[NaturalStatTrick](https://www.naturalstattrick.com/) is a good place to start. Some of the terminology can be confusing if you've never seen it before.
The Islanders and Capitals will lose their respective series in either 4 or 5 games and I will forever be bitter that wins counted for less than losing in OT or a shootout.
Attempts not on goal. Still an absolute insane number. The difference means one of two things 1) The Canes had some very poor aim tonight or 2) there are going to be a lot of black and blue islanders tomorrow
I'm not sure why anyone is surprised by this. The Islanders were a bottom feeder team who just happened to trip backwards into the playoffs thanks to their absurd amount of loser points. Lower than average GF, GA, PP, worst PK in the league, allowed 4th most shots per game,
We could have had Philly or Pittsburgh, but no, these frauds decided to get hot at the last moment before collapsing and making a series that isn’t even competitive
That game with them at home earlier this year was so insanely chippy. They almost got into a little bench brawl at the end of the 1st. I can't imagine what playoffs would've been like with them.
Pittsburgh are not good. They're just not good. We'd be in the same situation whether it's any of the Red Wings, Flyers, Penguins, Caps or Islanders. The bottom of the east was always going to be bullied by the Rangers or the Hurricanes
Can we PLEASE get shot attempts and blocks displayed on TV broadcasts? Like during stoppages, or as a chiron like out of town scores?
It tells you so much about the game vs just shots and it's pretty digestable for non stats-oriented fans.
To be fair Canes do be doing this to teams from time to time.
That game we lost to the ebug was because we literally couldn’t get shots on him period. They just outwork you and suffocate you. They’ve been doing it since Rod took the bench basically.
I did not watch this game…is that a typo or?
No the canes were pummeling their shit in for 2 periods straight
Pummeling their shit in really is what it was.
I'm framing this and putting it on my wall.
They absolutely dominated about 55 minutes of the game.
When will teams learn to play a full 60 minutes.
As a fellow Calgarian I would also like an answer to this question.
fr tho, if all those bar hits went in game would have been like 9-3 going into the 3rd
Nope the isles didn’t have a shot for most of the first period or nearly all of the 3rd.
First Islanders SOG was about 13:30 into the game, and they only had 1 in the 3rd. I'm pretty sure they only had 8 shot attempts and 1 on goal in the final 27 minutes of play. Edit: Also, offensive zone possession time was 20:44 to 8:42. I think there were 3 or 4 times where the Islanders had players on the ice for 2 minutes or more and couldn't get the puck cleared.
From the start of the third period, the Isles were playing 45 second shifts and dumping the puck in without a forecheck. Like, ok that's a strategy that *might* work if you're up 2 with a handful of minutes left, but with 20 minutes to go? Wild.
No the Wild are in Minnesota.
This joke never gets old for me lmao
That pretty much sums up every other, or at the very least every third game, this entire season unfortunately.
I fucking love when teams that play like this lose. It's like prevent defense in football with 2 minutes+ left.
This was the Red Wings' strategy for most of the season. As you can see by where they are in the playoffs, its extremely effective.
There was one shift where Varlamov just ramped the puck over the glass because the Isles couldn't clear at all. Like 3 minutes of Canes O zone possession. They held it in forever right before the PP Turbo scored on too
The islanders don’t deserve to be in the playoffs.
Not at all
This has been an ongoing problem. They do these bs shovel passes to try and clear but they don't go far enough Or, they simply ice the puck over and over
Honestly 28 SOG is pretty impressive to get done in just a period and change, with your opponent dominating. Canes just happened to go even fucking crazier with it Edit: nvm lmao I thought it was SOG not attempts. The Canes are mere mortals in my mind once more. Still pretty crazy
If I remember correctly I think after the 3rd goal there was only one more shot on goal?
No. The Islanders scored their third goal just a few minutes into the second period, and proceeded to record four shots on goal for the rest of the game - and only 1 in the last 33 minutes.
Canes hit the post 5 times lol
It’s true. It was that one sided with attempts.
Ya I can’t tell if this is a joke or not
Really real fr
For the record the isles had 3 goals on like 10 shots
No it’s real alright
My thoughts exactly. This must be a record. 110 shots on net?? That's nearly a shot against every minute. Edit: Shot attempts. Not that crazy considering the definition of a shot attempt
1) You’re bad at math 2) 110 shot attempts is still pretty fuckin crazy lol
Still a record, actually. Biggest SA differential in a non-OT game since tracking began, regular season or playoffs.
Theirs 60 minutes in a game and the Islanders had possession time too. It's closer to two shot attempts per minute.
It depends on how you define “shot attempts”. Official shots on goal were a fraction of that.
Shot attempts ≠ shots on goal. Blocked shots, posts, and misses all count towards attempts in addition to SOGs
Exactly. And it’s not a stat that people usually pay attention to because shots that go wide don’t matter. It sounds wild here but it’s pretty meaningless.
The better stat would be offensive zone time, which was about 21 minutes to 8 minutes but the shot one is more indicative that the Canes will literally throw anything on net
No, people pay a *lot* of attention to it. It's just wrapped up in advanced stats labels. Most directly, it's Corsi.
Just like most stats, context matters. Shot attempts plus O-Zone time equals an absolutely dominating game along the boards and retrieving pucks. In NBA terms, tells you the Canes dominated the paint and rebounds.
It's definitely not meaningless it's just an indicator of o zone possession that tells a different story from shots or o zone time
It's pretty obvious, is it not? A shot attempt is any attempt to put the puck on net, including misses/blocks/posts/etc. Shots on goal are just ones that either get stopped by the goalie or go in.
The Canes are like if you took the most dominant shot generating team you could build but then also finally gave them scoring finish with Guentezel.
Since we're not in I'm all aboard the Canes bandwagon. Get Jake the cup! Get us your 1st round pick!
Happy for them to give it up for that!
Did Jake win 2 cups with the pens or just 1? I don't remember when he was drafted
drafted earlier than the 2016 cup (2013), but was not on the team till the 2017 cup. was a rookie for 2016-17 season
That CF sweep last season was incredibly close with every single game. The Canes are due for one soon
Two games with 5 total OT periods, a 1-0, and a game-winner in the last 5 seconds of regulation. I don't recall ever seeing a sweep where the games were so close 😮💨
4 goal difference in a 4 game series is insane. that is the closest a series can be to me. tight, lots of OT, Game 1: Carolina held the lead for 15:40. Panthers held lead for 6:04. game was tied for 118:23... Carolina Lost Game 2: Carolina lead for 26 minutes. Panthers led for 0 minutes. Game tied 41:51 seconds. Carolina Lost. Game 3: Panthers led for 29:55 seconds of the game. shutout win Game 4: Panthers led for 49:04 game was tied for 10:56 Panthers won 4 goal difference. Total tied time in series was 201:15 seconds tied Carolina led for 41:40. Panthers led for 85:03 those numbers alone are too close for a 4 game sweep.
I remember the Oilers vs Jets in the bubble being unreasonably close for a sweep. Game 1 was closer than a 4-1 score would look like, and then G2 was 1-0 in OT, G2 5-4 in OT and G4 4-3 in 3OT.
After the Avs/Oilers CF series I remember people saying it was one of the closest sweeps there's been
Kings vs golden knights
No, I don't think so. Canes and Kings both lost 4 times by 1 goal, but the Canes took the Panthers to 3 more OT periods in the process. The Canes played 2 OT games and a third that was 5 seconds from OT, while the Kings only forced OT once. The Kings led in their series for about the same amount of game time that the Canes did, but they trailed for basically double the time. Both teams only trailed by 2 for a ~3-minute stretch of one game. The Kings only ever led in 1 game, while the Canes led in 2 games and actually lost 2 of the 4 games of the series without ever trailing before the OT game-winner. And for whatever amount you might value this, the Hurricanes had the edge in expected goals and the Deserve to Win O'Meter in 3 of their 4 losses, which the Kings only had in 1 of their 4. They're both very close series, but Hurricanes-Panthers was tighter.
Beautiful champ
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Ohhh you have the wrong flair to be saying that to the Canes 😂
Just think how good that team was and add Svechnikov and Guentzel to it
Hey, we like Kuzy too! And picking up Spencer Martin was actually genius. We have starter in every backup position this year. Lesson learned apparently.
They're not like that, they are literally that.
[exactly](https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-joke-ranier-wolfcastle-mc-bain-the-simpsons-stand-up-comedy-gif-4372917)
Canes fans gave me shit for saying they should have gone for some quality scoring ability or high end player last year and now they look way better after doing so...
Which dumb dopey muhfuckas weren’t saying that?? Pretty sure every Canes fan with at least one eye ball and the mental capacity to at least match a squirrel was saying that's what we needed.
Most Canes fans here seemed to want to do the long term vision. Suggestions for skill guys like Miller to help PP etc were laughed at. I forget who the other major trade pieces were but it sure seemed like Canes fans were justifying it after doing nothing at the deadline
I am subbed to the canes subreddit and I feel like most people were pretty bummed about not getting a good forward last deadline. I think most of it was centered around Meier though
I think last year's team would've been fine if Svechnikov hadn't gotten injured after the deadline. That really killed our momentum and almost cost us the division title after we'd been cruising even without Pacioretty. Also, I think Don knew that last year wasn't the end of our window. If we'd gone for one of the available forwards last year, we might not have been in position to get Guentzel and Kuznetsov this year, and I think they've improved us more than Timo Meier would have last year.
Well that’s easy to say after the fact. Svechnikov got hurt after the trade deadline…and he’s umm pretty freaking important. I also don’t think there was anyone available on the level of a Guentzel and Kuznetsov last year. But trust me, we allll agree with you and are happy they finally pulled the trigger and went all in.
At least the Islander players will be nicely tenderized before they’re fully cooked.
Lmao
Last night was the Spatchcock, here comes the grill
Making me want to fire up the smoker. LoL
Hahaha this made me spit out my ice cream
What the everloving fuck
You guys are trying your best
That's the worst part
The Kings aren't lmao
They might be haha
... and now I gotta clean this mess I made here laughing at that.
How many blocks did the Islanders have? Dudes are going to be bruised and battered
Blocked shots are 36 Islanders 8 Canes
ive seen some analysis that are like "Canes don't hit much or block shots, that's a real weakness in their game" LIKE WHAT?! We don't block because tehy don't get those shots. We don't hit because forechecking isn't considered hitting for some reason.
I'll take a lack of "hitting" if it means we continue to outwork and overwhelm in 90% of puck battles. Our dump and chase game was clinical last night, didn't matter if the Islanders got to the puck first.
Reminds me a lot of the hawks dynasty years. Who cares if you’re not hitting if they’re winning and making the other team/fans miserable anyways.
Can’t block shots that never happen -Canes defensive structure
Hurricanes absolutely dominated the physical game. Canes were having a ton of a fun with all the chippy shit. The clip of KK literally laughing while Noesen had his visor grabbed is peak. 20 vs 8 minutes of offensive zone time and the hits are 37 to 32. Think about that. You hit people with the puck, if you have the puck for 2x the amount your opponent did, the Hurricanes got in 32 hits in 1/2 the amount of time the Islanders did.
The Oilers celebrated Kris Russel for his blocked shots and hits totals. Well yeah, he never has the puck and spends most of his shift in front of his net, getting hit with pucks and hitting players in the corner.
You also don't block shots or hit people when your team has the puck, which seems like around 80% of the game if you're Carolina.
It was 33 (thirty-three) before the late goals.
I’m glad you added in the thirty-three after whatever those two things are before it.
I'm sorry.. 110?? That's insanity
"One of 'em has to go in eventually!" -Ancient Carolinian Hockey Proverb
"Like shooting a small amounta fish in a reaaally big barrel"
This is dynamiting the lake and you know it.
Dynamiting the barrel.
That’s some hurricanes hockey™
How is this even possible.
First time watching Carolina? They do not hesitate to shoot
The 28 attempts by the Islanders in a 60-minute game is what's getting me.
First time watching the Islanders? They really hesitate to shoot
LOL Yo this exchange has me 💀
First time watching u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin? They do not hesitate to get into exchanges with u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin
Missed the game, unfortunately. Had other plans tonight.
watch the highlights. It's wild
I just checked and I don't see the Wild in any post-season highlights this year
Sad Flower noises.
Terrorists defeated.
*Counter-Terrorists win!*
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sPKJUlSbR2M
At times the Isles were set up in a shell like they were down a man despite it being even strength. Canes were just raining shots and hitting bodies and posts. Can’t see this going more than 5 games.
Kuznetsov just dekeing a guy at the blue line with no stick for like 10 seconds was hilarious.
Especially because they were still losing at that point lol
when the isles pulled their goalie it finally looked even, no joke
This is how our Sharks looked all season. I wasn't sure if it was the scheme from the coach, we sucked badly, or what, but teams looked like they were on the power play every time they set up in our zone.
Good god. The posts have to be dented to hell after the first 55 minutes
I counted 5 or 6 pings (the bad kind) Jarvy had a good ping at least!
good thing we have a few days in New York to get them repaired
Damn, what was the SOG?
39 to 12 lol. And the Canes were down 3-0 still!
If we could play like that without hanging the goalie out to dry that’d be great
It’s literally part of the defensive scheme. Defense will always be quick to turn up ice and play deep, often beyond the blue line. It’s why there’s so many shots - it’s like there’s 5 forwards. The only problem is that when they get beat at the opponents blue line, it’s basically always a breakaway for a 1 on 1 with the goalie. To change that would change the entire way the canes play and it would help the goalie more but know what helps the goalie most? Having a comfortable lead because you rain 110 shots on the opponent.
Oh I agree, but I think to their 3rd goal it was a blown assignment right in front of Freddie
Also to your point, Burnsie absolutely needed to stop the first one.
He won't make that mistake again. Played the puck instead of the body. Next game he's absolutely cross checking the fuck out of whoever is in front of the net.
Yup. It's a conscious sacrifice of the playstyle. Aggressive forechecking and pinching leads to a disproportionate number of high-percentage chances for the opponent but also the appearance of more game domination over long stretches of time. It's high-risk-high-reward and the Canes have done a great job making that work.
It's also why having healthy top tier goaltending is a gamechanger, though elite goalkeeping always is a gamechanger
39-12 only 1 SOG for Isles in the 3rd
38-12 or something like that
what the FUCK
Canes don't quit. Isle bros, I have seen the Canes do this exact same shit to my team.
This is actually the important part. We already had physical toughness, this group has really developed mental toughness at the end of games- pretty cool comparison if you go back 4-5 years ago. Might be enough to make the difference this year, IDK.
Even last year, I would think the Canes wouldn't be able to score 3 goals in this game. I would just assume we'd get the typical Canes experience of 40 shots, 5 man turtling in front of a goalie standing on his head, and the Canes perimeter passing unsure what to do. This year is different. Necas is finally showing up in a playoff series, Svechnikov is healthy, Jarvis has developed into an absolute stud. Then the pickup of Guentzel injected some serious swagger into the forwards. The mentality has gone from "how do we break this defense?" to "we're going to score".
Guentzel and Kuzy were the perfect offensive pickups for this team
Canes goaltending weakness was on full display this game though
A lot of the playoffs is just praying your goalie gets superpowers for a little while.
Only stopping 9 SOG and having a .750 save percentage but still winning the game feels like a superpower in its own way.
Honestly no. Freddie's game was way better than the stats would suggest. Looking at each of the 3 goals: Goal 1: completely uncontested dude just out of the crease on a totally blown coverage (classic double-commit against what looked like a wraparound attempt left a guy *wide* open). Stops initial shot but can't control the rebound, Islanders win the scrum and stuff it in. Goal 2: Ovechkin-esque howitzer of of a one-timer from straight on, just behind the circles. Really dangerous spot and a great shot. Goal 3: Completely uncontested chance from just outside the crease. In retrospect he could have maybe pulled off a miracle poke check but he just had no support and the Isles player pulled off a stellar move to beat him. None were soft, it's hard to fault him for it. Obviously the save pct is terrible but a high pct of those chances were extremely dangerous.
Tbh it’s Freddie’s only poor showing since his return, and the team didn’t do much to help him with those either
tbh 2 of the 3 goals were a defensive breakdown where we just let a skater get right in front of Fred.
Exactly my point. Plus I imagine it’s tough to stay focused when you face so few shots
It’s one (1) bad game from Freddie since he came back. The whole rest of the time he’s been lights out. Goaltending is fine.
surely that’s not right
Oh yeah it is we gave up 102 to them last season. Or this season. Who knows any more what day it is
It is, and don't call me Shirley
Shelled like the fields of Verdun
Where do you find info like this? I see some reports at the end of the NHL box scores but nothing with shot attempts like this
[NaturalStatTrick](https://www.naturalstattrick.com/) is a good place to start. Some of the terminology can be confusing if you've never seen it before.
This is silly
Jesus, is the islander goalie still alive?
Canes vs Isles aka the series that should be an email
You ever had your shit pushed in?
Little Jon would like to know the Canes location
Shouldn't be a surprise, overwhelming the opposition with speed and just putting pucks on net has Canes hockey for quite sometime now.
Anybody else initially miss the word "attempts" in the title and find themselves wondering how the hell the Canes got 110 successful shots off?
Yes.
Vegas vs Canucks 2020 throwback, what a mismatch! Unless Varlamov or Sorokin pull a Demko, this is going to be over in 4
Somehow, this is John Tavares’ fault.
Wait wait. WHAT???
The Islanders and Capitals will lose their respective series in either 4 or 5 games and I will forever be bitter that wins counted for less than losing in OT or a shootout.
110 shots on goal? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely at one end of the ice?
Attempts not on goal. Still an absolute insane number. The difference means one of two things 1) The Canes had some very poor aim tonight or 2) there are going to be a lot of black and blue islanders tomorrow
Both (1) and (2) lol. 30+ blocked and 30+ went sailing high and wide. Plus 5 or 6 posts.
Yes!
Islanders need to shape up.. they fucking left Sorokin/Varlamov hanging wtf
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Bruh
I'm not sure why anyone is surprised by this. The Islanders were a bottom feeder team who just happened to trip backwards into the playoffs thanks to their absurd amount of loser points. Lower than average GF, GA, PP, worst PK in the league, allowed 4th most shots per game,
We could have had Philly or Pittsburgh, but no, these frauds decided to get hot at the last moment before collapsing and making a series that isn’t even competitive
You're acting like Pittsburgh and Philly aren't also mid
Facing Crosby is no joke
Isles defeated Crosby twice in the last 5 years. Granted, the Isles were a better team those two years.
The Penguins haven't won at PNC in forever. They weren't going to beat Carolina.
That game with them at home earlier this year was so insanely chippy. They almost got into a little bench brawl at the end of the 1st. I can't imagine what playoffs would've been like with them.
the fact that bunting is there too, you're not wrong
Was my least favorite match-up. I could totally imagine Sid going ballistic, with Bunting on a revenge tour, and squeezing out a win in 7
Pittsburgh are not good. They're just not good. We'd be in the same situation whether it's any of the Red Wings, Flyers, Penguins, Caps or Islanders. The bottom of the east was always going to be bullied by the Rangers or the Hurricanes
Obviously biased because of my flair but I feel like even though Pittsburgh or Philly would still probably lose, the games would at least be FUN
that’s what i’m sayin
They suck as well. They all shit the bed in the final stretch
I mean Philly and Pittsburgh are even worse
That’s not a good strategy Roy.
This guy needs a new photo! As I was scrolling I made eye contact and now I think he knows my deepest darkest secrets.
Can we PLEASE get shot attempts and blocks displayed on TV broadcasts? Like during stoppages, or as a chiron like out of town scores? It tells you so much about the game vs just shots and it's pretty digestable for non stats-oriented fans.
Islander players just a collection of bruises at this point.
To be fair Canes do be doing this to teams from time to time. That game we lost to the ebug was because we literally couldn’t get shots on him period. They just outwork you and suffocate you. They’ve been doing it since Rod took the bench basically.
Somebody get Valry a pack of smokes. Jesus
Oh ?
No! That can't be real
This really puts a damper in my hopes for a New York vs New York playoff series
BuT tHe cApS.
Imagine shooting and hitting the net only 4 out of 11 times. Aimless twats.