Stats: Why VGK is way better today, than earlier in the year; 4 days with no games edition.

Are we playing better offense today and if so is it (the style of offense) having any impact on defense?

So I identified two 5W-1L runs to compare. The 5-1 run from 11-19-18 to 11-29-18 (NOV) & the 5-1 run from 2-28-19 to 3-10-19 (Feb. welcome to the Stone age).

Player Lineup differences: No Stastny (Hurt, IR) or Stone in the November run. Subban was in goal for each Calgary loss, MAF for the other games.

Opponent differences:

The November opponents were, in order (CGY 7-2 L, AZ 3-2 OT W, CGY 2-0 W, SJS 6-0 W, CHI 8-3 W, VAN 4-3 W) A difficult stretch where VGK played very good hockey.

The Feb. post Stone Addition (FLA 6-5 SO W, ANA 3-0 W, VAN 3-0 W, CGY 2-1 W, VAN 6-2 W, CGY 3-6 L)

So the November was a bit more difficult, especially as Stastny was out injured. Both had the same VGK goalie starts and shutouts.

So all things being equal (It was SJS worst game of the year) here are the key performance metrics between the two 5-1 runs by the different squads: November w/out Stastny and Stone & with them in the FEB run.

Corsi:

For events; NOV: 382 Feb: 339 down -43

Against events; NOV: 362 Feb: 281 down -81

CF% NOV: 51.34% Feb: 54.68% up 3.34%

Fenwick by the way shows the same trend

Shots

For; NOV:208 Feb:188 down -20

Against; NOV: 190 Feb:164 down -26

SF% NOV; 52.26% Feb; 53.41% up 2.79%

Goals

For; NOV: 22 Feb: 17 down -5

Against; NOV:19 Feb: 10 down -9

GF% NOV: 53.66% Feb: 62.96%

High Danger Chances

For; NOV: 79 Feb: 69 down -10

Against; NOV: 68 Feb: 52 down -16

HDCF%; NOV: 53.74% Feb: 57.02% up 3.28%

High Danger Shots

For; NOV: 60 Feb: 53 down -7

Against; NOV: 48 Feb: 41 down -7

HDSF%; NOV: 55.56% Feb: 56.38% up 0.82%

High Danger Goals

For; NOV: 11 Feb: 12 up 1

Against; NOV: 13 Feb: 5 down -8

HDGF%; NOV: 45.83% Feb: 70.59% up 24.76%

HDSH% NOV: 18.33% Feb: 22.64 up 4.31%

Mid Danger Chances

For; NOV: 104 Feb: 98 down -6

Against; NOV: 104 Feb: 87 down -17

MDCF%; NOV: 50.0% Feb: 52.97% up 2.97%

Mid Danger Shots

For; NOV: 64 Feb: 49 down -15

Against; NOV: 65 Feb: 39 down -26

MDSF%; NOV: 49.61% Feb: 55.68% up 6.07%

Mid Danger Goals

For; NOV: 8 Feb: 1 down -7

Against; NOV: 6 Feb: 2 down -4

MDGF%; NOV: 57.14% Feb: 33.33% down 23.81%

MDSH%; NOV: 12.50% Feb: 2.04% down 10.46%

MDSV%; NOV: 90.8% Feb: 94.87% up 4.07%

Low Danger Chance

For; NOV: 162 Feb: 142 down -20

Against; NOV: 159 Feb: 119 down -40

LDCF%; NOV: 50.47% Feb: 54.47% up 3.94%

Low Danger Shots

For; NOV: 79 Feb: 75 down -4

Against; NOV: 63 Feb: 79 up 16

LDSF%; NOV: 55.63% Feb: 48.7% down 6.93%

Low Danger Goals

For; NOV: 3 Feb: 4 up 1

Against; NOV: 0 Feb: 3 up 3

LDGF%; NOV: 100% Feb: 57.14% down 42.86%

LDSH%; NOV: 3.80% Feb: 5.33% up 1.53%

LDSV%; NOV: 100% Feb: 96.2% down 3.80%

Overall Shooting %

For; NOV: 10.58% Feb: 9.04 down 1.54%

Overall Save %

For; NOV: 90.0% Feb: 93.9% up 3.9%

PDO (Luck)

For; NOV: 103 Feb: 1.029

What do you think?