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Comparing Habs Puck-possession Tendencies During Season with Their First and Second Round Tendencies

By Kicks @Chrisboucher73
This post will focus on the Montreal Canadiens puck-possession tendencies in each of the 3 zones. Also indicated is the team's success-rate when attempting to make a play with possession in each zone. Included in these tendencies are all even-strength puck-possession plays.
A list of all the events I track can be found here.
OFFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION TENDENCIES
SEASON
Habs had an offensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 55.4% during the regular season.

ROUND 1 (VS. TAMPA BAY)
Habs had an offensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 57.2% during the first round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

ROUND 2 (VS. BOSTON)
The Habs have produced an offensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 49.6% through 3 games against the Boston Bruins. Montreal has attempted to cycle the puck in the offensive-zone more often against the Bruins. They have attempted to beat players 1on1 (deke) less often, while attempting to shoot more often.

DEFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION TENDENCIES
SEASON
Habs produced a defensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 71.8% during the regular season.

ROUND 1 (VS. TAMPA BAY)
Habs produced a defensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 75.1% during the first round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

ROUND 2 (VS. BOSTON)
The Habs have produced a defensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 70.5% through 3 games in the Boston series. They have chosen (or been forced) to make standard outlet passes less often against Boston than they did during the regular season. Not surprisingly, they are choosing the dump-out option more often; although the d-zone tendencies against the Bruins compare reasonably well with those produced versus Tampa Bay.

NEUTRAL-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION TENDENCIES
SEASON
Habs produced a neutral-zone puck-possession success-rate of 65.7% during the regular season.

ROUND 1 (VS. TAMPA BAY)
Habs had  a neutral-zone puck-possession success-rate of 67.1% during the first round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

ROUND 2 (VS. BOSTON)
The Habs have produced a neutral-zone puck-possession success-rate of 65.9% through 3 games against the Bruins in round 2. The Habs have chosen the chip-dump option far more often during the playoffs. They have also chosen to make east/west passes in the neutral-zone less often against the Bruins, while attempting substantially more standard dump-ins.


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