Successful offensive-zone possession plays per-60
This post will focus on the number of successful plays with puck-possession in the offensive-zone each Montreal Canadiens player has produced per-60 minutes. A successful o-zone possession play includes any successful pass, deke, or shot. A successful shot is a shot that is on net. A successful deke occurs when a player beats a player 1on1 in the offensive-zone without losing possession. a successful pass occurs when a player passes the puck to a teammate, and that teammate is able to maintain possession from the pass.
All dekes include sub-categories such as wall-dekes and open ice dekes, while all passes include sub-categories such as cycle passes, passes to the slot, east/west passes, and passes off of the rush. A list of every event tracked can be found here.
Francis Bouillon is the only defenseman to have produced more successful o-zone possession plays per-60 during the Boston series than he contributed during the regular season. Bouillon produced 13.02 successful o-zone o-touches per-minute during the season, and has 14.41 per-60 in the Boston series.
Among forwards, only Lars Eller, and Rene Bourque have produced more successful o-zone o-touches per-60 against Boston than they averaged during the regular season. Eller contributed 36.9 successful o-touches in the o-zone during the season, and has produced 38.6 per-60 versus Boston. Bourque has gone from 33.3 per-60 during the season, to 34.2 per-60 against Boston.
Every one of the Habs top offensive-forwards have seen their successful o-touches in the offensive-zone drop during the Boston series. These players include Tomas Plekanec, David Desharnais, Brendan Gallagher, Thomas Vanek, and Max Pacioretty. Plekanec has produced 6.81 fewer successful o-touches per-60 against Boston than he averaged during the season, while Desharnais has produced 8.8 fewer, Gallagher 17.1 fewer, Vanek 18.2 fewer, and Pacioretty 12.6 fewer per-60 minutes of even-strength ice-time.
