The Rangers outperformed the Habs in the neutral-zone both offensively, and defensively; thereby making it almost impossible for Montreal to create any offense from their transition-game. This neutral-zone success translated directly into scoring-chances, as the Rangers averaged 21.3 even-strength scoring-chances per-60 in game 6, while Montreal averaged an even 6.
NEUTRAL-ZONE RATING AND RATIOS
The numbers here relate to each team's play in the neutral-zone. These numbers reflect the amount of successful and failed plays each team made in the neutral-zone. The ratio indicates the number of successful plays produced for every 1 failed play.
As shown, the Rangers made an incredible 3.71 successful plays in the neutral-zone for every 1 unsuccessful play. Montreal's neutral-zone ratio was only 2.53 successful plays per-failed play. The Rangers were slightly more involved in the neutral-zone with 0.80 events per-minute, while their neutral-zone rating of 0.46 was substantially higher than Montreal's rating of 0.34. Ratings communicate how many more successful plays than failed plays each team contributed per-minute played.
Each team's takeaway to turnover ratio speaks volumes about their neutral-zone performance in game 6. New York produced an incredible 3.44 neutral-zone takeaways for every 1 turnover, while the Habs were only able to produced 1.89 takeaways per-turnover.
HABS G6NYR G6
POS139152POS
NEG5541NEG
RATIO2.533.71RATIO
HABS G6NYR G6
POS/MIN0.560.63POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.220.17NEG/MIN
HABS G6NYR G6
EVENTS/ MIN0.780.80EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD0.340.46RISK/REWARD
HABS G6NYR G6
N-ZONE TAKEAWAY TO TURNOVER RATIO1.8923.435N-ZONE TAKEAWAY TO TURNOVER RATIO
NEUTRAL-ZONE PLAYS WITH POSSESSION
An offensive-touch represents any play made while in possession of the puck. In this case, it includes only those plays made in the neutral-zone. Events used in this calculation include; east/west passes, north/south passes, open-ice dekes, wall dekes, dump-ins, and chip-ins.
The Rangers attempted fewer neutral-zone puck-possession plays during game 6, but were far more successful than the Canadiens. Montreal's neutral-zone puck-possession success-rate was 63.9%, while the Rangers was 74.5%. Expressed differently, this indicates that the Habs turned the puck over 36.1% of the time they made a possession play in the neutral-zone during game 6, while the Rangers neutral-zone turnover-rate was only 25.5%.
HABS G6NYR G6
SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE O-TOUCHES/MP0.2780.304SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE O-TOUCHES/MP
ATTEMPTED N-ZONE O-TOUCHES/MP0.4350.408ATTEMPTED N-ZONE O-TOUCHES/MP
N-ZONE OTOUCH SUCCESS-RATE63.9%74.5%N-ZONE OTOUCH SUCCESS-RATE
HABS G6NYR G6
DUMP-INS AND CHIP-INS
The Rangers attempted and produced more successful dump-ins and chip-ins than the Habs did during game 6. Montreal's success-rate when attempting chip-ins was particularly-low, while the Rangers completed substantially more dump-ins than the Habs.
HABS G6NYR G6
SUCCESSFUL DUMP-INS/MP0.0770.129SUCCESSFUL DUMP-INS/MP
ATTEMPTED DUMP-INS/MP0.1090.175ATTEMPTED DUMP-INS/MP
DUMP-IN SUCCESS-RATE70.4%73.8%DUMP-IN SUCCESS-RATE
HABS G6NYR G6
SUCCESSFUL CHIP-DUMPS/MP0.0280.037SUCCESSFUL CHIP-DUMPS/MP
ATTEMPTED CHIP-DUMPS/MP0.0440.050ATTEMPTED CHIP-DUMPS/MP
CHIP DUMP SUCCESS-RATE63.6%75.0%CHIP DUMP SUCCESS-RATE
HABS G6NYR G6
NEUTRAL-ZONE PASSING
Montreal was actually more active, and more successful than the Rangers when attempting east/west passes across the neutral-zone, as the Habs were successful with 87.5% of these passes, while the Rangers completed 81.8%. It was the north/south passes that hurt the Habs success-rate, as they completed only 40.6% of these passes, while New York completed 77.8%.
HABS G6NYR G6
SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE EAST/WEST PASSES/MP0.0850.037SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE EAST/WEST PASSES/MP
ATTEMPTED N-ZONE EAST/WEST PASSES/MP0.0970.046ATTEMPTED N-ZONE EAST/WEST PASSES/MP
N-ZONE EAST/WEST PASS SUCCESS-RATE87.5%81.8%N-ZONE EAST/WEST PASS SUCCESS-RATE
HABS G6NYR G6
SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE PASSES/MP0.0520.087SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE PASSES/MP
ATTEMPTED N-ZONE PASSES/MP0.1290.112ATTEMPTED N-ZONE PASSES/MP
N-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE40.6%77.8%N-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE
HABS G6NYR G6
OVERALL SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE PASSES/MP0.1370.125OVERALL SUCCESSFUL N-ZONE PASSES/MP
OVERALL ATTEMPTED N-ZONE PASSES/MP0.2260.158OVERALL ATTEMPTED N-ZONE PASSES/MP
OVERALL N-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE60.7%78.9%OVERALL N-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE
HABS G6NYR G6
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