Gorges does not put up big points, and rarely makes an impressive hit. He simply plays solid defense, and consistently moves the puck successfully out of the defensive-zone.
How solid is his defense?
- No other Montreal Canadiens defenseman has had a better defensive success-rate than Josh Gorges; not only this season, but last season as well.
How consistently does he move the puck out of the defensive-zone?
- Only PK Subban has a better even-strength puck-possession success-rate than Gorges in either of the last two season. In fact, Subban's defensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 75.2% is only 0.1 percentage-point better than Gorges' rating of 75.1%.
Gorges also produces the most successful defensive-touches in the defensive-zone while short-handed, and has the top short-handed defensive success-rate. He has the top takeaway to turnover ratio among Montreal d-men, and the second-best even-strength ratio.
LAST 10 GAMES
Gorges has struggled defensively over the last 10 games. Both his ratio and risk/reward rating are down. He does have a better puck-possession (o-touch) success-rate over the last 10 games, but his defensive success-rate is down 7.4 percentage-points. Despite the lower success-rate, he is actually producing more successful defensive-touches than his season average.
Gorges even-strength ratio, his defensive success-rate, as well as his takeaway to turnover ratio seem to have the most impact on the Habs success.
- During Montreal wins Gorges has produced 3.24 successful plays at even-strength for every 1 unsuccessful play; when they lose his ratio is 2.89.
- During games where the Habs have outscored the opposition at even-strength, Gorges has a defensive success-rate of 71.4%; when they've been outscored his success-rate is only 67.8%
- During Habs wins Gorges has averaged 3.31 takeaways for every 1 giveaway; when they've lost his takeaway to turnover ratio has been 2.81.
How to read the table:
- "2013-14" = Average numbers this season
- "LAST 10" = Average numbers during last 10 games
- "ES POS" = Average numbers when Habs outscore the opposition at even-strength
- "ES NEG" = Average numbers when Habs are outscored by the opposition at ES
- "WINS" =Average numbers when Habs win
- "LOSSES" =Average numbers when Habs lose
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RATINGS AND RATIOSD-MEN2013-14GORGES2013-14GORGESLAST 10 GAMESGORGES'ES POS'GORGES'ES NEG'GORGES'WINS'GORGES'LOSSES'
OVERALL RATIO2.963.00N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING2.181.99N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
ES RATIO2.853.072.743.132.953.242.89
ES RISK/REWARD RATING2.122.081.882.082.032.162.00
ES OTOUCHES / MP2.1471.9311.8931.8871.9621.9011.970
ES SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE TOUCH %68.7%71.0%72.7%69.9%70.8%72.2%69.6%
ES DTOUCHES / MP0.8800.8790.9660.8510.9130.9070.878
ES SUCCESSFUL DEFENSIVE-TOUCH %67.4%68.9%61.5%71.4%67.8%70.2%67.8%
PP RATIO4.484.8512.002.6013.50
PP SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE TOUCH %80.4%88.9%100.0%81.0%100.0%
SH RATIO2.502.463.052.292.59
SH SUCCESSFUL DEFENSIVE-TOUCH %67.7%71.0%74.4%70.8%72.4%
TAKEAWAY TO TURNOVER RATIO (HIGHER IS BETTER)2.653.053.083.052.953.312.81
SCORING CHANCE FOR/AGAINST RATIO (HIGHER IS BETTER)0.500.340.260.380.380.370.34
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