It's important to remember that the totals included here do not represent these players' totals while playing together. They actually represent each player's individual totals combined.
OFFENSIVE-TOUCHES (plays with possession)
This graph reflects how each Habs defenseman has performed offensively in the defensive-zone. The higher the bubble, the more FAILED offensive-touches (plays with puck-possession) the player has produced. Expressed differently, the higher the bubble is, the more defensive-zone turnovers that player has produced per-minute played. The further to the right the bubble is, the more successful offensive-touches (plays with possession) the defenseman has contributed.
- Douglas Murray, and Alexei Emelin have produced the most defensive-zone turnovers per-minute played. Josh Gorges, Francis Bouillon, and Raphael Diaz have produced the fewest d-zone turnovers per-minute.
- PK Subban produces the most successful offensive-touches per-minute, while Murray produces the fewest.
- In terms of success-rates, Subban has the highest defensive-zone puck-possession success-rate; followed by Gorges, and Diaz.
POTENTIAL DEFENSIVE-PAIRINGS
This graph indicates how the player's making up the current, as well as any potential defensive-pairings have played in the defensive-zone.
- The Markov/Subban duo have the highest combined puck-possession success-rate, and produce only the third-most defensive-zone turnovers.
- The Gorges/Emelin duo produce more successful offensive-touches per-minute than a potential Gorges/Diaz pairing. But, the Gorges/Diaz duo have a better puck-possession success-rate.
- An Emelin/Murray pair would produce more defensive-zone turnovers than any potential combination.
- A Bouillon/Emelin combination would produce the fourth-most successful offensive-touches, and would have a better success-rate than any Murray-involved duo.
DEFENSIVE-TOUCHES (plays removing/acquiring possession)
This graph reflects how each Habs defenseman has performed defensively in the defensive-zone. The higher the bubble, the more FAILED defensive-touches (plays removing/acquiring possession) the player has produced. The further to the right the bubble is, the more successful defensive-touches the defenseman has contributed.
- Murray has produced both the most successful, and the most failed defensive-touches per-minute played; with Markov second in both categories.
- Bouillon, and Gorges have produced the fewest FAILED defensive-touches per-minute, while Emelin and Subban have produced the fewest successful defensive-touches.
- In terms of success-rates, Gorges has the highest defensive-zone defensive success-rate; followed by Bouillon.
- Outside of Gorges and Bouillon, no other Montreal d-man has a defensive success-rate above 70%.
POTENTIAL DEFENSIVE-PAIRINGS
This graph indicates how the player's making up the current, as well as any potential defensive-pairings have played defensively in the defensive-zone.
- The Gorges/Diaz duo have the highest combined defensive success-rate, and produce the third-most successful defensive-touches.
- A Murray/Emelin pairing would have the lowest defensive success-rate.
- The Murray/Diaz duo has produced more successful defensive-touches per-minute than any other potential pairing, while a potential Murray/Emelin pairing would produce the second-most successful defensive-touches, as well as the most FAILED defensive-touches.
- A Bouillon/Emelin combination would produce the fewest successful defensive-touches
This is a key strength of data-generated scouting. It provides us with an exclusive opportunity to use the data collected for each player in order to tangibly compare the potential strengths and weaknesses of both possible, and current defensive-pairings
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