This post will focus on the number of successful puck-possession plays each Montreal Canadiens defenseman has contributed through the first 2 games of the 2013-14 preseason.
Every successful puck-possession play has been included, regardless of zone.
Offensive and defensive touches are not dependant on the zone they occurred in. Offensive indicates plays that occurred while the Montreal player had possession of the puck, while defensive-touches are classified as those plays that occurred in order to remove puck-possession from the opposition. For an offensive-touch to be deamed successful the player must maintain possession or get a shot on net. For a defensive-touch to be successful the player must remove possession from the opposition.
How to read the graph:
- The higher the player's bubble is, the more successful offensive-touches they produced per-minute played
- The further to the right the players bubble is, the more successful defensive-touches they produced
- The bigger the bubble is, the more events they engaged in per-minute played
Only EVEN-STRENGTH events are included.
- Successful offensive-touches include; passes, dump-ins, dump-outs, and shots through to the net.
- Successful defensive-touches include; stick checks, body checks, blocked shots, blocked passes
Josh Gorges completed the most successful plays with possession per-minute played. Number 26 also contributed the third-most successful defensive-touches per-minute.
Greg Pateryn completed the second-most successful o-touches, while Darren Dietz completed the third-most. Pateryn and Dietz have also produced the fewest successful defensive-touches to-date.
Douglas Murray contributed the most successful defensive-touches per-minute played, while Matt Lashoff produced the second-most.
Lashoff also completed the fewest offensive-touches per-minute played.
IMPORTANT
This graph only represents each player's play during the first two preseason games. As such, it is not meant to reflect each player's long-term ability.
