EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Risk/reward rating simply represents how many more successful plays than unsuccessful plays a player produces per-minute of ice-time. The higher the number, the more that player helps rather than hurts his team. Ratio is simply a representation of the ratio of successful plays a player contributes for every 1 unsuccessful play.
The average risk/reward rating among Montreal Canadiens defensemen is 2.13, while the average ratio is 2.82 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. Subban's average risk/reward for the season is 2.55, and his average ratio is 2.90.
Subban has produced an above average rating and ratio in 10 of Montreal's 17 games. That said, he produced a season-low rating during the team's most recent loss to Ottawa.
EVEN-STRENGTH SCORING CHANCES FOR AND AGAINST PER-MINUTE PLAYED
Subban has been directly involved in an average of 0.134 scoring chances for per-minute of even-strength ice-time this season. The team average for defensemen is 0.68; meaning Subban has helped produced almost twice as many scoring-chances per-minute played than the average Montreal defensemen.
That said, Subban has also been directly involved in 0.147 scoring chances against per-minute played. The average for Montreal defensemen is 0.110 scoring chances against per-minute, and only Nathan Beaulieu, Jarred Tinordi, and Douglas Murray have been directly involved in more scoring chances-against per-minute than Subban.
The below trendline shows us that Subban is helping to produce far less scoring chances per-minute than he was earlier in the season, while also being involved in just slightly more scoring chances against per-minute.
EVEN-STRENGTH DEFENSIVE-TOUCH SUCCESS-RATE
A player's defensive-touch success-rate reflects how successful a player is when attempting to remove puck-possession from the opposition. Events used in this calculation include; stick-checks, body-checks, blocked passes, and blocked shots. Events that occur in all 3 zones at even-strength are included.
Subban's even-strength defensive-touch success-rate this season currently stands at 57%. The team average among Habs defensemen is 63.3%. Only Beaulieu has produced a lower d-touch success-rate at even-strength than PK this season. That said, as the below trendline indicates, Subban's d-touch success-rate has been trending upwards in recent games, and was above above-average in 6 of the last 8 games.
EVEN-STRENGTH OFFENSIVE-TOUCH SUCCESS-RATE
A player's offensive-touch success-rate reflects how successful a player is when attempting to maintain puck-possession or get on a shot on net. Events used in this calculation include; passes, dekes, shots, and dump-ins. Events that occur in all 3 zones at even-strength are included.
Subban's average o-touch success-rate this season is 69.9%. The average produced by the Habs d-core currently stands at an even 68%. Only Andrei Markov and the under-appreciated Josh Gorges have a better offensive-touch success-rate than Subban.
PK's o-touch success-rate is still trending slightly upwards, despite some season-low numbers in recent games.
EVEN-STRENGTH ATTEMPTED SHOTS PER-MINUTE PLAYED
Subban has attempted an average of 0.241 shots on net per-minute of even-strength ice-time this season. The average among Habs defensemen is 0.153 shots per-minute.
Subban attempted a season-high 11 shots on net in a recent game against Ottawa. This has helped move PK's trendline upwards.
EVEN-STRENGTH SHOTS-THROUGH TO THE NET PER-MINUTE PLAYED
Subban has been able to get an average of 0.095 shots through to the net per-minute of even-strength ice-time this season. The average among Habs defensemen is 0.054 shots per-minute.
Subban's trendline shows a substantial improvement in his ability to get shot through at even-strength.
EVEN-STRENGTH DEFENSIVE-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE
A player's defensive-zone passing success-rate represents how successful a player is at completing passes successfully in the defensive-zone.
Subban has a defensive-zone passing success-rate of 77% this season. This tells us that PK completes 77% of the passes he attempts while positioned in the defensive-zone. The average among Montreal defensemen is 74%. Only Andrei Markov has a better d-zone passing success-rate than the supposed high-risk Subban.
Subban's d-zone passing success-rate has been above 80% in 8 of the team's 17 games this season, and has fallen below the team average only 4 times.
EVEN-STRENGTH DEFENSIVE-ZONE DEFENSIVE-TOUCH SUCCESS-RATE
A player's defensive-touch success-rate reflects how successful a player is when attempting to remove puck-possession from the opposition in the defensive-zone. Events used in this calculation include; stick-checks, body-checks, blocked passes, and blocked shots. Only those events occurring in the defensive-zone at even-strength are included.
The average defensive-touch success-rate among Montreal defensemen is 67.9%. Subban's current d-touch success-rate stands at 59.9%; the lowest among Habs d-men. That said, PK's d-touch rate has been above the team average in 5 of the last 8 games, and is trending upwards.
EVEN-STRENGTH DEFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-BATTLE SUCCESS-RATE
A player's defensive-zone puck-battle success-rate reflects how successful a player is when attempting to remove puck-possession from the opposition in the defensive-zone by way of a stick or body check. Events used in this calculation include only stick-checks, and body-checks.
The average defensive-zone puck-battle success-rate among Montreal defensemen is 66.3%. Subban's current d-zone puck-battle success-rate stands at 58.5%; the lowest among Habs d-men. Despite a descending trendline, PK's d-zone puck-battle success-rate was above average in the Habs most recent loss to Ottawa.
DEFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-BATTLES BROKEN DOWN INTO STICK AND BODY CHECKS
The below graph is a visual representation of the number of stick-checks, and the number of body-checks PK Subban attempts per-minute of even-strength ice-time. Also included is the average number of each event engaged in by all of the Habs defensemen.
As we can see, Subban attempts substantially fewer stick-checks (black bar) than the average Montreal defensemen, while attempting slightly more body-checks (red bar) than the average. This is the combined result of Subban's defensive-passivity, as well as the high amount of defensive-zone loose-pucks PK recovers per-minute of play. Simply put, PK plays defense less often than other Montreal defensemen because he has the puck more often than any other Habs d-man.
STICK AND BODY CHECK SUCCESS-RATES
Subban has a substantially lower success-rate than the average Montreal defenseman when attempting to remove puck possession from the opposition in the defensive-zone by way of a stick check (black bar). That said, PK has a slightly above-average success-rate when attempting the same objective by way of a body-check.
