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Kr55 wrote on Mon, 29 April 2024 00:22

inverno76 wrote on Sun, 28 April 2024 23:47

Disturbing stat, but it felt like the high scoring chances weren’t far off. Can you bring up that stat? Not being a jerk. It just seems like you have your ear to the grindstone and I’m lazy.

Seemed like many of LA’s chances were perimeter plays.



Gregor says sportlogiq stats say high danger chances were 7 to 4 for the Oilers. I'm not sure if that makes sense to me. I hope the Oilers don't see that stat.


I can't confirm if that stat is correct but watching the whole game.
- The Kings definitely were pressing more and were by far the more desperate team.
- The Kings had the puck in the Oilers zone more.
- I saw the Kings doing a ton of twirls around the net, going up and down the wall and battles in the corner.
- They did grossly outshoot the Oilers but there was a ton of long range shots and shots from the side boards that Skinner had to make routine saves on.
- They were trying to direct the puck towards the goal from the point a lot but I saw a ton of pucks getting blocked, hitting bodies or just laying in the area between the blue line and hash marks and the Oilers just gobbled them up and got the puck out.
- They were clearing trying to throw pucks into the scrum in front and hoping a guy got a stick on it or it hit someone and went in.

I can remember Skinner having to make 4 for sure really good saves (I would assume those were the high dangers scored) but I don't remember him looking like he's standing on his head all game and the only reason they won. He was no doubt good and if someone just looked at the game shots, they would think he stole one but the Kings at least to me, they were sure intent on just throwing it on goal hoping for a rebound. I saw lots of shots where rather than try to challenge the Oilers and taking it to the goal, they fired it long range with no screen.

It begs the question to me. Is how the Kings played a good idea, meaning throwing it on goal no matter from where or is it better to try and make plays like the Oilers did? I thought last night, the Oilers were clearly trying to make plays and weren't interested in just throwing it on goal. I would have liked them to play that style mostly as I see just firing a shot on goal that has no chance of going in unless the goalie misses it as losing possession but maybe not passing up as many shots as they did would be better and maybe taking a little more of what the Kings were giving them.



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