Oilers at Kings: Tracking Stats

The following stats were tracked during manually during the game. The raw totals for the tracking stats and the glossary are at the end.

At some point I’ll write up a detailed description of each category and my specific rules for each. Once I do, I will provide a link to it in this summary. Feel free to leave any questions in the comments or on Twitter (@wheatnoil).

I’ve highlighted some of the better (blue) and worse (red) performances in each category. All time on ice stats are from www.naturalstattrick.com . It’s late over here in Saskatchewan, so I’m just throwing up the stats without commentary tonight. (These Pacific games are killing me.) Feel free to fire me a question or comment if you have one about the numbers.

Game: 17

Opponent: LA Kings

Score: 4-2 Bad Guys!

Zone Exits

Zone Defence

Puck Retrievals

Defensive Zone Passing

Raw Total Tracking Stats:

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Summary:

A brief note to sum up the game. The Oilers didn’t play terribly defensively in terms to defending the blue and recovering dump-ins (though they were a bit below their usual average at the puck retrieval part… LA usually focuses on forechecking). However, the Zone Exits were poor. This was especially true in the first, but at no point was that running well for the Oilers. Both Larsson and Gryba struggled heavily, but only Klefbom and Nurse were moving the puck reasonably well.

The Oilers did make a strong pushback in the second… but man, that shorthanded goal. Backbreaker. Oh, those Oilers.

Definitions:

Zone Exit

Controlled Zone Exit: Getting the puck out of the zone maintaining possession

Carry: Skating the puck out of the zone, the defenceman keeps possession himself

Pass: Passing the puck out of the zone, the team maintains possession

Uncontrolled Zone Exit: Getting the puck out of the zone but losing possession to the other team

Dump: No clear target when getting the puck out

Missed Pass: Appears to have a clear target but pass is not complete

Zone Defence

Times Targeted: Number of times a defenceman was specifically targeted by the opposing player on a zone entry against

Denied Entry: Defenceman prevents the opposing team from entering the zone, forcing them to regroup or causing them to lose possession in the neutral zone

Controlled Entry Against: Opposing team is able to enter the zone with possession of the puck (maintained for at least one second)

Dump In Against: Opposing team is gets the puck into the zone but without possession of the puck

Untargeted: Controlled and Uncontrolled Entries against where either a defenceman was not the primary player targeted on entry OR an odd man rush not directly caused by one of the defencemen

Defensive Zone Passing

Total Touches: Number of the times the defenceman clearly has the puck on his stick in the defensive zone

To D-Partner: Successful defensive zone pass to another defenceman within the defensive zone

To Forward: Successful defensive zone pass to a forward within the defensive zone

Turnover: Other team gains possession of the puck after the defenceman clearly had possession of it

Puck Retrieval

Total: Number of times the defenceman is the closest to the puck off of an uncontrolled entry to the zone

Successful: Defenceman retrieves the puck and successfully either gets it out of the zone or passes it a teammate, retaining possession

Failed: Defenceman either turns the puck over after retrieving it or the other team gets possession off the uncontrolled entry