{"id":633072,"date":"2017-02-20T10:40:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=633072"},"modified":"2017-02-20T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T15:40:09","slug":"hutton-on-blues-pk-were-almost-like-a-pack-of-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/hutton-on-blues-pk-were-almost-like-a-pack-of-wolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutton on Blues’ PK: “We\u2019re almost like a pack of wolves”"},"content":{"rendered":"
The St. Louis Blues have been strong on the penalty kill all season long. As the team rattled off bad penalty after bad penalty in the early going, the PK units continually bailed everyone out and were a big reason the Blues didn’t fall too far behind in the Central. Many credited Ken Hitchcock’s style of play for the PK’s success, but the switch from Hitchcock to Mike Yeo has actually helped push\u00a0the units to an even higher level.<\/p>\n
On the year, the Blues own the fourth-best PK unit with a success rate of 84.6%. That ranking and percentage are particularly noteworthy when you also factor in the team has been shorthanded 201 times this season which is the sixth-most in the NHL.<\/p>\n
Once Yeo took over, the Blues went on a crazy run where they killed off 21 straight penalties. Carter Hutton attributed the success to the fact the Blues are playing like wolves when short.<\/p>\n