I'd wager a bet that the top 10 teams in the league in shooting% have a worse corsi% than the bottom 10 teams in the league in shooting%.
If you really think about it, the 2 metrics should go in opposite directions of each other. A team that scores a higher percentage of the time, is probably not taking shots from the perimeter, but rather cycling the puck until a higher quality scoring chance presents itself. Obviously though, this will in turn lower your corsi as you're attempting fewer shots.
In theory, the truly elite teams would be the ones with both a high corsi%, as well as a high shooting%.
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