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Originally Posted by MattyC
I'm not saying it's the reason the PK sucks, just that winning the draw on the PK is an important part of killing the penalty. If there are 3 faceoffs during a PK and you lose all of them, you may still kill it off, but it will be harder.
And this is one time where I don't think you can look at the larger sample size and just assume 1/2 the draws on the PK are won. and have to take it draw-by-draw. Sure most people float around 50%, but that could still mean they lose every PK draw just because ( number of reasons; aren't bearing down enough, face better faceoff players during those draws, etc...).
Toews could win 60% of his draws, but still lose all of his d-zone PK draws. Conversely, a player could go 30% on the dot, but end up winning all d-zone pk draws.
This stuff doesn't happen on a spread sheet.
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Yes, it's easier to win a faceoff in the offensive zone on a powerplay than in another situation. (It's easier for wingers to cheat and support the centreman on the faceoff when there is one fewer opponent they have to deal with)
So all teams have a lower faceoff % on the PK. But everything is relative. This disadvantage would apply to all teams (and does).
ie., if Toews wins 5% more draws than the average centreman in the NHL is all situations, he will still win 5% more draws than the average centreman on the PK. Whether this is 52% instead of 55% is not the point.