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Originally Posted by Kasi
I think Sutters system is just about shot volume for and against. Putting pucks to the net like he says it. The quality of the shots isn’t the greatest priority there so I’m curious how Sutter teams have done on things like PDO historically. But anyway for that to work on the defensive end you’re probably going to expect 20-28 shots against most nights and if you have a goalie who can do .900+ that means 2 goals against and you hopefully win a lot of 3-2 games. You let in 3-4 most nights and the system falls apart.
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This isn't just Sutter's system though, it's the entire NHL though.
Teams averaged 32 shots a game last season, average save percentage was .905. That's an average of 3.04 goals per game.
If you can score 3+ goals you probably win or at least get a point. If you only allow 2 you are probably getting at least 1 point for sure. If you allow 4 you've probably lost 95% of the time.
Every team's plan most nights is to likely win the game 3-2, that's just how the NHL is. Unfortunately this year our save percentage issues and shooting percentage issues have turned what should be 3-2 wins into 3-2 losses.