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Originally Posted by Jay Random
The 65% ‘on the fly’ starts are shifts that began with changes on the fly. They are not broken down by zone, so they say nothing at all about where the puck was at the time.
The other numbers are shifts that began with faceoffs. They are broken down by the zone where the faceoff occurred.
The traditional ‘OZ%’ stat takes only two of those numbers – offensive zone faceoff starts and defensive zone faceoff starts – and ignores everything else. All you can tell about Kuzmenko from that number is that Huska likes to save him for offensive faceoffs because he's one of the team's best scorers, whereas he has better options for defensive faceoffs.
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It is a technique used by every coach with every offensive player in the league.