The Canucks’ offense hasn’t exploded into full blast. Literally.
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The numbers don’t lie, the Vancouver Canucks’ offensive struggles are real. If they are going to come out of their current three-game losing streak, they will not only have to shoot more, but they will have to create more opportunities.
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They rank 27th in the NHL in goals per game.
They rank 25th in the NHL in shooting percentage.
His five-on-five shooting rate per game is 24 in the NHL.
According to data-tracking website Natural Stat Trick, the quality of his shots is the worst in the NHL.
“As a group, we need to find ways to score more goals and create more offense,” Oliver Ekman-Larsson said Tuesday before the team hosted the New York Rangers at Rogers Arena.
“I think we have seen ourselves well, it is just a matter of reaching the net and being a little more difficult in front of the net. … I think we have to work a little harder to have those A-grade scoring opportunities in front of the net. “
That is, of course, easier said than done. And it has been a regular topic of conversation for this team in recent seasons.
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But it’s not often that offensive fights are about your best players.
Both Elias Pettersson and JT Miller are under 50 percent in shooting attempt percentage. As a general rule, you want to be above that, because it means that you are spending more time in the offensive zone than in the defensive zone.
Pettersson and Miller, along with Brock Boeser, went head-to-head against Connor McDavid’s line on Saturday night and the Edmonton Oilers superstar did not score.
“When they play well, everyone has different attributes that they bring to the game,” head coach Travis Green said of his front row, who did not score Saturday but appears to be heading in a positive direction.
In general, the Canucks’ struggles have centered on execution. Green rejected the suggestion that his team simply needs to shoot more, in his opinion the real problem is that there have been little details that the team has not done well enough.
“I just don’t think we’ve been smart enough,” Green said. “I think we also have to play up to our standards, from the beginning to the end of our lineup, on offense.”
“I think we have to stay in the outer zone a little longer,” he added. “I don’t think the offensive side was what we expected or that we are capable of.”
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