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Breaking Down The Shootout
by Paul on 08/05/09 at 02:51 PM ET
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from John Kreiser of NHL.com,
We’ve now had four seasons in which games that remain tied after overtime have been decided by a shootout—a breakaway competition of three (or more, as needed) rounds in which shooters go 1-on-1 with goaltenders.
Those four seasons have shown that some players and some teams are better at the shootout than others. Most interesting is the fact that some of hockey’s big names have struggled in the shootout, while a number of lesser lights have shone brightly.
Here’s a look at some of the best of the first four seasons of the shootout:
Mr. Perfect —Fifteen active players have scored on all of their shootout attempts—but 14 of those have only one try. Dallas captain Brenden Morrow is the only player in the NHL who’s perfect in more than one attempt: He’s 2-for-2, and both goals were game-deciders.
The 14 players who are 1-for-1 don’t include many household names—they’re guys who got their chance in a long shootout after teams exhausted their big guns. However, most of them did come through in the clutch; 10 of them scored the game-deciding goal.
Boston’s Chuck Kobasew is the complete opposite—he’s never scored in a shootout, although he’s had eight tries.
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