Unsustainable - Skaters - January 10, 2018
Introduction
Welcome to Unsustainable - our weekly look at skaters performing at unsustainable levels. Below, you'll find a data table with an emphasis on shooting percentages. What we know, from years and years of data, is that it is unlikely that a player can maintain a shooting percentage that deviates significantly from his career numbers for long amounts of time (which translates to lots of shots).
The aim of this weekly article is to highlight players, that the data suggests, are playing at levels inconsistent with their actual talent. The last column (Dev) measures the deviation from career levels. As a fantasy hockey manager (at least one in a league that emphasizes goal scoring), you could interpret this data as a player's trade value. Today's article will include the requirements that a player has taken at least 50 shots on goal and has a deviation of at least 50% from his career numbers.
Shot Production and Shooting Percentage Data
| Player | G | A | PPG | S | S/GP | 3YS/GP | SH% | CSH% | DEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Boyle | 11 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 19.3 | 9.1 | 113 |
| Trevor Lewis | 10 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 12.2 | 5.9 | 106 |
| William Karlsson | 22 | 14 | 3 | 85 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 25.9 | 12.6 | 106 |
| Cam Fowler | 6 | 9 | 1 | 54 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 11.1 | 6.1 | 82 |
| John Moore | 6 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 76 |
| Micheal Ferland | 18 | 8 | 5 | 95 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 18.9 | 10.9 | 73 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 12 | 13 | 4 | 51 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 23.5 | 13.9 | 69 |
| Sean Couturier | 23 | 19 | 5 | 128 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 18.0 | 10.7 | 68 |
| Anders Lee | 25 | 15 | 7 | 107 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 23.4 | 14.6 | 60 |
| Elias Lindholm | 12 | 12 | 3 | 81 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 14.8 | 9.3 | 60 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 16 | 16 | 5 | 93 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 17.2 | 10.8 | 60 |
| Torey Krug | 6 | 16 | 1 | 79 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 59 |
| Nino Niederreiter | 13 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 12.4 | 59 |
| Jaden Schwartz | 14 | 21 | 4 | 63 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 22.2 | 14.1 | 58 |
| Mattias Ekholm | 6 | 15 | 4 | 69 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 56 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 6 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 55 |
| Dustin Brown | 15 | 17 | 5 | 103 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 14.6 | 9.4 | 54 |
| Jordie Benn | 4 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 53 |
| Claude Giroux | 14 | 38 | 4 | 85 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 16.5 | 10.8 | 52 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 18 | 34 | 7 | 136 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 52 |
| Cody Ceci | 5 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 51 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 7 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 13.0 | 8.6 | 51 |
| Scott Laughton | 7 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 11.5 | 7.6 | 51 |
| Jason Spezza | 5 | 11 | 2 | 76 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 13.2 | -50 |
| Magnus Paajarvi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 7.6 | -51 |
| Andrew Cogliano | 5 | 13 | 0 | 95 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 10.9 | -52 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | -53 |
| David Savard | 2 | 6 | 0 | 78 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 5.5 | -53 |
| Tomas Plekanec | 4 | 12 | 0 | 86 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 10.0 | -54 |
| Connor Murphy | 1 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4.2 | -54 |
| Michael Del Zotto | 2 | 11 | 0 | 71 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 6.1 | -54 |
| Kris Letang | 3 | 24 | 2 | 121 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | -55 |
| Colton Sissons | 3 | 9 | 0 | 62 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 11.3 | -57 |
| Erik Karlsson | 3 | 27 | 1 | 103 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 6.8 | -58 |
| Boone Jenner | 4 | 8 | 1 | 92 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 10.4 | -58 |
| Cody Franson | 1 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 5.0 | -61 |
| Dustin Byfuglien | 2 | 15 | 1 | 76 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 7.0 | -63 |
| Max Domi | 3 | 16 | 1 | 98 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 8.3 | -63 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 2 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 9.1 | -64 |
| Jason Chimera | 2 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 9.3 | -64 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 1 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 5.3 | -69 |
| Carl Hagelin | 2 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 8.2 | -70 |
| Brent Seabrook | 1 | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 5.2 | -71 |
| Alexander Edler | 1 | 10 | 0 | 75 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 5.0 | -73 |
| Marco Scandella | 1 | 12 | 0 | 81 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 4.8 | -74 |
| Brad Richardson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 8.2 | -76 |
| Ryan Callahan | 1 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 10.2 | -84 |
| Duncan Keith | 0 | 22 | 0 | 99 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 4.5 | -100 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 18 | 0 | 58 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 5.6 | -100 |
Legend
- G
- Goals
- A
- Assists
- PPG
- Power play goals
- S
- Shots on goal
- S/GP
- Shots on goal per game
- 3YS/GP
- Three-year average shots on goal per game
- SH%
- 2017-2018 shooting percentage
- CSH%
- Career shooting percentage
- DEV
- Deviation from career shooting percentage