I've always thought it would be nice to have a thread were we can discuss various Leafs stats, including advanced stats such as Corsi, Zone Starts, Quality of Competition and others... so here it is.
One recent post I found quite interesting was from Pension Plan Puppets which summarized Leafs shot locations visually. See here:
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/6/29/2249985/leafs-shot-locations-individual-breakdowns
One interesting thing you can observe is the effectiveness and discipline of the Kulemin-Grabbo-MacCarthur line. They never shoot from bad angles and rarely at any significant distance. Kulemin's shots form the most dramatic picture. You can take a ruler and measure the maximum angle at which he will take a shot completely cleanly.
I also found Bozak's shot distribution interesting. He got quite a lot of shots from the good areas right in front of the net. Maybe he was a little unlucky not to have scored more last year.
Kessel on the other hand, just blankets the O-Zone with his shooting. I think when he goes on those long droughts it's because he's not getting his shots from in close.
Here's the overall team shot chart -- not as interesting as the individual break downs.
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/6/28/2244730/2010-11-toronto-maple-leafs-shot-and-goal-locations
One recent post I found quite interesting was from Pension Plan Puppets which summarized Leafs shot locations visually. See here:
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/6/29/2249985/leafs-shot-locations-individual-breakdowns
One interesting thing you can observe is the effectiveness and discipline of the Kulemin-Grabbo-MacCarthur line. They never shoot from bad angles and rarely at any significant distance. Kulemin's shots form the most dramatic picture. You can take a ruler and measure the maximum angle at which he will take a shot completely cleanly.
I also found Bozak's shot distribution interesting. He got quite a lot of shots from the good areas right in front of the net. Maybe he was a little unlucky not to have scored more last year.
Kessel on the other hand, just blankets the O-Zone with his shooting. I think when he goes on those long droughts it's because he's not getting his shots from in close.
Here's the overall team shot chart -- not as interesting as the individual break downs.
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/6/28/2244730/2010-11-toronto-maple-leafs-shot-and-goal-locations