Residents of the red light district
Players who were on the ice for the most 5-on-5 goals against last season (stats courtesy Behind The Net):
Defence
(min 40 games w/ one team)
| NAME | TM | GP | MINS | GF | GA | |
| 1 | HATCHER | PHI | 82 | 1326 | 50 | 82 |
| 2 | PITKANEN | PHI | 77 | 1248 | 57 | 77 |
| 3 | BOYLE | T.B | 82 | 1525 | 74 | 75 |
| 4 | COMMODORE | CAR | 82 | 1228 | 59 | 70 |
| 5 | MICHALEK | PHX | 82 | 1279 | 46 | 69 |
| 6 | BOUWMEESTER | FLA | 82 | 1397 | 89 | 68 |
| 7 | CHARA | BOS | 80 | 1304 | 54 | 68 |
| 8 | PHANEUF | CGY | 79 | 1336 | 77 | 67 |
| 9 | SOURAY | MTL | 81 | 1155 | 37 | 66 |
| 10 | KEITH | CHI | 82 | 1386 | 66 | 66 |
| 11 | STUART | BOS | 68 | 976.1 | 47 | 65 |
| 12 | ALLEN | FLA | 82 | 1286 | 72 | 65 |
| 13 | EMINGER | WSH | 68 | 977.7 | 38 | 64 |
| 14 | KUBA | T.B | 81 | 1136 | 51 | 64 |
| 15 | MORRIS | PHX | 82 | 1133 | 46 | 64 |
| 16 | SMITH | EDM | 82 | 1311 | 46 | 64 |
| 17 | BREWER | STL | 82 | 1316 | 56 | 63 |
| 18 | SALEI | FLA | 82 | 1304 | 52 | 63 |
| 19 | MESZAROS | OTT | 82 | 1186 | 49 | 62 |
| 20 | HAVELID | ATL | 77 | 1196 | 59 | 62 |
Forwards
(min 40 games w/ one team)
| NAME | TM | GP | MINS | GF | GA | |
| 1 | PROSPAL | T.B | 82 | 1280 | 62 | 81 |
| 2 | OVECHKIN | WSH | 82 | 1185 | 67 | 77 |
| 3 | STLOUIS | T.B | 82 | 1362 | 76 | 77 |
| 4 | LECAVALIER | T.B | 82 | 1262 | 72 | 76 |
| 5 | BRUNETTE | COL | 82 | 1046 | 63 | 64 |
| 6 | HORCOFF | EDM | 80 | 1049 | 41 | 63 |
| 7 | WILLIAMS | CAR | 82 | 1062 | 52 | 63 |
| 8 | KOIVU | MTL | 81 | 935.4 | 37 | 61 |
| 9 | UMBERGER | PHI | 81 | 843.2 | 25 | 61 |
| 10 | STAAL | CAR | 82 | 1117 | 59 | 60 |
| 11 | BERGERON | BOS | 77 | 899.9 | 38 | 59 |
| 12 | RICHARDS | T.B | 82 | 1289 | 48 | 59 |
| 13 | LUPUL | EDM | 81 | 974.5 | 33 | 58 |
| 14 | SAVARD | BOS | 73 | 985.8 | 49 | 58 |
| 15 | SAKIC | COL | 82 | 1095 | 67 | 58 |
| 16 | WHITNEY | CAR | 81 | 1037 | 58 | 58 |
| 17 | BROWN | L.A | 81 | 970 | 37 | 57 |
| 18 | FROLOV | L.A | 82 | 1069 | 51 | 57 |
| 19 | ZUBRUS | WSH | 60 | 787.5 | 45 | 56 |
| 20 | KARIYA | NSH | 82 | 1142 | 64 | 56 |
| 21 | BRINDAMOUR | CAR | 78 | 1083 | 61 | 56 |
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7 Comments:
James -
You know I'm a huge fan of the site. For the love of all that's holy, you've gotta find a source that strips out the ENGs.
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I guess this goes to show how important special teams is. But I'm not surprised at all to see two Flyer's defencemen up there on the list. However, I didn't think that so many Tampa Bay forwards were such a defensive liability 5-on-5. Hm, very interesting.
I was looking at the Tampa forwards... is it that these guys are really that bad defensively, or just that they had poor goaltending and play the highest minutes of forwards in the league? It'd be neat if there was a way to balance these numbers with the quality of goaltending they were playing with. For instance, Phaneuf looks worse because he plays in front of Kipper than, say, Bouwmeester who had Belfour or Auld behind him.
I'm still stunned that McCabe isn't here. He scares me... and him playing with White scares me even more. But I guess he's not as bad as he appears...
I'm really surprised that Hatcher and Pitkanen are so high because they got most minutes in the worst team in the NHL.
Hatcher was selected by the team management as their best D last season.
Pitkanen was third in scoring and first in assists.
This shows what a joke Brind'amour's Selke victory was. He had a great season, no doubt about it, but he was forced to carry the Hurricanes through some rough patches as a de facto #1 center with Staal slumping and was not anything what I'd call a defensive forward last season.
To have him before Pandolfo or Påhlsson, who played the most hideous minutes day in/day out against top scoring lines with more success (in this case less even strength goals against) is a disgrace.
That being said, Selke always seems to go to the guy who deserved it the season before. Combined with Påhlssons immortal postseason, he's a lock for it this time.
Here's a simple suggestion: Instead of sorting these lists by GA, why not add a column called GA/MINS? Suddenly, the rankings change quite a bit, and the TB forwards don't look so bad.
But suppose the TB forwards (or Tortorella's coaching strategies) really are defensively-challenged. What does that say about Denis and Holmqvist (and John Grahame from 2005)? Perhaps their GAA and SV% numbers say more about Tortorella's system and the TB defensemen than the goalies' actual abilities.
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