Ottawa Senators: False Start

October 11th, 2010 by Gerald Norton Leave a reply »
The puck was dropped, and so was the game plan.

From a strategy of dogged puck pursuit combined with patient puck support, to a reality of reactive play combined with hap hazard positioning.  On the back of solid goaltending the Sens avoided embarrassment in the home opener, but come game two, behind enemy lines in Toronto, the poor play of the Senators skaters was too much to cloak for embattled Pascal Leclaire.

Not only the scoreboard, which left the Sens -5 in just two GP, was unkind.  The shot clock was equally unflattering, leaving the Sens a combined -30.  Another number that fails to flatter, 0 PP percent (0-10).  So much for a renewed man advantage, a renewal that came at the cost of Anton Volchenkov's defensive acumen.  Oddly, the loss of Volchy did little to hurt the PK, which operated at a reasonable 80 percent (8-10). 

But the number that has to most worry the Senators is 0.580.  That is the 82 game winning percentage a team must achieve in order to expect to make the postseason.

The fact is, this number only increases with every loss.  As the opportunities to earn points diminishes, ...

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