BoC Gameday—Battle of the Thorntons Update
Anaheim Ducks (22-3-6, 1st in west) at Tampa Bay Lightning (14-13-2, t-9th in east)
Colorado Avalanche (13-13-2, 10th in west) at Los Angeles Kings (10-16-4, t-11th in west)
Nashville Predators (18-7-3, 3rd in west) at San Jose Sharks (20-9-0, 2nd in west)
Not to mention 11 other games today, featuring everyone except the Stanley Cup Finalists Edmonton Oilboys and Carolina Candy Canes.
Anyway, I guess I’d better feature this now, while gloating is still possible.
Thornton | Team | GP | EV min | EV pts | EV pts/hr | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shawn | ANA | 8 | 68:18 | 1-3-4 | 3.51 | +7 | 26 |
Joe | SJS | 29 | 414:51 | 6-6-12 | 1.74 | -7 | 12 |
Scott | LAK | 29 | 287:02 | 4-1-5 | 1.05 | -9 | 19 |
Shawn, incidentally, has yet to be on the ice for an Anaheim goal-against.
[EDIT: I ran some Shawn Thornton numbers on last night's game. I think this is the first time Shawn has faced some tough minutes, as he played nearly 6 1/2 minutes against Ovechkin (about 57% of his ice time vs. AO). In fact, here's the elements of his Gordie Howe hat trick:
Goal: scored 31 seconds into his first shift. In his first game since Nov. 12.
Fight: initiated 35 seconds into his second shift. A decisive victory.
Assist: 22 seconds into his ninth shift, before the game was to the halfway point.
And the commonality? Omunchkin was on the ice for all of 'em. Sweet mother of mercy.]
Prediction: BoC 10, Challengers 5.
3 comments:
And the commonality? Omunchkin was on the ice for all of 'em. Sweet mother of mercy.
Wow. didn't even know all that. You're such a numbers guy. Shawn definitely came out and made quite an impact! I wonder what this means for Shannon. Good call on Parros staying in the line-up, btw.
They'll probably sit Shannon against tougher teams and give Shawn a go against the grittier squads.
Or, they may just bench Shannon entirely, since he isn't producing or participating in the shootout. But Carlyle has a love-in for him, so I imagine Shannon plays today against the speedy bolts.
Maybe bench Parros, since Tampa doesn't really have a fighter outside of Roy.
I would like to see Shannon go down to Portland and Thornton come up for an extended period of time.
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