Charlottetown Islanders Weekend wrap-up and analysis

By Nathan A'Hearn

The Charlottetown Islanders returned home after a three-game road trip to take two games at home versus Victoriaville and Drummondville.

First lets analyze Game One



In my preview, I pointed out that Victoriaville usually lets their goalies face a ton of shots and had an exceptional penalty kill.  Both of those were adamant in this game with the Islanders' getting their shots earlier and the Tigres going 5-for-five on the penalty kill.  The Islanders also went 3-for-3 on their penalty kill meaning that this game was left to 5-on-5 play.  Charlottetown was able to shoot at will in the early going and went shot-for-shot with the Tigres to see which goalie would break first.  McDonald and Marchand both put on spectacular performances this evening. But it was Daniel Sprong with the Isle's lone two goals which was enough to win.  2-1.

SHOTS	1	2	3	Total
Victoriaville	8	11	10	29
Charlottetown	21	10	11	42

Game Two

SHOTS	1	2	3	Total
Drummondville	9	8	7	24
Charlottetown	10	7	19	36

Charlottetown appears to have to have the Voltiguers number this season, or at least in the past week, with a combined goal differential of 13-5.  The Voltiguers were not able to keep their penalty kill in check allowing two power play goals on four chances and were Filip Chlapik's victim with a five-point performance.

Weekend Thoughts

There are many reasons to attribute to the Islanders' success this past weekend.  There were no lucky bounces but a full 60 minute effort.  In both games they were able to attack early which is not typical of the team we saw a month ago.  Personally, I think what the most important aspect is the Islanders' ability to not let up in the third period.  They were able to compete or dictate for an entire 60 minutes.  It also helps when your penalty kill goes 8-for-9 and goaltender Mason McDonald is the League's Third Star Of The Week. A lot of things are clicking right now and you have to believe there is a competitive environment on this team as NHL Draft Eligible David Henley, World Under-17's returnee Guibault and recently signed Chris Chaddock scratched the past two nights.  None of these young players want to sit.

Weekend Statistical Analysis

Shot Differential (Thanks to everyone staying patient while I still experiment with excel)

Tigres

Voltiguers

Pac-Man anyone?

PDO

Tigres

Voltiguers

Note: I have not yet introduced PDO to the readers of Islanders Country but I plan on making a similar article to my Shot Analysis.  In short it is a team's "On Ice Shooting Percentage" plus the "On Ice Save Percentage".  A PDO of 1 is average and each digit above increases your chances of winning one particular game and vice versa.