Recap: Islanders vs. Phoenix Round 1 advanced statistics

Daryl MacCallum. Photo by: Darrell Theriault

 
General Overview 

The Islanders were victorious in their six-game stint against the Sherbrooke Phoenix. Special teams held true to regular season performance varying only slightly. Goals Per Game however jumped to 4.17 while Goals Against Per Game dropped to 2.67. Both Shot and Save Percentages both jumped to 12.25 per cent and 92.45 per cent respectively. Is this a result of a relatively healthy lineup putting everything together at the right time or are these numbers too high to carry over into Quebec.

 Shots:

The Islanders had no problem getting shots against the Phoenix.  The negative is that the Phoenix was able to do the same. The volume of shots varied very little whether in wins or losses. Looking closer we see that the Phoenix shoot at a significantly worse rate (7.55 per cent) than their season average of (10.74 per cent) despite seeing an increase in shots themselves. This can be attributed to the superb play of Daryl MacCallum and to the Islanders team which lead the series in "Dangerous Shots" and and had 52.5 per cent of shots considered dangerous in the series. It is important to note that the Islanders spent almost twice as much time in the penalty box as the Phoenix and that even strength numbers should favor the Isles.

Highest Shooting Percentages:
Spenser Cobbold (26.1 per cent) Guillaume Rioux Legault (28.6 per cent) Filip Rydstrom (28.1 per cent)
Lowest Shooting Percentages:
Alexandre Goulet (6.7 per cent) Filip Chlapik (0 per cent) Johnston (6.7 per cent)


 Saves:

The Islanders collective save percentage of 92.45 per cent was dictated in large by MacCallum who posted a .952 save percentage and one shutout against Sherbrooke. The Phoenix`s save percentage stayed at their regular season numbers at 87 per cent. The Islanders benefited from having a "hot goalie" and will most likely play a key role against the Quebec Remparts in the second round. Quebec has struggled with its goal-tending so far in the playoffs and they also have Zachary Fucale who owns four playoff victories over the Islanders last year.

Special Teams:
The power play that ranked second in the QMJHL struggled in comparison to their regular season numbers this series (25.3 per cent to 21.05 per cent). What is impressive however is that Charlottetown managed to routinely outscore the Phoenix despite only four goals coming from the power play all series. 

Lines (Not extensive)
Goulet-Chlapik-Kennedy-Sprong-MacKinnon
Cooper-Kielly-Johnston-Deschenes-Kennedy

Penalty Killing was a strength this series for the Islanders at 83.33 per cent and it had to be. Charlottetown was called an average of six penalties a game compared to 4.44 times a game in the regular season. They especially cannot afford the give the Remparts the luxury of this much time of 5-on-4 as they shoot at a 13 per cent clip and convert on 24.2 per cent of power plays.

Lines (Not extensive)
Kielly-Cobbold-Weber-Henley
Rydtrom-Cobbold/Goulet-Rioux-L.-MacKinnon
Getson-O'Brien-Deschenes-MacKinnon