The “luckiest” and “unluckiest” skaters in the NHL at 5v5 so far this season.

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  1. McLeod is gonna blow barn doors to kindling when he finds it. I just hope it’s with us. He’s a rush god who hasn’t found that last piece of the puzzle yet.

  2. The real title of all these things should be “expected stats are not a perfect metric of on-ice success”. Which, of course they are not.

    Not that there aren’t good players on the “unlucky” side, but compare those two lists. Clearly the group on the “lucky” side is better. Maybe it’s not luck then.

  3. Why can’t other teams have the two luckiest players in the league as their top pairing? Are they stupid?

  4. Hughes team at #1 with 8 luckiest dudes

    Hughes team at #1 with 5 unluckiest dudes

    I trust the hockey gods to correct this🙏

  5. I’m not really sure how to read these things, but I’m going to assume that it’s awesome that there’s so many Oilers on page 2

  6. I *knew* there was a reason why Ryan Reaves’s elite offensive play was not showing on the score sheet.

  7. Damn, Demko needs to chill!

    I’m surprised Elias Pettersson isn’t on there, do you know about where he would be?

  8. One Blue on the list, and it’s Colton Parayko at second-to-last.

    That makes some sense. Parayko has been genuinely good this year. His back has finally healed, and he’s *by far* our best D. But the team sucks, and half the guys seem to be pre-gaming with Nyquil. Colton can’t do it alone.

  9. Whenever a stat for the luckiest players has a lot of great ones as the luckiest and ONLY bums as the unluckiest you can bet your ass it doesn’t really show what it’s meant to show

  10. Not surprised to see Beniers here..he has passed the eye test this year and has really picked it up lately but that slow start didn’t look like it was a skill issue.

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