Carolina Hurricanes Analyzed by Matt Cane’s Power Play Structure

The Carolina Hurricanes power play hasn’t been good this year and there is a new stat that might tell us why

Earlier this week over at Hockey Graphs, Matt Cane wrote an article about a new statistic called power play structure. Without going into too great of detail I’ll just quote his overview of the statistic:

We can measure a team’s power play structure using shot location data, creating a Power Play Structure Index that quantifies their ability to establish and shoot from a structured formation… A Team’s Power Play Structure Index is a stronger predictor of future goal scoring than past goals, but weaker than shot attempt generation

Basically, what Matt says is that teams that execute…