Since the Patrick Roy era began, the Colorado Avalanche have struggled with their shots allowed per game. They’ve consistently been near the bottom of the league in the stat while trying numerous different schemes to improve. This year the focus has been on blocking shots, which has resulted in the Avalanche leading the league in blocked shots.
But despite the Altitude commentators talking about blocking shots like it’s the greatest innovation to the game they’ve ever seen, the Avs are still second to last in the league in shots allowed per game (on net, we’re not going to even get into their Corsi numbers here.