This week’s edition of The Little Things will be a condensed version, analyzing games vs. Chicago and Vancouver.
Here are a few trends/plays which caught my eye.
Bombs away
It might show up in the stat sheet, but Matt Irwin continues to shoot the puck a ton. As of Friday afternoon, Irwin ranks second on the Predators with 5.93 shots per 60 minutes at 5-on-5, but the majority of his bombs from the point don’t reach the net, which limits his shots on goal numbers.
You’ll see on this sequence above - two of Irwin’s three shots were blocked, while another was tipped which created a nice scoring chance for Nashville.