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Philadelphia Flyers Penalty Kill Analysis, Part 2: Evaluating Neutral Zone Play

Today, the spotlight moves to the Flyers' forecheck on the penalty kill. Which tactics were used most, and which were most successful?

This is part two of a four-part series by Charlie O'Connor describing and evaluating the penalty kill of the Philadelphia Flyers during the 2015-16 season. Yesterday, we outlined and defined the different formations that the Flyers' penalty kill used in their forechecking and defensive zone strategies. Today, we've delve into the manually-tracked forechecking metrics.

Yesterday's breakdown of the specific formations used by the Philadelphia Flyers on the penalty kill was, in many ways, meant to be an introduction to this entire series.