At the end of November, we took a look at the Tampa Bay Lightning forwards and their shooting percentages compared to their past performances. Late in January, we did a review on those stats to see who had improved and who was still lagging behind their career standards. Now with the season winding down, and just 12 games left on the schedule, let’s do one last look at this stat.
Shooting percentage is a simple measure; on what percentage of shots do players score a goal. We’re only looking at forwards here because defensemen tend to have a lot more variance in their shooting percentages throughout the season and year to year.