Were just flat out bad at faceoffs

[irishwhip03]

Its laughable as much as it is frustrating.

 

[DieHardYankeesFan732]

The Devils are ranked 29th in FO% at 46.7%.

The only team that is worse than them are the Flames. Their FO% is 45.9%.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Hopefully Zajac can improve this number. This has been a problem for years and will hurt us against the better teams.

 

[CalamityX11]

yeah we are... didn't at one point, this or last season, Zubs was pretty darn good?

 

[irishwhip03]

The Devils are ranked 29th in FO% at 46.7%.

The only team that is worse than them are the Flames. Their FO% is 45.9%.

Ive been meaning to look up that stat but always forget..knew we had to be atleast 5th worse in the league so 29th doesnt shock me at all.

 

[nj_cup]

That's what happens when you have clarkson taking draws. Dont understand how a faceoff guru in oates can't help the cause.

 

[MCDevils]

Three games with Zajac back. He's Gone 35-17. Including a ridiculous 14-4 tonight.

67%. There's your answer.

They have Clarkson take draws only when they're on a certain side of the ice to try and setup those Sykora and Kovalchuk shots off the draw. Obviously Clarkson was crushed a few nights ago. He went 0 for 8.

With Zajac back you should see an uptick immediately across all the other players because Zajac is going to draw the other teams best faceoff man most of the time which makes things easier for everyone else.

Clarkson only took 4 combined faceoffs after that 0 for 8 night.

 

[DieHardYankeesFan732]

Three games with Zajac back. He's Gone 35-17. Including a ridiculous 14-4 tonight.

67%. There's your answer.

They have Clarkson take draws only when they're on a certain side of the ice to try and setup those Sykora and Kovalchuk shots off the draw. Obviously Clarkson was crushed a few nights ago. He went 0 for 8.

With Zajac back you should see an uptick immediately across all the other players because Zajac is going to draw the other teams best faceoff man most of the time which makes things easier for everyone else.

Clarkson only took 4 combined faceoffs after that 0 for 8 night.

Yep, this is right. Zajac is the answer, plain and simple.

 

[irishwhip03]

Patty was 8-8 last night at one point..dont know how he finished. Thats impressive. He had a nice win that led to the Zidlicky goal 5 seconds later. THAT is the kinda play we need.

 

[CalamityX11]

yea last night, almost everything and anything that had a slump to it was pretty much stoned that night....lol

 

[MCDevils]

Patty was 8-8 last night at one point..dont know how he finished. Thats impressive. He had a nice win that led to the Zidlicky goal 5 seconds later. THAT is the kinda play we need.

Boxscore, says 10-4 for elias.