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How awesome has Kyle Turris been this season?
After 14 games he's been a point-per-game player, which is great in it's own way. Now take into account that he's the teams shutdown centre. His offensive zone starts is the second lowest on the team (next to line mate Clarke MacArthur) at 35.2%. That's incredibly low. So despite him starting 35.2% of his shifts in the defensive zone, he finishes 45.7% in the offensive zone and has 14 points. Looking deeper into the stats, despite his low offensive zone starts, he's scoring the most points per 60 minutes at 3.37. He's been on the ice for the most goals for on the team at 14. So, in summary, he's starting 35% of his shifts in the defensive zone, yet has been on the ice for the most goals for this year for the Sens, and has the best points per 60 minutes. He also has 14 points in 14 games. Oh, and he also has the third best on-ice shooting percentage on the Sens.
Now we get to look into how good he is defensively. He's faced the third hardest quality of competition on the Sens after Greening and MacArthur. Greening has been thrown all over the place from top line to fourth line, so it's hard to get the right grip on him. But the Mac-Turris-Ryan line has been the shutdown line for the Sens this year, with Turris having the most responsibility on the line. He has the second best Corsi on the team, next to MacArthur. Corsi is a puck possession stat. Basically, for Corsi, you receive a plus every time your team attempts a shot while you're on the ice. You receive a minus for every time your team allows an attempted shot when you're on the ice. Turris is the second best Corsi-wise on the Sens. He's second on the team in penalties drawn per 60 minutes with 1.8 drawn each 60 minutes (he takes 0.9 per game...so for every penalty he takes he draws two penalties). The only one higher on the team is Matt Kassian who plays such little minutes that his stats are skewed. He has the fourth best on ice save percentage on the Sens. Matt Kassian is above him (skewed stats, as I said) and so is Da Costa who only played four games. So, in reality, he's second on the team. Impressive.
He has the second best goals for while on the ice per 60 minutes on the team next to MacArthur. He also has the second best goals against while on the ice per 60 minutes next to MacArthur. In summary of this entire post: Turris gets a ton of points, despite being put in defensive situations. But he also thrives defensively.
He's been our best player.
After 14 games he's been a point-per-game player, which is great in it's own way. Now take into account that he's the teams shutdown centre. His offensive zone starts is the second lowest on the team (next to line mate Clarke MacArthur) at 35.2%. That's incredibly low. So despite him starting 35.2% of his shifts in the defensive zone, he finishes 45.7% in the offensive zone and has 14 points. Looking deeper into the stats, despite his low offensive zone starts, he's scoring the most points per 60 minutes at 3.37. He's been on the ice for the most goals for on the team at 14. So, in summary, he's starting 35% of his shifts in the defensive zone, yet has been on the ice for the most goals for this year for the Sens, and has the best points per 60 minutes. He also has 14 points in 14 games. Oh, and he also has the third best on-ice shooting percentage on the Sens.
Now we get to look into how good he is defensively. He's faced the third hardest quality of competition on the Sens after Greening and MacArthur. Greening has been thrown all over the place from top line to fourth line, so it's hard to get the right grip on him. But the Mac-Turris-Ryan line has been the shutdown line for the Sens this year, with Turris having the most responsibility on the line. He has the second best Corsi on the team, next to MacArthur. Corsi is a puck possession stat. Basically, for Corsi, you receive a plus every time your team attempts a shot while you're on the ice. You receive a minus for every time your team allows an attempted shot when you're on the ice. Turris is the second best Corsi-wise on the Sens. He's second on the team in penalties drawn per 60 minutes with 1.8 drawn each 60 minutes (he takes 0.9 per game...so for every penalty he takes he draws two penalties). The only one higher on the team is Matt Kassian who plays such little minutes that his stats are skewed. He has the fourth best on ice save percentage on the Sens. Matt Kassian is above him (skewed stats, as I said) and so is Da Costa who only played four games. So, in reality, he's second on the team. Impressive.
He has the second best goals for while on the ice per 60 minutes on the team next to MacArthur. He also has the second best goals against while on the ice per 60 minutes next to MacArthur. In summary of this entire post: Turris gets a ton of points, despite being put in defensive situations. But he also thrives defensively.
He's been our best player.
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