Game 6: A #fancystats preview of the Hurricanes

Mr. Jeff Skinner

Onto game 6 where the Hawks travel to Carolina to take on the Hurricanes.  The game starts at 6:00 CST and can be viewed on CSN.  Quick hits below.

• The Canes are 22nd in the league in both 5v5 CF% and FF%.
• They've lost Fenwick-wise in every game this year except in their 2-1 win against the lowly Flyers.
• Here's a really weird stat:  4th-liner Drayson Bowman leads the team in CF% at 53.3.
• Assuming Bowman's stats aren't truly indicative of his talent level, Jordan Staal may be the best forward on the Canes with a 52.9 CF%. 
• Jeff Skinner leads the team in points with 6 points.  A reason for his early season success?  Skinner leads the team in Oz%, starting close to 60% of the time in the offensive zone.  Along with that, the 21-year old has posted a 49.2 CF% and an unsustainable PDO of 111.3.
• With the depth of the Blackhawks, they should really be able to exploit Carolina's bottom defensive pairing of Murphy and Harrison.  As you can see in the player usage chart, those two have really bad early in the season.  They start almost 60% of the time in the offensive zone, face relatively the weakest competition, yet both have negative Corsi numbers.  Yikes.
• Lastly, the player usage chart:

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