{"id":37761,"date":"2018-11-08T08:27:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=37761"},"modified":"2018-11-07T22:54:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T03:54:21","slug":"philadelphia-flyers-penalty-kill-needs-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/11\/08\/philadelphia-flyers-penalty-kill-needs-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Flyers Penalty Kill Needs Changing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> penalty kill has been a focal part of this team for the last few years. It has been one of their many problems and has yet to see any kind of fix or change. The time has long come for the Flyers to take a look and do something about it.<\/p>\n

Time To Make A Change On Flyers Penalty Kill<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By The Numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Flyers sit second to last in the league with a penalty kill percentage of just 69.1%. Only the Florida Panthers<\/a> have a worse percentage at 68.4%. The Flyers may not be the worst but they’re\u00a0not far off the mark.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has given up the most power-play goals (17) during their 55 total times shorthanded, fifth-most in the league. Their 69 minor penalties are the most in the league.<\/p>\n

A team that has had this many issues on the penalty kill needs to avoid taking as many penalties as they have so far this season. Being called for a penalty at least once a game is typically inevitable. However, being able to defend when put into that opportunity is a must.<\/p>\n

Shots Allowed<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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As shown in the chart above created by Michah Blake McCurdy of hockeyviz.com<\/a>, the Flyers penalty kill is giving up too many shots directly in front of the net. Allowing opposing teams to shoot from 20ft away is closer is not ideal to killing penalties.<\/p>\n

This goes into the Flyers strategy on the penalty kill and just how other teams are able to get that many shots from in tight.<\/p>\n

Penalty Kill Strategy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Flyers have been plagued by leaving players uncovered in front of their own net. It was evident on Joe Pavelski<\/a><\/strong>‘s power-play during the San Jose Sharks<\/a> 4-3 overtime victory.<\/p>\n