NHL teams have access to mountains of data like this without having to manually track it like I did, and they have it on not only every game for every player on their team, but every game for every player in the league. It is important to note this is a sample of only 20 percent of Slafkovský’s games, and it’s only at five-on-five. I watched nine of Slafkovský’s games from last season, every fifth game he played, and tracked every time he touched the puck - 167 touches in all (plus 21 on the power play not included here). Did Slafkovský actually touch the puck more in that final game against the Rangers than he had in other games? Because I didn’t remember him having a particularly effective game, but St. Louis was saying back in Nashville got me thinking. Slafkovský’s puck touch here results in a scoring chance for the Canadiens, but it’s what he does before the touch that’s important.īut what St. There is a process behind touching the puck in the NHL, and for Slafkovský, that process is what was important to St. That is because there are things you need to do to get touches, positions you need to put yourself in, reads you need to make. Louis was happy when he simply got them regularly during games.

Veterans are expected to do something with their touches, but in Slafkovský’s case, St. Louis also mentioned that only applies when you’re a young player. The last part of that quote should be put in context, because St. “As long as you’re getting touches, I don’t really care what you’re doing with it.” 15 at Madison Square Garden, was one of his best of the season. Louis mentioned he thought Slafkovský’s final game of the season, on Jan.

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