The Most Troubling Statistic for Every NHL Team in 2015-16

March 18th, 2016 by Steve Macfarlane Leave a reply »
It may seem impossible to use a single statistic to define an NHL team.

However, we're going to try.

Some stats reveal plenty about a team's problems, whether as a measure of positional play in goal, at the forward ranks or the group of defensemen. In some cases, it's a combination of these that proves to be insurmountable for a team that is trying to make it to the playoffs.

Using a mixture of advanced stats and everyday numbers, we've discovered a wide range of statistics that trouble us, applying one to every single NHL franchise based on its play in the 2015-16 season.

Not all teams have an obvious flaw, so some of these may seem like a stretch. But each poses a potential problem for the postseason.

Click ahead to see my selections for every NHL team's most concerning statistic n the 2015-16 season.

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