The Los Angeles Kings currently have the 12th-best shooting percentage in the NHL. For a normal team, that’s a normal figure, nothing to write home about. Their 9.7% SH% is just ahead of the league average, and in fact, the 19 teams behind them in the ranking are all below the league average of 9.4%. For LA, though, being anywhere above the average is a cause for massive celebration, and on Monday we saw why that makes such a big difference for this team.
The Kings’ 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers paired their new, improved finishing with their old standby: excellent goaltending.