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Killing Time: An Analysis of the Salvador Era of the 14-15 Devils Penalty Kill

Last week, I introduced my plans for a project I'm calling Killing Time, an analysis of the 2014-15 New Jersey Devils' penalty kill. I am tracking each and every shorthanded situation from the previous season to identify what zone exits the Devils are making, who is making them, how the opposition enters the zone, and the time between exit and entry. I'm calling that time between a zone exit and zone entry by the opposition as "killed time," as it's what the shorthanded team strives to do when they get the puck. For the sake of comparison, I am splitting up last season into three "eras.