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New York Rangers longterm scoring success will depend on rebounds

The New York Rangers need to start shooting for rebounds. It’s going to be integral for them to do so in order to have a successful season.

At the surface it seems absolutely insane to say that shooting to score in a sport like hockey, where scoring chances and goals are hard to come by, is a negative for a team not tanking for Connor Bedard. But if you peel back the layers, not every shot is created equal, which can be noted by everyone’s favorite stat; Expected Goals.

According to Alison Lukan, who covers the Seattle Kraken, expected goals can be defined as a formula that considers a variety of factors and then mathematically assigns a value to each shot attempt that represents the probability of that shot becoming a goal.