Thus, it is rare that there’s one poor decision that everyone can point to as a satisfying explanation for a loss. As Capitals forward Joel Ward once explained: hockey is rife with random variables and trying to pin down a single cause can be a recipe for a simplistic disaster.
That caveat aside, tell me if something in this line deployment chart from Corsica doesn’t, well, stand out just a bit:
(Quick note: blue is advantage home team, and the darker the blue, the bigger advantage for the home team.