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Offensive Expectations: The Canadiens need to be better than average

After another week with a .500 record, things are so bad for the Canadiens that they’ll need around .700 from here on if they want to be a part of the playoffs. On the bright side, they did start to find the back of the net a little bit more than they had been.

Still, the way things are going, the team will end the season with the lowest total goals of any campaign in Michel Therrien’s latest tenure.

Let’s take a look at last week’s numbers:

Shots

Goals

Average before

32.0

2.65

Average last week

28.5

4

Average now

31.8

2.70

82-game pace

2610

221

Here are the numbers for the entire roster. You can click a column’s heading to sort it. Shootout goals are not included in the totals.

Player

Pos.

GP

Exp. S

Actual S

Pace S

Exp. G

Actual G

Pace G

Exp. P

Actual P

Pace P

Sh%

Andrighetto, Sven

F

22

110

30

112

10

6

22

25

7

26

20

Barberio, Mark

D

18

74

21

96

3

1

5

14

4

18

4.76

Beaulieu, Nathan

D

52

144

61

96

6

2

3

20

16

25

3.28

Byron, Paul

F

36

131

32

73

12

8

18

25

11

25

25

Carr, Daniel

F

19

110

34

147

8

5

22

20

8

35

14.71

De la Rose, Jacob

F

3

66

1

27

4

0

0

10

0

0

0

Desharnais, David

F

56

109

76

111

10

9

13

45

26

38

11.84

Eller, Lars

F

56

108

101

148

12

9

13

27

17

25

8.91

Emelin, Alexei

D

46

74

38

68

3

0

0

14

6

11

0

Fleischmann, Tomas

F

54

131

94

143

12

9

14

25

19

29

9.57

Flynn, Brian

F

55

99

72

107

6

4

6

20

10

15

5.56

Galchenyuk, Alex

F

56

225

139

204

25

14

21

50

34

50

10.07

Gallagher, Brendan

F

39

208

128

269

25

14

29

50

30

63

10.94

Gilbert, Tom

D

42

49

35

68

2

1

2

12

2

4

2.86

Holloway, George

F

1

88

1

82

8

0

0

22

0

0

0

Hudon, Charles

F

2

78

1

41

7

0

0

30

2

82

0

Lessio, Lucas

F

1

99

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

NA

Markov, Andrei

D

56

140

72

105

8

3

4

40

28

41

4.17

McCarron, Michael

F

2

78

4

164

7

0

0

20

0

0

0

Mitchell, Torrey

F

45

66

44

80

4

6

11

12

12

22

13.64

Pacioretty, Max

F

56

308

215

315

37

20

29

60

39

57

9.3

Pateryn, Greg

D

12

49

9

62

2

0

0

8

0

0

0

Petry, Jeff

D

51

192

98

158

8

5

8

25

16

26

5.1

Plekanec, Tomas

F

56

167

139

204

20

12

18

50

42

62

8.63

Smith-Pelly, Devante

F

41

115

53

106

7

5

10

19

11

22

9.43

Subban, P.K.

D

56

211

150

220

12

5

7

50

44

64

3.33

Weise, Dale

F

52

88

111

175

8

12

19

18

22

35

10.81

Pace stats are projected over a full year of hockey (82 games)

Like I mentioned last week, Tomas Plekanec had two goals, but It was Alex Galchenyuk and Sven Andrighetto who exploded this week. With the way things are going, Galchenyuk might finish with another season of 20 goals. Not bad for someone whose usage has been anything but consistent.

I never thought I would mention it so soon but Devante Smith-Pelly actually scored. It would be interesting to see him do that more often, perhaps inflating his trade value. For his part, Jacob de la Rose played quite well, but couldn’t find the back of the net, though he looks like he may start doing that soon.

As for the defensemen, P.K. Subban continued his offensive streak with an assist each game. Andrei Markov had two primary assists on the powerplay, setting up Galchenyuk each time. Greg Pateryn saw action this week, but failed to register a shot on net despite playing well.

With the trade deadline coming soon, we’ll see if the list of players to follow will have to be modified for the better.

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