Predicting Individual Points

from Scott Cullen of TSN, Coming off a career-low 85-point season, Alexander Ovechkin is forecasted to bounce back and lead the league in scoring in the 2011-2012 NHL Point Projections.

There are a few reasons to consider Ovechkin as a candidate for a bounceback season. First off, his shooting percentage of 8.7% was easily the lowest of his career, well below his average of 11.9%, so there?s a fair chance that he?ll score more goals this year.

Another reason to suspect that Ovechkin could bounce back is that the Washington power play, which ranked first in 2009-2010 and second in 2008-2009, dropped to 16th last year. A Capital rebound with the man advantage should result in an increase in Ovechkin?s power play scoring. He settled for a career-low 24 power play points last season after averaging 41.6 power play points in the previous five seasons.

continued and view the Top 300 projected point leaders for the upcoming season.

Source: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/predicting_individual_points/

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