VGK’s Comeback Crew: Dorofeyev, Marner, And More Feast When Trailing

It will not come as a secret to any Golden Knights fan that this 12 months’s workforce has spent numerous time behind on the scoreboard. To be precise, Vegas has been behind for 1,349 minutes and 12 seconds in 57 video games. That’s the fifth most within the league, and they’re one in all simply two groups within the Top 10 at the moment in playoff place (Anaheim).

VGK have come again to win 13 instances, together with eight instances within the third interval, tied for the league lead.

It feels just like the workforce as an entire turns it up when they’re behind, however the person numbers inform a little bit of a unique story.

Pavel Dorofeyev leads the NHL with a whopping 18 targets when his workforce is trailing. That’s 5 targets forward of the following closest gamers, who’re Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Filip Forsberg, and Morgan Geekie. Dorofeyev is tied for twenty first within the league with 26 targets, but leads the league by FIVE targets when trailing.

75% of Dorofeyev’s targets have include the Golden Knights down on the scoreboard. That’s a large quantity in comparison with McDavid’s 38%, Geekie’s 41%, and Draisaitl’s 45%.

Even extra unbelievable is that 11 of Dorofeyev’s 18 targets when trailing have been on the ability play, and one other two got here with VGK’s goalie pulled. That means an insane 50%, precisely half, of Dorofeyev’s targets this season have include the Golden Knights down and with a person benefit. That scenario accounts for simply 12.3% of Dorofeyev’s whole minute load as he is scored 13 targets in 123 minutes when trailing and up a minimum of one man, whereas taking part in a complete of 999 minutes.

He’s not the one one, although.

Mitch Marner has scored 7 targets and amassed a whopping 30 factors in 467 minutes with VGK behind. That’s 44% of his targets and 52% of his factors in 40% of recreation time.

Tomas Hertl has 4 targets and 6 factors in 28:40 with the VGK web empty. That’s a fee 8.37 targets and 12.56 factors per 60 minutes. Or, in the event you issue it by Hertl’s common time on ice per recreation this 12 months (17:26), he would have 2.43 targets and three.65 factors per recreation if he saved up his 6-on-5 tempo.

Mark Stone and Hertl are every within the Top 10 in factors whereas trailing and Jack Eichel is sixth in assists. Meanwhile, when the Golden Knights are forward, they’ve simply two gamers within the Top 50 in targets and two within the Top 30 in factors.

VGK’s finest gamers have been driving the bus when they’re chasing deficits. Dorofeyev has lapped the sector in scoring targets, whereas Marner, Stone, Eichel, and Hertl have been lighting it up because the Golden Knights attempt to come again.