Doesn’t go on Columbus or Patrik Lainea.
Patrik Laine sat on the blanket again for the entire rest of the game. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
Last night, Columbus took the hoe for the eighth time in a row. This time, the Ohio team lost to Washington 3-4. Columbus is the last to plow the East.
Despite the gloomy situation, the new head coach of Columbus Pascal Vincent believes that everything is not as bad as the statistics make it seem.
– We do so many good things – and I’m repeating myself here from the last game – but we do a lot of good things when we play like this. And yes, we make mistakes like other teams do, but we make them at the wrong time, which costs us games. It costs us points, Vincent said For The Athletic.
Made one fatal mistake Patrick Laine. Alias Protas intercepted a Finnish pass in Washington’s end in the third period, which was followed by a quick counterattack. It ended Hendrix Lapierre to shoot the winning goal.
After that situation, Laine was no longer seen in the rink. So the Finn was forced to wait again when the match was not played at 6.26. Laine got a total of 12.21 ice time, which was the second least of all Columbus players.
In the light of the advanced statistics, the coach’s words have some substance, because for example against Washington, Columbus won Moneypuck’s according to goal expectation 3.18–2.47.
Columbus is, however, the fifth worst team in the entire NHL when measured by the ratio of expected goals for the entire season (46.75%).
Last season, the blue jackets were the second worst team in the entire series, but even then they never lost eight matches in a row. With an eight-match losing streak, the team shares the record for the longest losing streak in club history.
An interesting detail is that Columbus has led in their last seven games, although each of them has ended in defeat.
In terms of wins, Columbus has started the season only once worse than now. In the 2011–12 season, it had three wins after 18 games. Now there are four of them.