I was looking over Alexander Ovechkin's career shooting data and I thought it merited being posted. First, his progression at even-strength, per 3600 seconds of ice time:
| ES | Slap | Snap | Wrist | Other | Total |
| 2005-06 | 2.00 | 3.63 | 6.89 | 1.53 | 14.04 |
| 2006-07 | 1.50 | 3.74 | 6.31 | 1.73 | 13.27 |
| 2007-08 | 1.61 | 3.81 | 6.91 | 1.31 | 13.64 |
| 2008-09 | 1.87 | 4.01 | 8.52 | 1.09 | 15.50 |
| 2009-10 | 1.60 | 3.25 | 7.29 | 1.10 | 13.24 |
| Total | 1.71 | 3.70 | 7.19 | 1.35 | 13.95 |
The most interesting change, I think, is the drop-off in slap shots from his rookie season. Contrast that with his play on the PP:
| PP | Slap | Snap | Wrist | Other | Total |
| 2005-06 | 5.73 | 2.86 | 5.73 | 0.58 | 15.54 |
| 2006-07 | 3.97 | 3.57 | 4.76 | 0.47 | 13.63 |
| 2007-08 | 7.22 | 2.97 | 4.64 | 0.17 | 15.35 |
| 2008-09 | 11.08 | 4.49 | 8.56 | 0.32 | 25.11 |
| 2009-10 | 7.75 | 2.97 | 5.77 | 0.15 | 16.97 |
| Total | 7.02 | 3.35 | 5.85 | 0.33 | 17.16 |
Here, his slap shot rate has gone way up. So Washington is setting Ovechkin up for vastly more one-timers on the PP than when he was a rookie, while teams are preventing same at even-strength. How does he compare to the rest of the league?
| League | Slap | Snap | Wrist | Other | Total |
| ES | 8.4 | 5.1 | 13.9 | 5.1 | 32.5 |
| PP | 20.3 | 7.0 | 17.2 | 1.2 | 51.9 |
| % Delta | 143 | 37 | 24 | -76 | 60 |
| Ovechkin | 311 | -9 | -19 | -76 | 23 |
Clearly there are way more one-timer slap shots on the PP than at ES, but Ovechkin increases his rate even more than the league as a whole.
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