Winnipeg Jets and Missing the Net: How Bad Is It?

Much has been made of the Winnipeg Jets propensity to miss the net when they shoot. We all know the Jets lead the league in missed shots, but that is a stat that ignores shot volumes. Lets take a look at missed shots as a percentage of shots attempts.

Here is the full list sorted by missed shot percentage:

	Team	Shots	MsS	Fenwick	% of Shots Missed
1	WINNIPEG	423	220	643	34.2%
2	DALLAS	424	193	617	31.3%
3	NASHVILLE	405	180	585	30.8%
4	LOS ANGELES	419	181	600	30.2%
5	TORONTO	473	202	675	29.9%
6	DETROIT	467	199	666	29.9%
7	OTTAWA	553	226	779	29.0%
8	SAN JOSE	446	182	628	29.0%
9	VANCOUVER	434	177	611	29.0%
10	MONTREAL	461	185	646	28.6%
11	PHOENIX	499	199	698	28.5%
12	NEW JERSEY	424	168	592	28.4%
13	PHILADELPHIA	474	186	660	28.2%
14	ANAHEIM	404	156	560	27.9%
15	CALGARY	426	164	590	27.8%
16	LEAGUE AVERAGE		5011	18039.5	27.8%
17	BOSTON	419	160	579	27.7%
18	WASHINGTON	431	164	595	27.6%
19	PITTSBURGH	483	183	666	27.5%
20	ST LOUIS	461	172	633	27.2%
21	NY ISLANDERS	483	177	660	26.8%
22	TAMPA BAY	404	146	550	26.6%
23	EDMONTON	431	154	585	26.3%
24	MINNESOTA	398	142	540	26.3%
25	NY RANGERS	450	158	608	26.0%
26	COLUMBUS	430	151	581	26.0%
27	CAROLINA	473	166	639	26.0%
28	COLORADO	428	142	570	24.9%
29	BUFFALO	508	168	676	24.8%
30	FLORIDA	431	137	568	24.1%
31	CHICAGO	490	154	644	23.9%

Well, the Jets still suck really really bad. Meanwhile, Chicago is doing really really well.

Go figure that a team scores more when the pucks hit the net.

Now for a little context I pulled the numbers from last year. Here are the 2011-12 numbers:

	Team	Shots	MsS	Fenwick	% of shots missed
1	LOS ANGELES	2509	1123	3632	30.9%
2	ANAHEIM	2288	1017	3305	30.8%
3	DALLAS	2312	1006	3318	30.3%
4	WINNIPEG	2468	1067	3535	30.2%
5	TORONTO	2321	991	3312	29.9%
6	ST LOUIS	2509	1066	3575	29.8%
7	PHOENIX	2427	1013	3440	29.4%
8	WASHINGTON	2296	934	3230	28.9%
9	CAROLINA	2501	1016	3517	28.9%
10	OTTAWA	2575	1033	3608	28.6%
11	EDMONTON	2189	875	3064	28.6%
12	PITTSBURGH	2780	1088	3868	28.1%
13	SAN JOSE	2772	1081	3853	28.1%
14	LEAGUE AVERAGE		28479	101655.8	28.0%
15	MINNESOTA	2173	838	3011	27.8%
16	MONTREAL	2337	901	3238	27.8%
17	TAMPA BAY	2230	859	3089	27.8%
18	VANCOUVER	2583	990	3573	27.7%
19	BOSTON	2657	1010	3667	27.5%
20	PHILADELPHIA	2640	1002	3642	27.5%
21	NY RANGERS	2337	886	3223	27.5%
22	DETROIT	2640	997	3637	27.4%
23	FLORIDA	2435	917	3352	27.4%
24	BUFFALO	2394	893	3287	27.2%
25	CALGARY	2255	824	3079	26.8%
26	CHICAGO	2583	922	3505	26.3%
27	NASHVILLE	2263	803	3066	26.2%
28	NY ISLANDERS	2411	850	3261	26.1%
29	COLUMBUS	2452	842	3294	25.6%
30	COLORADO	2583	873	3456	25.3%
31	NEW JERSEY	2255	762	3017	25.3%

The Jets weren’t great a great shooting bunch last year either, but they have been far worse this year.

I have to think the Jets' number will crawl back towards the league average.

Oops. Because I am an idiot, I completely buggered up those tables, but they should be fixed now.

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