Puck Battles & NHL Stars

The usefulness of the "puck battles won" stat for individuals

I recently re-published archived articles on Patrik Laine (read) and the puck battles won statistic (read).

Upon review, I put one and one together and decided to check out Laine’s puck battle numbers on the inStat video scouting platform.

Those numbers were…not great.

Since joining the NHL, Laine has only won north of 50% of puck battles one, during an a…