Team Identity: The Carolina Hurricanes' Chip & Charge Transition

Controlling the game without possessing the puck.

Year-in year-out the Carolina Hurricanes are near the top of the NHL when it comes to puck possession metrics such as Corsi% or Expected Goals %.

However what allows the Canes to create offensive threat is not their possession game per se, but rather their uncanny ability to bulldoze their way into the offensive zone and to force opponents into making m…