Maybe some of this comes down to matching up against the same players for about two weeks. After all, an 82-game regular season is a serious grind. Perhaps Kuznetsov kicks things up another notch when every contest matters that much more. 3.3 SOG per game) after 2.07 in the regular season. While Kuznetsov’s increased trigger-happiness seems to be in part a transformation, it’s interesting to note that he ramps up his shooting as something of a springtime tradition.Ģ014-15: 42 SOG in 14 GP (five goals, 3 SOG per game) after 1.59 SOG per game in the regular season.Ģ015-16: 39 SOG in 12 GP (one goal, 3.25 SOG per game) after 2.35 in regular season.Ģ016-17: 43 SOG in 13 GP (five goals. ( John Carlson is fourth with 76, while Jonathan Marchessault comes in at third with 82 despite playing 18 games to 22 for Ovechkin and Kuznetsov. Ovechkin leads the postseason with 90 SOG, only five more than Kuznetsov. Usually, Alex Ovechkin ranks far ahead of any other Capitals forwards when it comes to firing shots on net, yet during this run, Kuznetsov isn’t far behind him. Kuznetsov’s almost like a different player during this postseason run, however, generated a lethal 85 SOG over 22 games (3.86 SOG per contest).ĭespite playing with an apparent injury, Kuznetsov decided to shoot on this 2-on-1 during Game 3, and scored with the sort of accuracy you’d expect from a top-flight sniper … which maybe he’s becoming? Via Hockey Reference, Kuznetsov averaged 2.37 shots per game during the 2017-18 regular season, which already stands as an improvement compared to his career regular season average (2.06). That’s been most abundantly clear during a 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs run where Kuznetsov’s already set a new Capitals franchise record for points with 27 (including 12 goals). Well, Kuznetsov takes those lessons to heart during the most important time of the year, as he really ramps up his shooting during the postseason. No, he can really shoot it and he’s accurate.” He’s a threat when he gets to the top of the circles and then he’s looking to dish a little bit. “He’s just got to shoot a little bit more. ” … I think what it does when he does shoot, it will open up his wingers for him, too, because everyone is shading to the wingers right now because they think he’s just looking for his wingers,” Trotz said in November. Which, to be fair, is pretty understandable when Alex Ovechkin is usually on your left wing. As Russian Machine Never Breaks’ Ian Oland noted back in November, Barry Trotz sometimes got frustrated with Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s bias toward setting up his teammates. Sometimes that drive to make that “pretty play” can drive a coach mad, particularly when that translates to vetoing more of a sure-thing in the form of a shot. Pease is philosophical about the early chapters of her life, which will be depicted on an NBC made-for-TV movie.The NHL’s best playmakers can also double for the most frustrating forwards for a simple reason: they love to pass. I usually start rehearsals three days early for these scenes. I have a psychiatrist consultant at a hospital and we work on gestures and speech patterns. ''To do this,'' Pease explains, ''I have to be Lacey playing Kimberly or Clare playing Kimberly. ''She has such a generosity of spirit and determination.''įor her multiple-personality storyline, Pease seamlessly slips from Kimberly the compassionate blond (currently accused of shooting her own brother Roman) Lacey, the red-headed party girl and murder suspect and Clare, the coolly conservative brunette. I hope that I can be like her,'' says the mother of two, whose husband plays French horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra. ''I have used everything I learned in acting school with Kimberly, which is why I am so exhilarated by her and so grateful because it is, in the truest sense, acting. ''But just the impact of teachers who helped me, I can`t say enough about that.''Īfter receiving a bachelor`s degree in fine arts, she moved to New York and joined the cast of ''Search for Tomorrow.'' Three years later, Pease left for Hollywood and was hired by ''Days'' in 1984. ''I knew my dreams were my way out,'' she said.
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