The shifty winger is currently on pace to crush his production from last year, which is all the more impressive because Providence’s two top scorers from last year’s team are no longer with the team.Wilkins likes to have the puck on his stick and it appears that he’s quite proficient at creating chances for his linemates at even strength — 23 of his last 33 assists have been picked up at evens. His personal shooting percentage is at his career average yet his team shooting percentage would mark a career-high by a decent margin; but to the extent, his scoring would be expected to slip somewhat on that basis, it's unlikely for there to be a net loss in points due to the potential for him to score even more due to these other factors.Pietrangelo also is being unleashed on the PP like never before, taking the ice for 68.7% of his team's PP minutes after only once having done so for over 56% and never before hitting even the 60% mark. Pionk averaged over 22 min/GP with the Rangers until the mid-point of last season and was playing top-four and second-unit power play. That's now eight points (one goal, seven assists) in the last seven games for the 24-year-old. Out of 50 defencemen with at least 100 minutes at 5-on-4 this year, Morrissey was second in IPP (91.7 percent) and Pionk was third (86.2 percent). Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Neal Pionk, 1995-07-29 Hermantown, MN, USA USA. Moreover, his PP deployment (i.e., his share of his team's man-advantage minutes) is higher than all but two seasons of his career. Although defensemen are expected to have a higher percentage of secondary assists than forwards, Pionk's percentage ranks him sixth-highest among all rearguards with at least 30 points.
The fact that 21 of Sturm’s 26 points this season have been scored at even strength shows that he’s creating offense despite being the player other teams know they need to shut down. After being undrafted, Pionk defied the odds and made it to the NHL by age 22, putting up a point per every other game in 28 contests. Schmaltz tallied a beauty to open the scoring with 4:10 left in the first period, walking Winnipeg defenseman Neal Pionk and chipping it past Connor Hellebuyck for his 10th goal of the year. “I think in Bobo’s draft year, he might’ve been 5-foot-9 and maybe 170 pounds. Might be going under the radar here because the Rangers are done, but Neal Pionk has 9 assists in 17 games including 3 last night. But that is not altogether surprising considering his frame.Sturm has only recently stepped into a more featured role in Clarkson’s offense and the early returns have been encouraging. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc.Pionk collected a pair of assists while adding five shots, three hits, two blocks and two PIM in Thursday's 5-1 win over Ottawa.Pionk's breakout season continued with another boxscore-filling performance.
Find out Neal Pionk's latest linemates, game logs, advanced stats, news and analysis from dobberhockey.com Collectively these provide a further basis for Letang scoring at an even higher rate over the remainder of the regular season.My take is if you own Pietrangelo in a keeper, hold him through the end of this season then try to sell high this summer when you'll have the double benefit of his UFA attention plus the recent memory of his lofty 2019-20 production, which I can't see him being able to duplicate pretty much wherever he lands for 2020-21. No actually – signs point to Letang being able to up his scoring rate before all is said and done with this campaign.The other concern regarding Pionk is his high percentage of secondary assists (versus primary assists and goals) at 43.2%. He and his family sat through the entire draft in Philadelphia without hearing his name called. He set up a Mark Scheifele power-play goal in the first period and had the secondary assist on Kyle Connor's second-period tally. Jets' Neal Pionk: Draws two apples 02/21/2020 • Pionk collected a pair of assists while adding five shots, three hits, two blocks and two PIM in Thursday's 5-1 win over Ottawa. Sure enough, the PPPts have come as well, with Pietrangelo having tied his second-best PPPt output after only 49 games and being on pace for 29, which would exceed his previous high of 26 set way back in 2011-12. Also, his overall IPP would be his second-lowest in seven seasons, signifying he's perhaps left a few points on the table thus far. Neal Pionk. He’s a big reason why the Friars have routinely outshot their opponents over the last two seasons.Most analysts agree that Carpenter’s biggest weakness is his skating.