Nykvarn Beat Kalmarsund – Powered by Their Unorthodox Top Line?
Nykvarn was heading into the 8th round of the men's SSL in a very tough spot. Five straight losses, almost all of them by one goal. And heading towards a tough schedule of facing Kalmarsund, Storvreta, Pixbo, Falun, Linköping and Växjö in that order.
They loaded up their first line with Markus Jonsson and Otto Kilip behind Hampus Ahrén, Kevin Riogiannis and Lucas Rigogiannis.
A line with a pretty odd combination of handidness. Two left-shot defensemen, a left-shot center and two right-shot forwards.
Were they the reason Nykvarn ended their slump and came away with a 5-3 victory over Kalmasrund? Let us dive deeper into a very interesting floorball line.
🔢👀 | What do the numbers and eyes tell us about their shifts?
The Ahrén line were kept intact until half of the third period had been played. Kevin Rigogiannis then got replaced by Sebastian Thorberg, when Nykvarn shortened their bench in the end.
Looking at the numbers, it looks like they got pretty much what they deserved. The actual goals being 2-2, and the expected goals almost showing the same result. So not really a difference making line in the end, for this upset win for Nykvarn.
But this line has a lot of things going for them, that is not made justice by the numbers alone. Let us have a look at some special and interesting patterns in how they play with the ball. 👇
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