Inside the Numbers: Canucks' Elias Pettersson is shooting less, skating slower
This decline in velocity has carried through to this season: Pettersson hasn’t reached 35 km/h once this season. In fact, his top speed burst has been 34.7 km/h, which is below the league average of 35.6 km/h. He has clocked over 32 km/h 54 times this season, which is roughly on pace with last season’s total.