No one could have predicted the offseason injury that limited Logan Couture to six games; nor could they have predicted the injury to Mikael Granlund to start the season... Obviously, none of that happened, which is why on Oct. 27, the Sharks exercised the two-way contract the team signed with Ryan Carpenter and called him up to the NHL.
Twelve points in 62 games is not what you ideally want from a depth forward, but Carpenter's purpose on this roster was not scoring. His purpose was stability... On a team that lacked defensive responsibility, Carpenter was a steadying force.
Looking at his expected goals against per 60 minutes (xGA/60) and his Corsi against per 60 minutes (CA/60), you can see that Carpenter was well above league average defensively... Carpenter was especially helpful on the penalty kill. He was fourth among forwards on the team in penalty kill minutes, according to Natural Stat Trick.
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