"Every coach I've ever had has told me to shoot more, the Swede told amNewYork with a smirk. I'm pretty well used to it. I'm the one who looks more to pass. I've been trying to teach myself to shoot the puck more and get my shot off more, but I think you have to balance it out I don't think most people over here [in North America] have that mentality."
"With it comes an elite shooting percentage. Each of the last two years, he has scored on 20.8% of his shots. To put that into perspective, the NHL's active career leader in shooting percentage is Brayden Point of the Tampa Bay Lightning at 18.71%. Holmstrom's career mark is 19.9%, but he has not qualified for any such leaderboards because he averages 2.1 shots per game over his young career."
Simon Holmstrom began the season with almost no shots on goal, registering zero shots through three games and only one shot in each of games four and five. Holmstrom is a 24-year-old winger who scored 6, 15, and 20 goals across his first three NHL seasons, showing steady improvement. He favors passing and is selective about shooting, a tendency he attributes to a Swedish mentality and coaches who tell him to shoot more. Holmstrom maintains an elite shooting percentage — about 19.9% for his career and 20.8% the past two seasons — but averages only 2.1 shots per game, limiting statistical recognition.
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