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What does the
statistic "plus/minus" means and how it's calculated?
How are goalie stats figured?
How do the officials determine which player
receives credit for scoring a goal?
Who receives credit for an assist?
Who receives credit for a game-tying goal?
Who receives credit for a game-winning goal?
What constitutes a shot on goal? |
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What does
the statistic "plus/minus" means and how it's calculated?
When an even-strength or shorthanded goal is scored, every
player on the ice for the team scoring the goal is credited with
a plus. Every player on the ice for the team scored against gets
a minus. A player's overall total is calculated by subtracting
the minuses from the pluses. A high plus total is taken to
suggest that a guy is a good defensive player. |
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How are
goalie stats figured?
Goaltender's should keep track of games played, wins, losses,
shutouts, goals-against average and save percentage.
Goals-against average is the number of goals allowed per full
game played, rounded to two decimal points. Divide your number
of minutes played by 60 and divide that number into the number
of goals allowed. For example, if you have allowed four goals in
180 minutes your GAA is 1.33 (180 divided by 60 is three. Four
divided by three is 1.33). The result suggests that for every
full game you play, you will allow 1.33 goals.
Save percentage is the number saves made divided by the total
number of shots on goal, expressed in three decimal places. If
you have faced 45 shots and allowed five goals, your save
percentage is .888 (40 saves divided by 45 shots). The number
suggests that if you were to face 1,000 shots you would stop 888
of them. |
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How do the
officials determine which player receives credit for scoring a
goal?
The last offensive player to touch the puck before it goes into
the opponent's net is given credit for the goal. |
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Who
receives credit for an assist?
Assists are credited to the player or players taking part in the
play by touching the puck immediately preceding the goal. No
more than two assists can be given on each goal. |
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Who
receives credit for a game-tying goal?
The last player to score a goal in a game that ends in a tie
receives credit for the game-tying goal. |
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Who
receives credit for a game-winning goal?
The player who scores the goal that gives his team one more goal
than the final total of its opponent receives credit for a
game-winning goal. |
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What
constitutes a shot on goal?
A shot on goal is defined as a deliberate attempt by a player to
shoot the puck in the opponent's net that, without intervention
of the goaltender, would have scored a goal. A shot that hits
the post or misses the net is not a shot on goal. |
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