willmma
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- Jan 5, 2017
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I've wondered about that. Elo, is made for chess as you know. A win is a win.its binary, a team scores 1 for a win and 0 for a loss.
I always struggled with the idea OT or SO wins. Do I still score them as 1? How about a loss, still a 0? I feel like keeping the binary scoring keeps it honest and keeps my influence away from the rankings. If I remove OT or SO wins then that will influence the results. I could use the NHL point system W=2, OTL & SOL=1, L=0. Or a 3 point system. In any case any of those will introduce my bias, or influence in the scoring.
That said, My code scrapes game results from the Internet, it can tell if a win is regulation or not regulation, but can't differentiate between OT or SO wins. I can for fun, have it ignore this wins and losses, and see how it looks. But I won't change the main rankings in this thread.
Here are the rankings with OT games removed
After 442 games played this season the rankings for Dec 30 2017 are:
# | Team | Elo Score |
1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2814 |
2 | Winnipeg Jets | 2751 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 2736 |
4 | New Jersey Devils | 2667 |
5 | Vegas Golden Knights | 2665 |
6 | Nashville Predators | 2659 |
7 | Los Angeles Kings | 2583 |
8 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2577 |
9 | San Jose Sharks | 2558 |
10 | St. Louis Blues | 2554 |
11 | Washington Capitals | 2553 |
12 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2545 |
13 | New York Islanders | 2534 |
14 | Dallas Stars | 2533 |
15 | Anaheim Ducks | 2521 |
16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2507 |
17 | Minnesota Wild | 2500 |
18 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2491 |
19 | Vancouver Canucks | 2478 |
20 | Colorado Avalanche | 2475 |
21 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2452 |
22 | New York Rangers | 2446 |
23 | Detroit Red Wings | 2419 |
24 | Montreal Canadiens | 2393 |
25 | Calgary Flames | 2389 |
26 | Florida Panthers | 2389 |
27 | Edmonton Oilers | 2375 |
28 | Ottawa Senators | 2372 |
29 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2352 |
30 | Buffalo Sabres | 2146 |
31 | Arizona Coyotes | 1954 |
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Division | Avg Score |
Central | 2566 |
Metropolitan | 2511 |
Atlantic | 2476 |
Pacific | 2440 |
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Conference | Avg Score |
Western | 2499 |
Eastern | 2493 |
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