BM67
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Pulling together and updating some stuff from different threads.
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The Devils have been known for giving up fewer shots and taking fewer penalties than almost every team year in and year out for all of Brodeur's career. It's not as well known that they have also been at or near the bottom in number of faceoffs per game since the stat has been kept.
The question is one of how much credit is due Brodeur for any of these factors to the "Devils System".
A look the Devils stats, taking the games where Brodeur played the whole game and comparing them to the games where he either didn't play or only played part of the game, and comparing the SOGF, SOGA, face-offs and PIM per game.
2013-14
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|37|26.70|25.51|56.62|7.54|B Home|20|25.40|25.00|55.20|7.65|B Road|17|28.24|26.12|58.29|7.41
Other|45|26.91|25.53|56.20|8.38|O Home|21|27.00|23.76|54.57|7.71|O Road|24|26.83|27.08|57.62|8.96
2012-13
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|29|28.48|22.62|56.76|10.69|B Home|16|27.75|22.44|56.38|12.81|B Road|13|29.38|22.85|57.23|8.08
Other|19|28.21|23.89|59.63|10.16|O Home|8|30.12|23.62|58.50|7.62|O Road|11|26.82|24.09|60.45|12.00
2011-12
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|55|26.95|26.36|52.89|11.60|B Home|33|27.70|25.61|53.18|11.45|B Road|22|25.82|27.50|52.45|11.82
Other|27|28.56|27.74|57.11|11.33|O Home|8|27.50|28.62|56.50|10.88|O Road|19|29.00|27.37|57.37|11.53
2010-11
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|47|29.38|25.32|50.13|9.04|B Home|23|30.00|23.70|50.26|8.04|B Road|24|28.79|26.88|50.00|10.00
Other|35|27.51|28.40|54.71|9.69|O Home|18|26.83|29.39|53.50|7.11|O Road|17|28.24|27.35|56.00|12.41
2009-10
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|70|29.84|27.00|51.71|10.47|B Home|39|28.54|25.33|50.97|10.33|B Road|31|31.48|29.10|52.65|10.65
Other|12|30.83|26.92|52.00|10.50|O Home|2|33.00|19.00|49.00|13.00|O Road|10|30.40|28.50|52.60|10.00
2008-09
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|28|35.14|29.68|55.03|14.75|B Home|14|34.00|29.57|55.71|13.64|B Road|14|36.29|29.79|54.36|15.86
Other|54|31.74|29.33|56.59|11.94|O Home|27|31.41|27.33|57.26|13.56|O Road|27|32.07|31.33|55.93|10.33
2007-08
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|73|29.04|27.44|52.03|11.78|B Home|39|29.10|26.46|52.00|11.41|B Road|34|28.97|28.56|52.06|12.21
Other|9|26.89|28.22|54.22|12.67|O Home|2|27.50|23.00|51.00|17.50|O Road|7|26.71|29.71|55.14|11.29
2006-07
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|76|28.74|28.28|52.50|9.45|B Home|38|27.79|26.00|53.16|9.82|B Road|38|29.68|30.55|51.84|9.08
Other|6|28.33|30.50|60.00|18.67|O Home|3|25.67|25.00|59.00|17.00|O Road|3|31.00|36.00|61.00|20.33
2005-06
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|69|29.29|29.12|57.01|11.45|B Home|33|28.79|27.15|56.79|9.91|B Road|36|29.75|30.92|57.33|12.86
Other|13|29.15|29.92|57.15|10.92|O Home|8|25.75|28.25|54.38|11.75|O Road|5|34.60|32.60|61.60|9.6
The years from before the lockout.
2003-04
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|75|29.56|24.63|59.77|10.59|B Home|38|28.55|22.61|60.21|11.16|B Road|37|30.59|26.70|59.32|10.00
Other|7|31.14|21.71|62.57|14.57|O Home|3|31.67|20.67|65.33|13.00|O Road|4|30.75|22.50|60.50|15.75
2002-03
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|71|31.85|23.68|60.65|12.10|B Home|36|31.42|22.31|60.28|10.97|B Road|35|32.29|25.09|61.03|13.26
Other|11|30.73|23.09|63.27|8.45|O Home|5|34.00|20.20|62.80|12.20|O Road|6|28.00|25.50|63.67|5.33
2001-02
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|69|29.58|23.16|63.16|12.70|B Home|36|28.08|21.56|61.64|11.19|B Road|33|31.21|24.91|64.82|14.33
Other|13|31.08|23.23|61.38|10.31|O Home|5|24.00|23.20|56.80|8.40|O Road|8|35.50|23.25|64.25|11.50
2000-01
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|67|31.67|25.27|64.37|16.36|B Home|32|32.09|23.94|65.75|14.97|B Road|35|31.29|26.49|63.11|17.63
Other|15|31.20|22.07|62.00|9.27|O Home|9|29.00|21.11|59.78|7.67|O Road|6|34.50|23.50|65.33|11.67
1999-00
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|70|33.40|25.19|62.94|16.54|B Home|34|33.88|23.41|62.62|17.41|B Road|36|32.94|26.86|63.25|15.72
Other|12|31.58|28.17|65.75|12.92|O Home|7|30.43|29.57|68.29|14.57|O Road|5|33.20|26.20|62.20|10.60
1998-99
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|70|31.10|24.74|62.77|17.51|B Home|33|31.67|23.00|60.61|16.09|B Road|37|30.59|26.30|64.70|18.78
Other|12|32.33|24.50|59.92|11.08|O Home|8|33.00|23.50|58.50|12.25|O Road|4|31.00|26.50|62.75|8.75
1997-98
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|66|29.27|22.98|----|----|B Home|34|30.15|22.09|----|----|B Road|32|28.34|23.94|----|----
Other|16|28.31|26.44|----|----|O Home|7|30.86|26.86|----|----|O Road|9|26.33|26.11|----|----
As you can see faceoffs per game are much higher than post-lockout.
Running totals: More SOGF in 10/16 seasons, fewer SOGA in 10/16, fewer faceoffs in 11/15, and fewer PIM in 6/15.
Total
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|906|30.06|25.87|57.56|12.33|B Home|464|29.61|24.41|57.15|11.82|B Road|442|30.53|27.40|58.00|12.88
Other|290|29.49|26.72|57.79|10.72|O Home|134|29.00|25.62|57.20|10.60|O Road|156|29.90|27.67|58.30|10.83
Post Lockout
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|484|29.08|27.11|53.50|10.67|B Home|255|28.57|25.75|53.36|10.43|B Road|229|29.65|28.62|53.65|10.94
Other|220|28.89|27.63|56.32|10.70|O Home|97|28.48|26.48|55.54|10.41|O Road|123|29.21|28.54|56.93|10.93
Before Lockout
Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM|Goalie|GP|SOGF|SOGA|FO|PIM
Brodeur|422|31.18|24.44|62.23|14.24|B Home|209|30.87|22.77|61.77|13.51|B Road|213|31.48|26.08|62.68|14.95
Other|70|31.36|23.87|62.43|10.80|O Home|37|30.35|23.35|61.57|11.11|O Road|33|32.48|24.45|63.39|10.45
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Here are the Devils home/road GF and GA and SOG over the last 14 seasons. The S% are for both teams combined.
Year|H GF|H GA|H SF|H SA|R GF|R GA|R SF|R SA|H S%|R S%
1998-99|123|102|1309|947|125|94|1256|1079|9.97%|9.38%
1999-00|133|92|1365|1003|118|111|1352|1098|9.50%|9.35%
2000-01|145|92|1288|956|150|103|1302|1068|10.56%|10.68%
2001-02|112|88|1131|892|93|99|1314|1008|9.89%|8.27%
2002-03|121|85|1301|904|95|81|1298|1031|9.34%|7.56%
2003-04|107|87|1180|921|106|77|1255|1078|9.23%|7.84%
2005-06|121|104|1156|1122|112|121|1244|1276|9.88%|9.25%
2006-07|101|93|1133|1063|105|100|1221|1269|8.83%|8.23%
2007-08|104|93|1190|1078|94|100|1172|1179|8.69%|8.25%
2008-09|134|97|1324|1152|104|110|1374|1263|9.33%|8.12%
2009-10|123|87|1179|1026|93|99|1280|1187|9.52%|7.78%
2010-11|92|100|1173|1074|79|107|1171|1110|8.54%|8.15%
2011-12|111|102|1134|1074|105|103|1119|1125|9.65%|9.27%
2012-13|64|58|685|548|46|64|677|562|9.89%|8.88%
2013-14|105|86|1075|999|92|109|1124|1094|9.21%|9.06
Total|1696|1366|17623|14759|1517|1478|18159|16427|9.46%|8.66%
T/GP|2.84|2.28|29.47|24.68|2.54|2.47|30.37|27.47|9.46%|8.66%
SV% are higher for both teams in Devils' road games with an additional 3.7 shots per game over the Devils' home average.
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Using the H/R split data from HockeyReference here is the league average SOGA/60 for various years. 1953-54 includes ENG, while the other years only count time with goalies in the nets.
1953-54: Home: 26.95 Road: 32.14 Dif: 5.19 or 19.26%
1988-89: Home: 28.42 Road: 31.60 Dif: 3.18 or 11.19%
1989-90: Home: 28.52 Road: 31.26 Dif: 2.74 or 9.61%.
1990-91: Home: 28.11 Road: 30.74 Dif: 2.63 or 9.36%.
1996-97: Home: 28.60 Road: 30.25 Dif: 1.65 or 5.77%.
2003-04: Home: 26.57 Road: 28.75 Dif: 2.18 or 8.20%.
2005-06: Home: 28.64 Road: 30.65 Dif: 2.01 or 7.02%.
2006-07: Home: 28.22 Road: 30.24 Dif: 2.02 or 7.16%.
2007-08: Home: 27.54 Road: 29.92 Dif: 2.38 or 8.64%.
2008-09: Home: 28.81 Road: 30.90 Dif: 2.09 or 7.25%.
2009-10: Home: 28.98 Road: 30.87 Dif: 1.89 or 6.52%.
2010-11: Home: 29.15 Road: 30.88 Dif: 1.73 or 5.93%.
2011-12: Home: 28.37 Road: 30.33 Dif: 1.96 or 6.91%.
2012-13: Home: 28.11 Road: 29.46 Dif: 1.35 or 4.80%.
Some corrections to the 2012-13 data from H-R were made. They had a home game included in the road totals for Fleury and Rask, as well as missing decisions for Khudobin and Neuvirth.
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The Devils have been known for giving up fewer shots and taking fewer penalties than almost every team year in and year out for all of Brodeur's career. It's not as well known that they have also been at or near the bottom in number of faceoffs per game since the stat has been kept.
The question is one of how much credit is due Brodeur for any of these factors to the "Devils System".
A look the Devils stats, taking the games where Brodeur played the whole game and comparing them to the games where he either didn't play or only played part of the game, and comparing the SOGF, SOGA, face-offs and PIM per game.
2013-14
Brodeur|37|26.70|25.51|56.62|7.54|B Home|20|25.40|25.00|55.20|7.65|B Road|17|28.24|26.12|58.29|7.41
Other|45|26.91|25.53|56.20|8.38|O Home|21|27.00|23.76|54.57|7.71|O Road|24|26.83|27.08|57.62|8.96
2012-13
Brodeur|29|28.48|22.62|56.76|10.69|B Home|16|27.75|22.44|56.38|12.81|B Road|13|29.38|22.85|57.23|8.08
Other|19|28.21|23.89|59.63|10.16|O Home|8|30.12|23.62|58.50|7.62|O Road|11|26.82|24.09|60.45|12.00
2011-12
Brodeur|55|26.95|26.36|52.89|11.60|B Home|33|27.70|25.61|53.18|11.45|B Road|22|25.82|27.50|52.45|11.82
Other|27|28.56|27.74|57.11|11.33|O Home|8|27.50|28.62|56.50|10.88|O Road|19|29.00|27.37|57.37|11.53
2010-11
Brodeur|47|29.38|25.32|50.13|9.04|B Home|23|30.00|23.70|50.26|8.04|B Road|24|28.79|26.88|50.00|10.00
Other|35|27.51|28.40|54.71|9.69|O Home|18|26.83|29.39|53.50|7.11|O Road|17|28.24|27.35|56.00|12.41
2009-10
Brodeur|70|29.84|27.00|51.71|10.47|B Home|39|28.54|25.33|50.97|10.33|B Road|31|31.48|29.10|52.65|10.65
Other|12|30.83|26.92|52.00|10.50|O Home|2|33.00|19.00|49.00|13.00|O Road|10|30.40|28.50|52.60|10.00
2008-09
Brodeur|28|35.14|29.68|55.03|14.75|B Home|14|34.00|29.57|55.71|13.64|B Road|14|36.29|29.79|54.36|15.86
Other|54|31.74|29.33|56.59|11.94|O Home|27|31.41|27.33|57.26|13.56|O Road|27|32.07|31.33|55.93|10.33
2007-08
Brodeur|73|29.04|27.44|52.03|11.78|B Home|39|29.10|26.46|52.00|11.41|B Road|34|28.97|28.56|52.06|12.21
Other|9|26.89|28.22|54.22|12.67|O Home|2|27.50|23.00|51.00|17.50|O Road|7|26.71|29.71|55.14|11.29
2006-07
Brodeur|76|28.74|28.28|52.50|9.45|B Home|38|27.79|26.00|53.16|9.82|B Road|38|29.68|30.55|51.84|9.08
Other|6|28.33|30.50|60.00|18.67|O Home|3|25.67|25.00|59.00|17.00|O Road|3|31.00|36.00|61.00|20.33
2005-06
Brodeur|69|29.29|29.12|57.01|11.45|B Home|33|28.79|27.15|56.79|9.91|B Road|36|29.75|30.92|57.33|12.86
Other|13|29.15|29.92|57.15|10.92|O Home|8|25.75|28.25|54.38|11.75|O Road|5|34.60|32.60|61.60|9.6
The years from before the lockout.
2003-04
Brodeur|75|29.56|24.63|59.77|10.59|B Home|38|28.55|22.61|60.21|11.16|B Road|37|30.59|26.70|59.32|10.00
Other|7|31.14|21.71|62.57|14.57|O Home|3|31.67|20.67|65.33|13.00|O Road|4|30.75|22.50|60.50|15.75
2002-03
Brodeur|71|31.85|23.68|60.65|12.10|B Home|36|31.42|22.31|60.28|10.97|B Road|35|32.29|25.09|61.03|13.26
Other|11|30.73|23.09|63.27|8.45|O Home|5|34.00|20.20|62.80|12.20|O Road|6|28.00|25.50|63.67|5.33
2001-02
Brodeur|69|29.58|23.16|63.16|12.70|B Home|36|28.08|21.56|61.64|11.19|B Road|33|31.21|24.91|64.82|14.33
Other|13|31.08|23.23|61.38|10.31|O Home|5|24.00|23.20|56.80|8.40|O Road|8|35.50|23.25|64.25|11.50
2000-01
Brodeur|67|31.67|25.27|64.37|16.36|B Home|32|32.09|23.94|65.75|14.97|B Road|35|31.29|26.49|63.11|17.63
Other|15|31.20|22.07|62.00|9.27|O Home|9|29.00|21.11|59.78|7.67|O Road|6|34.50|23.50|65.33|11.67
1999-00
Brodeur|70|33.40|25.19|62.94|16.54|B Home|34|33.88|23.41|62.62|17.41|B Road|36|32.94|26.86|63.25|15.72
Other|12|31.58|28.17|65.75|12.92|O Home|7|30.43|29.57|68.29|14.57|O Road|5|33.20|26.20|62.20|10.60
1998-99
Brodeur|70|31.10|24.74|62.77|17.51|B Home|33|31.67|23.00|60.61|16.09|B Road|37|30.59|26.30|64.70|18.78
Other|12|32.33|24.50|59.92|11.08|O Home|8|33.00|23.50|58.50|12.25|O Road|4|31.00|26.50|62.75|8.75
1997-98
Brodeur|66|29.27|22.98|----|----|B Home|34|30.15|22.09|----|----|B Road|32|28.34|23.94|----|----
Other|16|28.31|26.44|----|----|O Home|7|30.86|26.86|----|----|O Road|9|26.33|26.11|----|----
As you can see faceoffs per game are much higher than post-lockout.
Running totals: More SOGF in 10/16 seasons, fewer SOGA in 10/16, fewer faceoffs in 11/15, and fewer PIM in 6/15.
Total
Brodeur|906|30.06|25.87|57.56|12.33|B Home|464|29.61|24.41|57.15|11.82|B Road|442|30.53|27.40|58.00|12.88
Other|290|29.49|26.72|57.79|10.72|O Home|134|29.00|25.62|57.20|10.60|O Road|156|29.90|27.67|58.30|10.83
Post Lockout
Brodeur|484|29.08|27.11|53.50|10.67|B Home|255|28.57|25.75|53.36|10.43|B Road|229|29.65|28.62|53.65|10.94
Other|220|28.89|27.63|56.32|10.70|O Home|97|28.48|26.48|55.54|10.41|O Road|123|29.21|28.54|56.93|10.93
Before Lockout
Brodeur|422|31.18|24.44|62.23|14.24|B Home|209|30.87|22.77|61.77|13.51|B Road|213|31.48|26.08|62.68|14.95
Other|70|31.36|23.87|62.43|10.80|O Home|37|30.35|23.35|61.57|11.11|O Road|33|32.48|24.45|63.39|10.45
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Here are the Devils home/road GF and GA and SOG over the last 14 seasons. The S% are for both teams combined.
1998-99|123|102|1309|947|125|94|1256|1079|9.97%|9.38%
1999-00|133|92|1365|1003|118|111|1352|1098|9.50%|9.35%
2000-01|145|92|1288|956|150|103|1302|1068|10.56%|10.68%
2001-02|112|88|1131|892|93|99|1314|1008|9.89%|8.27%
2002-03|121|85|1301|904|95|81|1298|1031|9.34%|7.56%
2003-04|107|87|1180|921|106|77|1255|1078|9.23%|7.84%
2005-06|121|104|1156|1122|112|121|1244|1276|9.88%|9.25%
2006-07|101|93|1133|1063|105|100|1221|1269|8.83%|8.23%
2007-08|104|93|1190|1078|94|100|1172|1179|8.69%|8.25%
2008-09|134|97|1324|1152|104|110|1374|1263|9.33%|8.12%
2009-10|123|87|1179|1026|93|99|1280|1187|9.52%|7.78%
2010-11|92|100|1173|1074|79|107|1171|1110|8.54%|8.15%
2011-12|111|102|1134|1074|105|103|1119|1125|9.65%|9.27%
2012-13|64|58|685|548|46|64|677|562|9.89%|8.88%
2013-14|105|86|1075|999|92|109|1124|1094|9.21%|9.06
Total|1696|1366|17623|14759|1517|1478|18159|16427|9.46%|8.66%
T/GP|2.84|2.28|29.47|24.68|2.54|2.47|30.37|27.47|9.46%|8.66%
SV% are higher for both teams in Devils' road games with an additional 3.7 shots per game over the Devils' home average.
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Using the H/R split data from HockeyReference here is the league average SOGA/60 for various years. 1953-54 includes ENG, while the other years only count time with goalies in the nets.
1953-54: Home: 26.95 Road: 32.14 Dif: 5.19 or 19.26%
1988-89: Home: 28.42 Road: 31.60 Dif: 3.18 or 11.19%
1989-90: Home: 28.52 Road: 31.26 Dif: 2.74 or 9.61%.
1990-91: Home: 28.11 Road: 30.74 Dif: 2.63 or 9.36%.
1996-97: Home: 28.60 Road: 30.25 Dif: 1.65 or 5.77%.
2003-04: Home: 26.57 Road: 28.75 Dif: 2.18 or 8.20%.
2005-06: Home: 28.64 Road: 30.65 Dif: 2.01 or 7.02%.
2006-07: Home: 28.22 Road: 30.24 Dif: 2.02 or 7.16%.
2007-08: Home: 27.54 Road: 29.92 Dif: 2.38 or 8.64%.
2008-09: Home: 28.81 Road: 30.90 Dif: 2.09 or 7.25%.
2009-10: Home: 28.98 Road: 30.87 Dif: 1.89 or 6.52%.
2010-11: Home: 29.15 Road: 30.88 Dif: 1.73 or 5.93%.
2011-12: Home: 28.37 Road: 30.33 Dif: 1.96 or 6.91%.
2012-13: Home: 28.11 Road: 29.46 Dif: 1.35 or 4.80%.
Some corrections to the 2012-13 data from H-R were made. They had a home game included in the road totals for Fleury and Rask, as well as missing decisions for Khudobin and Neuvirth.
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