landsbergfan
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The term luck is used pretty generally, but I wouldn't call it a statistical anomaly. There are times where shooters get hot/cold and it is boiled down to luck. It isn't suggesting that the guy is closing his eyes and hoping for the best, just that if a guy shoots from that spot in that situation, we can expect a result. Over the course of 82 games, sometimes the result will be positive and sometimes it will be negative.I'm thinking rather than saying luck people should look into statistical anomalies. That is more likely what we are seeing. They happen all the time.
Of course this also is the doorway for if the anomaly continues it becomes a trend at some point which is when the proverbial **** will hit the fan.
Lets take when Ovechkin hit Fleury's stick in the playoffs:
Whatever word you use to describe this event is what it is. Fact of the matter is that most of the time that pass happens, Ovechkin is burying that shot. The game of hockey has events like these constantly happening. We focus on the ones that would've changed the outcome of a game or playoff series, but over the course of a season, or two, or three, as long as the process is positive (i.e. the pass is making it to ovechkin to shoot at a half open net) the results will eventually follow.