plusandminus
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Hi.
I'm not at all a regular in this section, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Ovechkin vs Ward and Chimera. I'm a long time follower of the NHL, but am not as updated regarding the last few seasons. Also, English is not my native language.
My stats are presented in a somewhat uncommon way, but the average reader should easily be able to understand them. They are correct, it's just an uncommon presentation.
Stats for Washington during the 2013-2014 regular season (within parantheses is league average):
Situation
|
Goals for
|
Goals against
|
GF - GA
|
Comment
Overall |235 (225)|240 (235)|-5 (0) | slightly below average
When playing even strength|162 (170)|179 (170)|-17 (0)| quite a bit below average
When playing power play |68 (48)|10 (7)| +58 (+41) | one of the best teams in the league (even though having many opportunities)
When playing penalty killing|5 (7) |51 (48) | -46 (-41) | near average (because they had to play fairly many times short handed)
If one would look at scoring during even strength, we can see that Chimera (36) and Ward (37) scored about as many points as Ovechkin (39) and Backstrom (34).
http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats....ASALL&sort=evenStrengthPoints&viewName=points
On the power play, Backstrom and Ovechkin dominates, scoring lots of points.
How come Ward and Chimera can score as much as Ovie and Backstrom on even strength, while also getting far better +/-?
How come Ovie has by far the worst +/- in the team when playing at home? (You who see him frequently, please explain to me why.)
One should usually try to find natural explainations. But is Ovie and Backstrom really facing that much harder opposition than Chimera and Ward?
One also should understand that Ovie posseses top skills when it comes to scoring goals. No doubt. But is he as good as his "goals scored" shows? After all, he plays a lot of powerplay, he usually goes into play when the team is having an offensive face off, etc.
On what kind of team does Ovie's talent fit best? An above-average team, average team, or below average team?
I'm not at all a regular in this section, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Ovechkin vs Ward and Chimera. I'm a long time follower of the NHL, but am not as updated regarding the last few seasons. Also, English is not my native language.
My stats are presented in a somewhat uncommon way, but the average reader should easily be able to understand them. They are correct, it's just an uncommon presentation.
Stats for Washington during the 2013-2014 regular season (within parantheses is league average):
Overall |235 (225)|240 (235)|-5 (0) | slightly below average
When playing even strength|162 (170)|179 (170)|-17 (0)| quite a bit below average
When playing power play |68 (48)|10 (7)| +58 (+41) | one of the best teams in the league (even though having many opportunities)
When playing penalty killing|5 (7) |51 (48) | -46 (-41) | near average (because they had to play fairly many times short handed)
If one would look at scoring during even strength, we can see that Chimera (36) and Ward (37) scored about as many points as Ovechkin (39) and Backstrom (34).
http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats....ASALL&sort=evenStrengthPoints&viewName=points
On the power play, Backstrom and Ovechkin dominates, scoring lots of points.
How come Ward and Chimera can score as much as Ovie and Backstrom on even strength, while also getting far better +/-?
How come Ovie has by far the worst +/- in the team when playing at home? (You who see him frequently, please explain to me why.)
One should usually try to find natural explainations. But is Ovie and Backstrom really facing that much harder opposition than Chimera and Ward?
One also should understand that Ovie posseses top skills when it comes to scoring goals. No doubt. But is he as good as his "goals scored" shows? After all, he plays a lot of powerplay, he usually goes into play when the team is having an offensive face off, etc.
On what kind of team does Ovie's talent fit best? An above-average team, average team, or below average team?
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