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Originally Posted by Regorium
Another interesting comparison would be the shots on goal stat in hockey. A team like Detroit is designed to shoot from everywhere, and they end up with 40 shots a game. Other teams shoot only from good positions, and end up with 20 goals a game. I do remember seeing a chart trying to correlate SOG/game to wins and it just didn't happen.
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Actually, SOG/game is widely regarded in hockey stats community as having a high correlation with goal scoring (and conversely goals against) and therefore winning as well. Sites like Puck Prospectus (sister site to the famous Baseball one) use it as one of their key stats in determining future team success. There are lots of instances where the shot clock doesn't tell the whole story of the game, but the vast majority of the time it does.