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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Related (general observation): There is an inverse correlation between shooting percentage and number of shots on goal. Usually the only way to deliberately increase your shots for is to shoot from the perimeter or from bad angles.
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This is untrue. It has been proven that more shots lead to more goals, whereas more shots does not correlate well to a lower shooting percentage.
Here's the data for 2013.
http://www.sportingcharts.com/nhl/st...rcentage/2013/
If you plot shots vs. shot%, and shots vs. goals, you'll find that the latter has a much stronger correlation than the former.
This is one thing that's great about statistics. What you said is very reasonable and intuitive, but is not backed up by the numbers.