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Originally Posted by Jacks
These stats would be a lot better if they somehow took into account the quality of shot. The classic argument is the oilers, they take 40 shots and give up 35 so they win the Corsi battle but 15 of the 35 shots they gave up were prime scoring opportunities while 30+ of the shots they took were from the perimeter.
Also they should take into account teams with a lead. A team that is up 5-1 isn't going to be pressing the offense as much as the other team gambling trying to catch up.
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They are including average shot distance which at least will give some indicator of shot quality.
Also the Fenwick Close stat only counts games within 2 goals.
Good to add these stats and make them accessible for people. I can't wait to start seeing the numbers once the player tracking comes out. Depending on what gets publicised you could track the distance between an offensive player and all the defenders an measure how much a defense shifts to stop a certain player.