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Old 03-09-2015, 09:21 AM   #241
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague View Post
Yes they do. It's called score effects. Any decent stats site (stats.hockeyanalysis.com) will provide you with data for different game states - 5 on 5, 5 on 4, 4 on 5, up 1, down 1, tied, close, etc. This is actually fundamental to using these stats, and a point of contention - at what stage does the sample size get big enough for score close situations that the signal outpaces the noise.
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