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mrkajz44 · 05-15-2015, 12:16 PM

Interesting read, but what I'd be more interested in is how the score affects penalty calling, especially in the playoffs. Seems like the team that is losing tends to get more powerplays, while virtually nothing is called in a tie game to avoid "giving one team the advantage". Not sure if that is just optics, or there are actually stats to back that up.

EDIT: I see later in the article that they say score doesn't change the curve in their graph, so maybe I'm way off? Sure doesn't seem that way.

05-15-2015, 12:16 PM	#2
mrkajz44 First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Deep South Exp:	Interesting read, but what I'd be more interested in is how the score affects penalty calling, especially in the playoffs. Seems like the team that is losing tends to get more powerplays, while virtually nothing is called in a tie game to avoid "giving one team the advantage". Not sure if that is just optics, or there are actually stats to back that up. EDIT: I see later in the article that they say score doesn't change the curve in their graph, so maybe I'm way off? Sure doesn't seem that way. __________________ Much like a sports ticker, you may feel obligated to read this Last edited by mrkajz44; 05-15-2015 at 12:23 PM.