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Originally Posted by Karl
Yeah. Bolded is incredibly noteworthy.
Matt Stajan and Garnet Hathaway have really slaughtered the opposition for most of the season in the same way as Johnny, Mony and Ferly???
How??
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Well, Hathaway and Stajan are both above 50% in shot attempts for vs against, and above 50% in goals for and goals against at 5v5.
The difference between Stajan/Hathaway and Monahan/Gaudreau/Ferland is that the first line has put up 51 even strength goals for, and Stajan and Hathaway have ... five.
So "slaughtering" the opposition is a case of not drilling down into the data deep enough. This logic would have you believe that a skater who has scored 49 even strength goals for but been on the ice for 50 against is less valuable than a skater who has scored 2 and but only 1 against.