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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Not sure but I think that the base statistics for their analysis is based wholly on position of the shot (available from the NHL game logs)
The main thing that the OP is presenting is that the quality of the scoring chance is based on prior puck movement.
Ovechkin and Laine have tons of high scoring chances from outside of the quality scoring area ( shooting from the left of the left face off dot) because the puck movement.
The corsica data would say the goalie is letting in goals from a bad shooting area when in fact they are making great saves when these shots do not go in.
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Exactly and 2 perfect examples.
IMO there is no such thing as a high / medium / low scoring zone on the ice.
Give me 10 one time shots from the point with 2 quick passes beforehand and 4 guys screening the goalie over 10 shots in point blank with nearly every hole covered by bodies on the ice and a perfectly square goalie.