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Originally Posted by stang
Such a useless stat without a bunch of context. He was on the ice for 3 goals against in 4 games. No idea if his play caused any of those goals. However he scored 7 goals. Because 5 were on the power play they dont count in the +/- However they count towards winning games.
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I honestly think the better stat in the modern era is xGF%. It's plus minus by play not by results.
Neal is a -1 because of a shorthanded goal and is EVEN five on five to this point. So no problem.
But his xGF% is 37.9% which means he and his linemates are getting run over pretty regularly five on five to start the season.
He's ranked 13th best for skaters in Edmonton with bottom sixers and the Nurse/Larsson pairing below him.
And Lucic hasn't been much better at 42.6% as well.