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Old 10-16-2022, 06:58 PM   #38
Jay Random
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew View Post
That’s what I thought. So it says something about the goalie but not much about possession or chances etc.
It says nothing about the goalie because the goalie didn't have to respond to the play. It says that the puck carrier failed to make a pass and, in consequence, there was never a dangerous scoring chance. In other words, nothing happened, and it shows up in the numbers as nothing.

It doesn't matter that the intended target of the pass was in a scoring position, because he never got the puck.
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