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Originally Posted by Bingo
Totally know what you mean! Such a different perspective.
If I have a game PVR'd but someone texts me "what a game!!!!" I have an inkling I can chill when I watch it.
And agreed. Plus the stats aren't 100% indicative of what's happening. They're evolving, but there are still way too many variables to make them 100% in a single game sample size.
There's been a few games (or periods) when team X has more shot attempts, scoring chances and high danger chances but less in terms of the expected goals splits, which puzzles me.
You can be high on high danger, but lose the split because of shot volume, but when you're up in all three but down overall I can't make it work.
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Exactly. For individual games, any imbalance can occur. Over larger sample sizes, that should take care of itself, but people need to understand that small sample sizes are random.
One example from last night - the Flames best chance in the game - was the 3 on 1 where Lindholm hit the post. That is a goal 3 or 4 times out of 5. But it probably wasn't recorded as a high danger chance, simply because Lindholm may have been a little to the left of home plate.