Hit crossbars are much more significant than posts, so it would be interesting to look at them separately. Many times when a post is hit, it is because the goaltender is hugging the post but doesn’t actually have to cover it. A hit crossbar is almost always a shot that beat the goaltender. A goaltender wouldn’t intentionally let a shot go by with the assumption that it would hit the crossbar, and you can’t exactly hug the crossbar knowing that there’s no chance that a puck can squeeze through.
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