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Originally Posted by Infinit47
If the Canucks had an xg of 3.99 and Markstrom had an XGA of 3.09 then there was .9 xg while Markstrom was pulled. Not sure what they use to get that .9 of a goal, but it was pretty close.
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I believe it's based on the odds of scoring a goal when you shoot at the empty net from behind the red line. The Canucks tried that three times, got two icings and a goal.
That would mean that each empty-net attempt was worth about 0.3 of a goal, which sounds cromulent.