A formula that takes the number of shot attempts and the level of danger per shot attempt to derive what the expected number of goals would be given historical results.
If you have a higher goal rate than expected you are either lucky, or have a better finish rate than the average player.
You'd expect to see highly talented players exceeding those numbers but the top 20 in that stat (GF - xGF / 60) has a few that you wouldn't expect too.
Steve Valliquette breaks it down as well.
A breakaway goes in 1/3 shots a 2 on 1 goes in 1/4
shots. This helps to empirically assess how well players are executing chances.
A person may actually have 10 breakaway goals but if they have had 90 breakaways then expected goals empirically proves they are not good on breakaways.
The crazy thing about Melbourne being the southernmost city over a million people is that its latitude is roughly the same as San Francisco in the northern hemisphere.
Think about how many big cities there are in the US and Canada that are north of San Francisco, not to mention virtually every major city in Europe.
Just not enough land to settle! Most of the earth's land mass in in the northern hemisphere.
I lived in Edmonton when Khabibulin got arrested in AZ for his DUI. The radio guys got a breathalyzer and tried to match his high score, got absolutely slurring hammered, and weren't even close.
This rivals truck nuts with being the most “Edmonton-esque.”
A breakaway goes in 1/3 shots a 2 on 1 goes in 1/4
shots. This helps to empirically assess how well players are executing chances.
A person may actually have 10 breakaway goals but if they have had 90 breakaways then expected goals empirically proves they are not good on breakaways.
Just a side note on home plate...
I believe it misses key areas down low, to the sides of the net. Those are very high danger, and a ton of goals get scored from there. They aren't considered high danger however, as the (arbitrary) line is drawn outward to the dots.
Not a huge issue, but I think the stat would be improved if they increased the high danger area to the sides of the net.
The crazy thing about Melbourne being the southernmost city over a million people is that its latitude is roughly the same as San Francisco in the northern hemisphere.
Think about how many big cities there are in the US and Canada that are north of San Francisco, not to mention virtually every major city in Europe.
This has so much more to do with land distribution than anything. There is approximately 102m km2 of landmass in the Northern Hemisphere, and only 51m km2 in the Southern Hemisphere. 10m km2 of that is occupied by the Southern portion of Africa. Asia on it's own occupies 44.6m km2.
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I've been to Ushuaia Argentina - it is only about 70,000 people, and not that far south really, relative to cities in the Northern hemisphere. Latitude 54 (Edmonton is 53).
What is this, geography class? Get back to the failure that is the coilers.
My interpretation of the above geographical discussion is that even in a competition of what city in the northern hemisphere is furthest north ... edmonton is no good.
I've been to Ushuaia Argentina - it is only about 70,000 people, and not that far south really, relative to cities in the Northern hemisphere. Latitude 54 (Edmonton is 53).
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Wikipedia has Christchurch at 389,000 while Saskatoon is at 273,000, although I over estimated their population growth (10% vs. 2%).
My sister and brother in law still have a place in Christchurch and used to live there. The City was severely damaged in the big 2011 earthquake and thousands of people left, and apparently many never returned.
This has so much more to do with land distribution than anything. There is approximately 102m km2 of landmass in the Northern Hemisphere, and only 51m km2 in the Southern Hemisphere. 10m km2 of that is occupied by the Southern portion of Africa. Asia on it's own occupies 44.6m km2.
