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November 05, 2005
Game-winning no goal
Ken Campbell spots a statistical irregularity that only the NHL could have come up with:
According to the NHL, the Senators have 58 goals in 12 games, which would put them on pace to score 396 this season, seventh highest in league history. But the league has awarded the Senators a goal for each game they won in a shootout. Curious how the NHL doesn't count shootout goals in individual stats, but does in team scoring.
Well, they count one goal per shootout in team scoring, but anyway — it's not "curious". It's absolutely retarded, and even the NHL should be able to see it. Calling a shootout resolution to a 2-2 tie a 3-2 win is fine, I suppose — it's the easiest way to go about it — but that third goal is only actually "a goal" in the case of a 1-0 shootout win. It could be three goals. It could be eleven goals. It has absolutely no business being tallied up in the GF column, just like it has no business in individual players' G or GWG columns. I think this is one oddity that might not last the season.
Campbell asks, bewilderingly: "It wouldn't have anything to do with contract negotiations, would it?" (Pause for passing tumbleweed.) He's not suggesting that the logical approach would be to count every single shootout goal in players' stats, is he?
Posted by Chris Selley at November 5, 2005 04:47 PM
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I have to admit I'll be pretty choked if somebody breaks the magic 400 barrier--passed only by the Oilers, but on five occasions--on the strength of a bunch of imaginary goals.
Posted by: Colby Cosh at November 5, 2005 05:05 PM
I would like see a category for shootout percentage in every players individual stats.
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