Lets start this off by saying I know your team got hosed by the refs this year. I also know your powerplay sucks because you couldn't get into a groove. Now you can have the numbers to back up your (probably incorrect) conspiracy theories!
First, the raw chances. How good was your team at drawing penalties? How was your team at not taking penalties? To simplify it, I added two more columns: the percentage of power plays a certain team got, as well as the total number of penalties in that teams 82 games.
The Bruins were actually a good team in terms of not taking penalties, fini. However, they were the 29th ranked team in terms of drawing them, and spent most of the year dead last, at times having 25 less power plays than the next team.
Heres a spreadsheet of the data if you prefer that.
Attempts
Powerplays | Times Shorthanded | Penalty Differential | % Of powerplays | Total Penalties | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CALGARY | 255 | 186 | 69 | 57.82% | 441 |
CAROLINA | 240 | 190 | 50 | 55.81% | 430 |
CHICAGO | 261 | 211 | 50 | 55.30% | 472 |
NY ISLANDERS | 267 | 218 | 49 | 55.05% | 485 |
DALLAS | 290 | 254 | 36 | 53.31% | 544 |
SAN JOSE | 254 | 223 | 31 | 53.25% | 477 |
NASHVILLE | 259 | 234 | 25 | 52.54% | 493 |
TAMPA BAY | 282 | 257 | 25 | 52.32% | 539 |
OTTAWA | 280 | 257 | 23 | 52.14% | 537 |
TORONTO | 283 | 266 | 17 | 51.55% | 549 |
EDMONTON | 232 | 219 | 13 | 51.44% | 451 |
MINNESOTA | 246 | 234 | 12 | 51.25% | 480 |
LOS ANGELES | 247 | 236 | 11 | 51.14% | 483 |
COLORADO | 247 | 241 | 6 | 50.61% | 488 |
DETROIT | 294 | 288 | 6 | 50.52% | 582 |
NY RANGERS | 232 | 235 | -3 | 49.68% | 467 |
FLORIDA | 246 | 250 | -4 | 49.60% | 496 |
ST LOUIS | 251 | 257 | -6 | 49.41% | 508 |
PHILADELPHIA | 256 | 266 | -10 | 49.04% | 522 |
MONTREAL | 243 | 257 | -14 | 48.60% | 500 |
PITTSBURGH | 254 | 277 | -23 | 47.83% | 531 |
VANCOUVER | 238 | 266 | -28 | 47.22% | 504 |
WASHINGTON | 237 | 266 | -29 | 47.12% | 503 |
WINNIPEG | 269 | 308 | -39 | 46.62% | 577 |
BOSTON | 213 | 244 | -31 | 46.61% | 457 |
BUFFALO | 224 | 257 | -33 | 46.57% | 481 |
ANAHEIM | 235 | 274 | -39 | 46.17% | 509 |
ARIZONA | 230 | 279 | -49 | 45.19% | 509 |
COLUMBUS | 244 | 303 | -59 | 44.61% | 547 |
NEW JERSEY | 212 | 268 | -56 | 44.17% | 480 |
Enough with the attempts, show me the results!
PPG is power play goals,SHG is shorthanded goals, PPGA is powerplay goals against, and SHGA are shorthanded goals against. The first two are positives, and the latter two are negatives.
In the Bruins case, theyre the sixth best offense while shorthanded, scoring eight goals and only allowing three, which helped make their special teams numbers a lot more respectable, and despite finishing with 31 more shorthanded situations than power plays they were only a -1 in terms of goals. The Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron pairing while shorthanded is deadly, with 9 shorthanded goals combined the past two years. Using half of that number to get a per year rank, those two alone would be 18th amongst NHL teams.
Team | PPG | PPGA | SHG | SHGA | Goal differential | Goals % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CALGARY | 48 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 58.06% |
CAROLINA | 45 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 58.75% |
VANCOUVER | 46 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 56.52% |
TAMPA BAY | 53 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 55.56% |
ST LOUIS | 56 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 55.24% |
WASHINGTON | 60 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 54.24% |
DETROIT | 70 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 53.68% |
NY ISLANDERS | 50 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 54.05% |
MINNESOTA | 39 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 55.13% |
DALLAS | 55 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 53.33% |
CHICAGO | 46 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 53.85% |
LOS ANGELES | 47 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 53.47% |
SAN JOSE | 55 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 52.68% |
NY RANGERS | 39 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 52.75% |
COLORADO | 37 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 51.25% |
PITTSBURGH | 49 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 50.93% |
MONTREAL | 40 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 50.54% |
OTTAWA | 47 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 50.48% |
BOSTON | 38 | 44 | 8 | 3 | -1 | 49.46% |
WINNIPEG | 48 | 56 | 10 | 5 | -3 | 48.74% |
PHILADELPHIA | 60 | 61 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 48.46% |
NASHVILLE | 42 | 45 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 47.92% |
COLUMBUS | 53 | 60 | 5 | 5 | -7 | 47.15% |
TORONTO | 45 | 52 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 44.83% |
NEW JERSEY | 41 | 52 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 44.44% |
ANAHEIM | 37 | 52 | 9 | 6 | -12 | 44.23% |
EDMONTON | 41 | 51 | 4 | 7 | -13 | 43.69% |
FLORIDA | 40 | 50 | 1 | 6 | -15 | 42.27% |
ARIZONA | 46 | 65 | 4 | 7 | -22 | 40.98% |
BUFFALO | 30 | 64 | 7 | 8 | -35 |
33.94% |
So, does your team need anger management lessons? Or should you team take some diving lessons?