data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.hockey.53545 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Pasi Fr{nti)
Subject: Re: plus minus stat
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
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[email protected] (edward.lor) writes:
>> Player: Points: +/- Subtraction:
>> ------- ------- ---- ------------
>> Lemieux 157 53 -104
>> LaFontaine 145 13 -132
>> Oates 141 12 -129
>> Yzerman 138 33 -105
>> Selanne 137 8 -129
>This is wrong. Among Lemieux's 157 points, we do NOT know how many
>are power play points. We may be able to find out how many PP goal he
>scored, but not how many PP assist he accumulated. We also don't know
>the # times he was on the ice but not credited on the goals the Pens
>scored.
That is what my point really was. There is not straight dependency between
the +/- and scored points. Apparently most of the netters have realized
it by themselves.