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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Ice Time Effectiveness

There's enough weight to this season so far to pull out the ice time effectiveness stat. The following numbers are the number of goals for which individual players are on the ice. If you factor in the amount of ice time logged by players, you can get a number of goals per 60 minutes of ice time that translates to the score of an NHL game. At even strength, forwards are ranked by GF/60 and defensemen are ranked by GA/60.

EVEN STRENGTH
Forwards, GF-GA, GF/60-GA/60
Hossa
13-4, 4.5-1.4
Franzen
8-7, 4.3-3.8
Datsyuk
12-5, 3.9-1.6
Holmstrom
9-4, 3.5-1.6
Zetterberg
9-8, 3.4-3.0
Team
28-28, 2.7-2.7

Samuelsson
7-7, 2.5-2.5
Filppula
7-9, 2.4-3.1
Cleary
6-9, 2.3-3.4
Hudler
5-9, 2.2-3.9
Kopecky
3-4, 1.6-2.1
Maltby
2-2, 1.3-1.3
Draper
2-8, 0.9-3.8
McCarty
0-2, 0.0-3.9

Defensemen, GF-GA, GF/60-GA/60
Lilja
4-5, 1.7-2.1
Stuart
9-8, 2.6-2.3
Kronwall
12-9, 3.1-2.3
Team
28-28, 2.7-2.7

Lidstrom
14-11, 3.8-3.0
Meech
3-3, 3.0-3.0
Rafalski
14-13, 3.8-3.5
Lebda
0-9, 0.0-3.9

POWER PLAY
Forwards, GF, GF/60
Holmstrom
12, 17.9
Hossa
11, 16.8
Datsyuk
11, 15.8
Filppula
1, 14.0
Team
17, 13.8
Hudler
6, 13.1
Franzen
3, 11.5
Zetterberg
5, 9.6
Cleary
2, 7.5

Defensemen, GF, GF/60
Samuelsson
7, 15.3
Lidstrom
11, 14.0
Team
17, 13.8
Rafalski
10, 13.4
Kronwall
6, 12.4

SHORT-HANDED
Forwards, GA, GA/60
Draper
1, 1.8
Filppula
1, 2.4
Hossa
1, 2.9
Cleary
2, 3.6
Maltby
1, 5.9
Datsyuk
4, 7.1
Team
12, 7.1
Franzen
2, 12.7
Zetterberg
7, 14.4

Defensemen, GA, GA/60
Lilja
3, 4.0
Rafalski
2, 5.7
Team
12, 7.1
Stuart
6, 9.5
Kronwall
6, 9.8
Lidstrom
12, 11.8

A couple of quick notes ...
-- The short-handed stats are out of whack because of the great number of goals allowed on 5-on-3. The NHL really should separate special teams stats between 5-on-4 and 5-on-3. Lidstrom was on the ice for four 5-on-3 goals against. Kronwall and Zetterberg were on the ice for three. Datsyuk and Lilja for one, apiece.
-- At even strength, there are five forwards who are producing above-average offense and it's just the five you'd think: Datsyuk, Holmstrom, Hossa, Zetterberg and Franzen.
-- Franzen is on his way to a special season if he stays healthy.
-- Lilja is having a very good start to the season. In the past two seasons, his GF and GA stats have both been high which was surprising given he's a defense-first defenseman. This year, his stats reflect his reputation, low GF and GA.
-- The Red Wings have two full PP units that have both been excellent, thus the No. 1 rating in the NHL.
-- Lebda's start has been horrible. On the ice for 0 ESGF and 9 ESGA. Very unusual stat. And it's not his partners' fault because there's no other defenseman near Lebda's stats.

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