Marvin Posted July 8, 2019 Report Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) Crucial Situations Originally Created: Early 1980s Creators: Roger Nielson, Al Arbour, Emile Francis, Jeff Z. Klein, Karl Eric-Reif, writers for the old hockey annuals Inspiration: Find out who the Joe Schlabotniks are who score goals in borderline irrelevant situations, make spectacular saves when the game is out of hand, etc. Logic: Track who is making key plays that preserve leads or tie games How to Measure It: What you measure and how you use it varied wildly from statistician to statistician. I will concentrate on tying or go-ahead goals, although you can do a lot more than this Examples: Cruicial scoring Goals and assists scored when tying the game or gaining the lead. Crucial +/- A player's plus-minus stats during crucial situations. Crucial Perseverance rating Which goaltenders are not allowing "the next goal." Adjustments and other examples: Who is put on the ice defencively in crucial situations Who is put on the ice offencively in crucial situations Who gets the puck out of the defencive zone after a crucial defencive zone start Who gets into the offencive zone when down 1 or tied. Who makes these plays in the 3rd period At the time of the creation of this stat, 70% of 3rd period leads were "safe". Performance in this part of the game was often called "critical" Defencive players who start a shift against a top offencive line. Goaltenders who replace injured goaltenders and do not have a back-up. Edited July 8, 2019 by E4 ... Ke2
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