Owen Power Did Something Incredible Tonight

[Brawndo]

 

[Thorner]

Seriously asking: 

Has anyone noticed that his helmet is always slightly tilted to the side? 

[Thorner]

 

Always shadows directly over top of his right eyebrow whereas on his left side you can see it sits noticeably higher. 
 

This doesn’t mean anything I just notice a lot of dumb pointless stuff. File this under Reinhart adjusting his helmet an abnormal amount 

Edited November 29, 2022 by Thorny

[Andrew Amerk]

17 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Seriously asking: 

Has anyone noticed that his helmet is always slightly tilted to the side? 

That’s because he keeps his lucky underwear on the left side of his head. 

He has mentioned it in various interviews. 

[LGR4GM]

5 hours ago, Brawndo said:

 

He's so smart and subtle with how he plays hockey. I underestimated that in his draft year. 

Power is only going to keep getting better. 

[North Buffalo]

Still needs to learn how to hit... please take lessons from Dahlin

[Stoner]

I always think of the killdeer when I see KO skate. His one shoulder is usually cocked a little as if he is feigning an injured wing to draw predators away from his nest of precious eggs.

I can't be the only one.

Also I love that even LGR is like, "Dude..."

[nucci]

8 hours ago, Brawndo said:

 

I don't know what that means

[Marvin]

2 minutes ago, nucci said:

I don't know what that means

Agreed.  Please help.

[Curt]

Why don’t the xGF numbers on the graph match the xGF numbers on the numerical list?

It looks like about 10 on the graph, but 3.85 on the list?  What’s up with that?

[LGR4GM]

55 minutes ago, nucci said:

I don't know what that means

 

53 minutes ago, Marvin said:

Agreed.  Please help.

EV means even strength and xGF is expected goals for. So they are looking at his xGF% (so xGF and xGA divided) which helps us understand what happens when Owen Power is on the ice. The short version is that in all the years they have data that attempts to count up expected goals, Owen Power last night finished with the highest xGF% divded by TOI (60min) of any player going back to 2007. 

"We were referencing his on-ice xGF (total xG of unblocked shots taken for Buffalo while Power was on the ice)."

While Owen Power is on the ice his team generates significantly more offense than they give up. xGA/xGF per 60 minutes of TOI. 

14 minutes ago, Curt said:

Why don’t the xGF numbers on the graph match the xGF numbers on the numerical list?

It looks like about 10 on the graph, but 3.85 on the list?  What’s up with that?

you have to divide. xGA/xGF

EDIT: Oh I see what you mean, idk about that. 

Edited November 29, 2022 by LGR4GM

[Curt]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

you have to divide. xGA/xGF

Oh, no, it’s just because the graph is per 60 (~10), while the list is just straight xGF (3.83).  Which makes sense, with 22:23 of ES ice time it calculates out to 10.3 xGF/60.

[LGR4GM]

12 minutes ago, Curt said:

Oh, no, it’s just because the graph is per 60 (~10), while the list is just straight xGF (3.83).  Which makes sense, with 22:23 of ES ice time it calculates out to 10.3 xGF/60.

ahh okay that makes sense. 

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, North Buffalo said:

Still needs to learn how to hit... please take lessons from Dahlin

Except when really close to own goalie.

[North Buffalo]

14 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Except when really close to own goalie.

Needs to just get stronger... so he can check properly

[Sabres Fan in NS]

9 hours ago, Brawndo said:

 

[LGR4GM]

 

[Doohicksie]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

 

What does that say about the rest of the team then?  😛

[LGR4GM]

12 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

What does that say about the rest of the team then?  😛

They are over 23?

[nucci]

9 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

 

Ok, now you're just making stuff up....😀

[klos1963]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

 

EV means even strength and xGF is expected goals for. So they are looking at his xGF% (so xGF and xGA divided) which helps us understand what happens when Owen Power is on the ice. The short version is that in all the years they have data that attempts to count up expected goals, Owen Power last night finished with the highest xGF% divded by TOI (60min) of any player going back to 2007. 

"We were referencing his on-ice xGF (total xG of unblocked shots taken for Buffalo while Power was on the ice)."

While Owen Power is on the ice his team generates significantly more offense than they give up. xGA/xGF per 60 minutes of TOI. 

you have to divide. xGA/xGF

EDIT: Oh I see what you mean, idk about that. 

What about the other players on the ice with him? Do they factor into this?

[klos1963]

33 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

 

How does that translate into wins and losses? 

[LGR4GM]

13 minutes ago, klos1963 said:

How does that translate into wins and losses? 

The more players you have that are above replacement level the more wins you get. Roughly speaking

[Sabres Fan in NS]

25 minutes ago, nucci said:

Ok, now you're just making stuff up....😀

@Wyldnwoody44 used to say that almost 40% of stats are made up on the spot.

He's not wrong.

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

They are over 23?

I was thinking more along the lines of, considering the Sabres' record, they're not exactly upper crust.

48 minutes ago, klos1963 said:

How does that translate into wins and losses? 

That's what I mean:  If we have all these top players, how come we suck?  Must be the rest of the team.