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Puck Possessed #2

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This 2nd version of the Puck Possessed is actually a visual I published on Twitter earlier, before I created Puck Possessed #1. What I tried to look at was not just how many shots a player takes and then compare it to the number of goals, but rather look at all a player’s shot attempts, including shot attempts missed, saved and blocked. To this day I do not know how a “broken stick shot” is recorded, but if considered a missed shot that would be included too.

Personally I find it more interesting to see how many goals a players scores considering all his shot attempts, reagrdless if it is on net. I mean after all, he’s still trying to score, isn’t he? Just happened to be blocked, a few inches wide (or lots, that’s possible too) or hitting the post or bar.

Once the season is going a bit longer I’ll add data for the current season once there is a good amount of shots available.

Puck Possessed #2