What Happened to Shots on Net?
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Will Phil Esposito’s 1971 record of 550 shots on goal in a single season hold forever?
Maybe not.
Depending on how you count a “shot on goal”, a certain forward is on pace for 640 shots this season!
Not so long ago, blocked shots were a rarity. Only certain players did it: it was dangerous and required skill. Today, new equipment and defensive tactics have made shot blocking not just commonplace, but expected. Some defensemen end the year with as many blocked shots as a 3rd string goalie! If a team has 30 shots in a game, you can rest assured there were at least 45 real shots.
So what about the dozens of shots per game that go off shins, ankles, toes and sticks? Aren’t those real shots? They often result in tips, rebounds and deflections that lead to goals. But they aren’t counted.
Until now.
Putting aside the haha for now, Puck That Hit is playing statistician again and has counted all those blocked shots to (forward) players’ current shot totals to create a True Shot total.
So who has the most shots? Who tallies them fastest? Who almost never shoots?
All the juicy details after the jump…
Using this number, Puck That Hit has compiled the following statistics:
- Shots per game (average): Averages the shots (on net + blocked) a player takes per game thus far this season.
Current Leaders:
1. Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 7.8 shots/game
Season Projection: 6402. Henrik Zetterberg (DET) - 5.8 shots/game
Season Projection: 4753. Jason Blake (TOR) - 5.3 shots/game
Season Projection: 435
Download the full stat list here.
Stats sorted on season shot projection.
- True Shot Total: Counts the number of shots on the net + the number of shots blocked by opposing players.
Current Leaders: (actual # in brackets)
1. Alexander Ovechkin — 455 (318)
2. Jason Blake — 313 (248)
3. Henrik Zetterberg — 304 (260)
Stat list sorted on True Shot Totals.
Stat list sorted in True Shot %.
- Minutes Elapsed per Shot: Counts the average time between shots. A value of 4, for example, signifies that a player averages a shot every 4 minutes of ice time.
Current Leaders:
1. Olli Jokinen (FLO) - 1 min:59 secs
2. Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 2 min:56 secs
3. Jason Blake (TOR) - 3 min:31 secsCurrent Bottom Dwellers:
396. Colton Orr (NYR) - 14 min:50 secs
397. Sergei Kostitsyn (MTL) - 23 min:38 secs
398. Mike Johnson (STL) - 28 min:46 secs (Shoot the $%*&#, Mike!)
Stat list sorted on Minutes elapsed per shot.
Statistics were compiled for the 398 forwards who have played a minimum of 20 games and have a minimum of 20 shots on net.
Statistics were compiled for week ending February 15th, 2008.
A big thanks goes to the folks at Behind The Net who had some of the more obscure numbers available.
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February 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
WHAT? A shot on net is a shot ON THE NET. Meaning either the goalie had to stop the shot or it went in for a point. If it hits someone and goes elsewhere, it should not be considered. Phil has the record and will forever have it (in our hearts). That was real hockey, not this money grab we see today! How many games did it take for Phil to get this record??? I would block a few shots for 5 million a year….
Shot on goal(meaning)
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In field hockey, ice hockey, box lacrosse, or soccer, a shot on goal is a shot that will enter the goal if it is not stopped by the goaltender. A shot on goal must result in either a goal or a save.
Every goal and every save count as shots on goal. This leads to an exception to the definition of a shot on goal. If the ball or puck hits the goal post or crossbar, ricochets off the goaltender, and into the net, it is a goal, and therefore a shot on goal, with the exception of NHL hockey. However, had the goaltender not been present, the shot in question would not have resulted in a goal, and therefore would not be counted as a shot on goal.
In the NHL, a shot that is deflected wide or blocked before it reaches the goaltender is not counted as a shot on goal.
Shots that sail wide or high of the net and shots that hit the goal post or crossbar are not considered shots on goal, but are scored as shots. (In lacrosse, however, shots that hit the goal post or crossbar are considered shots on goal.[1]) If a goaltender blocks a shot that would have missed the net or hit the post, it is not considered a shot on goal. It is the judgment of the statistician which shots are counted as shots on goal. Additionally, attempted shots that go wide are not recorded as an official statistic in the NHL, so shots on goal are often referred to simply as shots in that league
The statistical category that tracks shots on goal is abbreviated SOG. In a typical NHL game, each team will get close to 30 shots on goal, and in a typical NLL game, each team will get close to 50 shots on goal.
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