plus minus

[Paul Karazija]

Anyone:
At the risk of looking like a knob, could anybody explain how the plus/minus
stat is calculated? I've searched the www and couldn't find an explanation. I
appreciate any feedback on this one.
Thanks,
Paul

[rich...@utdallas.edu]

From what I've been able to gather, the plus/minus stat refers to how many
times a player has been on the ice for even strength goals, whether the
goals are scored by that player's team or his opponent. (NOTE: Even
strength refers to 5-on-5 play, 4-4 play, or 3-3 play.) For example, if
team A scores a goal against team B and neither team is on the power play,
them everyone on the ice for team A gets a +1, while everyone on the ice
for team B receives a -1. If either team is on the power play when a goal
is scored, the plus/minus doesn't change for the players. Sometimes
during a game you will see player's stats that read "even" or 0, which
means that, either he hasn't been on the ice (sometimes at all) while a
goal was scored at even strength, or he has been on the ice at even
strength while both teams A and B have scored goals, therefore balancing
his plus/minus. Basically it's a way to tell which players are doing
their jobs and which aren't. A player who has a +15 has contributed in
some way (not necessarily a goal or an assist, perhaps defensively) to his
team scoring a goal. On the other hand, a player with a -8 has not been
able to keep other teams from scoring a goal at even strength while he has
been on the ice. Hope this helps......

Chris at UTD

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[wild man]

rich...@utdallas.edu wrote:

> Chris at UTD

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I may be wrong but I think short-handed goals count towards +/- also.

[Rob Del Mundo]

In article <4edtiq$t...@reader2.ix.netcom.com>,

Paul Karazija <ka...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Anyone:
>At the risk of looking like a knob, could anybody explain how the plus/minus
>stat is calculated? I've searched the www and couldn't find an explanation. I
>appreciate any feedback on this one.
>Thanks,
>Paul
>

Read the FAQ, posted around the 1st and 15th of each month.

For Web browsers, the r.s.h. FAQ page is:
http://www.interlog.com/~robdm/hockey_faq.html

The section for answers to Frequently Asked Questions is located at:
http://www.interlog.com/~robdm/faq_answers.html

Can we drop the follow-ups please? :-)

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