The other night I’m watching the Carolina/New Jersey game, using the FanDuel app on my phone. Across the top were the following stats (sorry, not sure how to post a picture).
S, BLK, FW%, PP, PO, PIM, H. I assume S is shots, and BLK is blocks, however, in my screenshot, the Devils have 18 shots, and 7 blocks. That would mean they’ve scored 11 goals, and I know that’s not right. But, I could be wrong about my inference.
In the next block, it shows FW, with the name Hischier and 11, under it. P, with the name Haula and 1, under it. And lastly, TOI, with the name Dumoulin, and 17:38, under it.
I haven’t really paid attention to hockey in a LOOOOONG time, so I’m pretty confused.
TOI = Time on Ice. Dumoulin was on the ice for 17 minutes and 38 seconds.
Hischier has won 11 faceoffs.
Haula has 1 point. (a goal or assist)
FW% = faceoff win percentage.
The blocks means New Jersey blocked its opponent 7 times.
PP = power play
PIM = penalty minutes
First blocks are a defensive statistic. They have nothing to do with your own shots. A block is if a defenseman (usually) blocks a shot before it gets to the goalie. Blocked shots don’t count as shots on goal, I’m pretty sure. All shots are either goals or saves by a goalie.
I’m pretty sure a shot that goes wide is not a shot for statistical purposes, but it might count as a scoring opportunity which is more subjective. A clean breakaway when the skater misses the goal without the goalie touching it would probably be a scoring opportunity.
A “shot” has to be “on goal” as in it would have gone in if the goalie wasn’t there. How they can be sure of each shot attempt even in the hi-res video era is unknown.
I don’t know if hockey is like soccer, but the statisticians often play things pretty fast and loose with shots on goal in soccer, counting even shots that wouldn’t have gone in, as a “save” by the keeper if the keeper touches the ball in some way. So I’m thinking there may be some shots on goal in hockey that wouldn’t have gone in, but the keeper touched the puck, so the stats guys generously credit him with a “save.”
If you’re seeing this in your app, then it probably means he was on the ice the longest. Those apps typically show the leader under each category, which seems likely since you described each category as having a single name under it.
From what I’ve seen, they don’t do this in hockey. If the goalie catches or deflects the puck, it still isn’t counted a shot unless it would have gone in.
It’s just a best judgement call if it would have gone in, they aren’t doing replays for what’s only a stat and doesn’t affect the game outcome. I’ve been a scorer in junior games, and I defaulted to calling it a shot if I really couldn’t tell (goalies like the extra save and skaters like the extra shot in their stats). But I wasn’t calling anything that hit the goalie a shot.
We’re saying the same thing. A shot is either a goal or a save. It doesn’t include blocked “shots” or wide “shots”. The question of determining this is just a judgement call of he scorer, but he can’t award a shot unless he also awards a save or goal.
Just to further clarify what a “shot” is, it’s any attempt that has a chance of going in. The interesting part about this clarification is that a shot that hits the post (and does not go in) DOESN’T count towards that player’s shot total since it had no chance of going in.
