Saturday, January 3, 2009

Statbitties!

Here are some Devils stats* from the 2008 portion of the 2008-09 season:

36 games played, 21 wins, 12 losses, 3 overtime/shootout losses for 45 pts.
105 goals for (2.917 per game) and 93 goals against (2.583 per game).

19 games at home, 11-7-1 (3.211 gf/g, 2.579 ga/g).
17 games on the road, 10-5-2 (2.588 gf/g, 2.588 ga/g).

25 games finished in regulation (13 wins, 12 losses)
15 at home (8-7)
10 away (5-5)

6 games finished in overtime (4-2)
0 at home (0-0)
6 away (4-2)

5 games decided by gimick (4-1)
4 at home (3-1)
1 away (1-0)

The Devils scored the first goal of the game 19 times and were 15-2-2 (4.158 gf/g, 2.632 ga/g).
12 times at home and were 9-2-1.
7 times on the road and were 6-0-1.

The Devils did not score first 17 times and were 6-10-1 (1.529 gf/g, 2.529 ga/g).
7 times at home, 2-5-0.
10 times on the road, 4-5-1

Record against Atlantic Division: 8-5-1 (2.786 gf/g, 2.786 ga/g)
Home 5-3-0 (3.250 gf/g, 2.875 ga/g)
  • 4-2-0 when scoring first
  • 1-1-0 when not scoring first
    Away 3-2-1 (2.167 gf/g, 2.667 ga/g)
  • 1-0-0 when scoring first
  • 2-2-1 when not scoring first

    Record against rest of Eastern Conference: 11-5-2 (3.000 gf/g, 2.556 ga/g)
    Home 5-3-1 (3.222 gf/g, 2.667 ga/g)
  • 4-0-1 when scoring first
  • 1-3-0 when not scoring first
    Away 6-2-1 (2.778 gf/g, 2.444 ga/g)
  • 4-0-1 when scoring first
  • 2-2-0 when not scoring first

    Record against Western Conference: 2-3-0 (2.600 gf/g, 2.400 ga/g)
    Home 1-1-0 (3.000 gf/g, 1.000 ga/g)
  • 1-0-0 when scorng first
  • 0-1-0 when not scoring first
    Away 1-2-0 (2.333 gf/g, 3.333 ga/g)
  • 1-0-0 when scoring first
  • 0-2-0 when not scoring first


    My thoughts: I find it interesting that a game has yet to be decided in overtime at home. I also think it's very interesting that the Devils goals against per game only changes by .1 goals depending on if they score first or not. Yet the goals for per game drops by almost 2.5 goals when they don't score first. Does that mean that it's the other teams that are switching to the trap when they score first? Does that mean that the Devils stick to their game plan whether or not they score first?

    *Assuming my spreadsheet is correct.
    **Goal totals and averages do not include the extra "goal" awarded in the shootout.
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