Statistical Abbreviations

[Law Goalie 147]

I was looking over the Olympic shot-charts with my coffee - great resource, BTW - and there are three abbreviations I can't make out, and don't recall seeing before:

SSG

SSP

SPG

Here's a link to one of the games I was looking at.

[Rustpot 1]

It looks weird and the +/- makes no sense to me either. It looks like SSG is shots on goal stopped by the goalie, adding up the + from Russia is 36 which is the number of saves Halak is credited with. The - may be played blocked shots, but I doubt there's that few blocked shots, and no idea what the SSP is, might be shots wide that aren't tracked or penalty shots or something else rare.

[Law Goalie 147]

You're right: SSG appears as "Saved by Goalie" on the "Play-by-Play" page for that game - which makes even less sense as an acronym.

That other page also lists a very odd set of descriptors under the head of "Action Description", all of which are categorised as "On Goal," including "Lost the puck" and "Missed (left)."

I think they're trying to move away from shots-on-goal as a measure, so they're breaking it down into some odd combination of attempted shots, scoring chances, and how those are more or less successful.

Still, it would be nice to know what the hell those abbreviations meant.

[burrn 0]

SSG probably for Saved Shots on Goal or Shots Saved by Goalie maybe??

I have no idea what the other ones stand for either, but I found that there was a SSP in the first period of the Canada vs Norway game, and it seems like by Bergeron. If we can find out what that was, it might help solve the mystery <_<

[technophile 0]

SSG: Shot Saved by Goalie

SSP: Shot Saved by Player

SPG: Shot Past Goal

At least, according to here: http://www2.jihf.or.jp/jihl/record/2001/tpoint-e.htm (from a Bing search for the term "SSG SSP SPG").

Sounds like they're trying to categorize shots taken as either saves by the goalie, blocks by players, or just plain misses.

[Law Goalie 147]

Thanks tech. For some reason, Google did not turn up that page.

So I suppose the aim in categorising shots like that is to allow you to total up attempted shots, blocked shots, and shots on goal from the fewest number of statistics.

Either way, there seem to be an astonishingly small number of blocked shots registering on this system.

[Bucky25 0]

Thanks tech. For some reason, Google did not turn up that page.

So I suppose the aim in categorising shots like that is to allow you to total up attempted shots, blocked shots, and shots on goal from the fewest number of statistics.

Either way, there seem to be an astonishingly small number of blocked shots registering on this system.

If you're able, check the last US - Swiss game...I believe the US had 25 or so blocked shots late in the third when NBC flashed the graphic.

[shotty 7]

didnt the nhl stop counting blocked shots for a while there, because it was often difficult to tell if it was intentional?

seems like the iihf is trying to keep track of a hockey game in the same manner as a baseball game, where every play is charted.

[Chadd 916]

didnt the nhl stop counting blocked shots for a while there, because it was often difficult to tell if it was intentional?

seems like the iihf is trying to keep track of a hockey game in the same manner as a baseball game, where every play is charted.

NHL stopped publishing blocked shots by player as they did not want them being used in arbitration hearings. I think it is interesting to see how many shots are taken in a game as opposed to how many end up on net. A team not having any shots on goal for 10 or 15 minutes may have taken a dozen shots but if they were all blocked or missed the net, you might get a skewed view of the play from simply viewing the stats.

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

NHL stopped publishing blocked shots by player as they did not want them being used in arbitration hearings. I think it is interesting to see how many shots are taken in a game as opposed to how many end up on net. A team not having any shots on goal for 10 or 15 minutes may have taken a dozen shots but if they were all blocked or missed the net, you might get a skewed view of the play from simply viewing the stats.

thats why i enjoy checking out the event summary sheet

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/ES020824.HTM (random game)

[burrn 0]

But how do they know if it was a attempt at the goal or a dump towards the net..??

Same goes for blocked shots

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

But how do they know if it was a attempt at the goal or a dump towards the net..??

Same goes for blocked shots

same way you know... there's an arbitrary nature to these stats, and it's up to the individual stat keeper in the building.