The Staals draw the calls... Penalty Plus/Minus in the playoffs

by Dirk Hoag on May 15, 2009 3:54 PM EDT in Statistical Analysis Comment 3 comments

Eric Staal (top) isn't just celebrating the Carolina Hurricanes' Gave 7 victory over the Boston Bruins, he's also leading the way in Penalty Plus/Minus during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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Thanks to a prompt by Greg from The Puck Stops Here, I've calculated the Penalty Plus/Minus rankings for the playoffs so far, and the Staal brothers who are still playing (Eric in Carolina, Jordan in Pittsburgh) are leading the way with +6 figures each.

Feel free to comb through the Google Spreadsheet below to see how your favorite team and/or player is doing. What are some of the things that jump out at me? Ryan Getzlaf being tied for the worst value (-7) is partially a reflection of playing lots of ice time in two extended series, but all the same, a center who is relied upon for offensive performance shouldn't spend that much time sitting in the box.

Data through the Conference Finals
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it would be interesting to bounce this off of TOI and even toughness of match ups.
(if that is even possible)

by chrisj on May 15, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I keep meaning to do the TOI part (once I finally put all this stuff into a relational database), as to toughness, I’m not sure what you’d use since we’re talking about the propensity to take/draw penalties.

More fun than a stick to the face!
On the Forecheck is SB Nation's blog covering the Nashville Predators.

by Dirk Hoag on May 15, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs