Key Stats

Skaters

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Adjusted Goals
(AdG)

  • Goals adjusted for:
    • 6 goals per game
    • 82-game schedule
    • 18-skater roster

Adjusted Assists
(AdA)

  • Assists adjusted for:
    • 10 assists per game
    • 82-game schedule
    • 18-skater roster

Adjusted Points
(AdPTS)

  • Sum of:
    • Adjusted Goals
    • Adjusted Assists
  • A complete description can be found here

Adjusted Hockey

Adjusted Games (AdGP)

  • Games played adjusted for:
    • 82-game schedule

Adjusted Seasons (AdYr)

  • Career adjusted games divided by:
    • 82-game schedule
    • Example: Eric Lindros played 9.6 AdYr in his career (790 AdGP ÷ 82)

Pace
(G+, A+, PTS+)

  • Unadjusted statistic on a per-game basis, expressed over 82 games

Adjusted Pace
(AdG+, AdA+, AdPTS+)

  • Adjusted statistic on a per-game basis, expressed over 82 adjusted games
  • Both Pace and Adjusted Pace can be calculated over a single season or a full career
  • A Pace Line (or an Adjusted Pace Line) is a listed combination of goals, assists, and points (or adjusted goals, assists, and points) paces stylized with slashes
    • Example: Mario Lemieux‘s career Adjusted Pace Line is 55/82/136

Goaltenders

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Goals Saved Above Average (GSAA)

  • Number of goals saved (or allowed) vs. the league average save percentage on the same number of shots
    • Shots on goal data is available beginning in 1955-56

Adjusted Hockey

Adjusted Save Percentage

  • Save percentage adjusted to a neutral scoring environment where .900 is the league-average save percentage each season
    • Individual seasons adjusted to an 82-game schedule
      • Max. 70 games before mandatory backup goalies

Adjusted Goals Saved Above Average (AdGSAA)

  • 1955-56 to present:
    • Hockey Reference.com’s GSAA adjusted for:
      • 6 goals per game
      • 82-game schedule
        • Max. 70 games before mandatory backup goalies
  • 1917-18 to 1954-55:
    • Number of goals saved (or allowed) vs. league-average GAA over same number of minutes, adjusted for:
      • 6 goals per game
      • 82-game schedule
        • Max. 70 games

Adjusted Games (AdGP)

  • Games played adjusted for:
    • 82-game schedule
      • Max. 70 games before mandatory backup goalies

Adjusted Seasons (AdYr)

  • Career adjusted games divided by:
    • 60-game starter’s workload
      • Differs from a skater’s complete season of 82 games

Adjusted Record: Adjusted Wins (AdW), Losses (AdL), Ties (AdT)

  • Goaltender’s record adjusted for:
    • 82-game schedule
      • Max. 70 games before mandatory backup goalies
    • Removal of the “loser” point in standings (i.e., 3-point games)
      • Shootout wins = Adjusted ties; Overtime losses = Adjusted losses
  • Adjusted Winning Percentage (AdW%) is winning % based on adjusted record
    • Reflects only 2 points available per game (i.e., all goalies net to .500)

Pace
(W+, L+, T+, GSAA+)

  • Unadjusted statistic on a per-game basis, expressed over 60 games

Adjusted Pace
(AdW+, AdL+, AdT+, AdGSAA+)

  • Adjusted statistic on a per-game basis, expressed over 60 adjusted games
  • Both Pace and Adjusted Pace can be calculated over a single season or a full career

All Players

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Point Shares (PS)

  • Estimate of the number of points contributed by a player
    • Point shares is the sum of a player’s offensive, defensive, and goalie point shares
    • A complete description can be found here

Award Shares

  • A player’s share of the maximum possible voting points for an award
    • Example: In 1996-97 Hart Trophy voting, Paul Kariya received 239 voting points of the maximum 540 (i.e., 54 voters x 10 points for a first-place vote)
      • Kariya’s 1996-97 share is 44.26%, or 0.44 Hart shares
      • Kariya earned 0.58 career Hart shares

Adjusted Hockey

Adjusted Point Shares (AdPS)

  • Hockey Reference’s Point Shares adjusted for:
    • 82-game schedule
      • Max. 70 games for goaltenders before mandatory backup goalies
    • 18-skater roster
    • Removal of the “loser” point in standings (i.e., 3-point games)
    • Shots on goal adjustment for goaltenders once available (1955-56 to present)
  • Adjusted Point Share Pace (AdPS+) is a player’s adjusted point shares on a per-game basis, expressed over 82 adjusted games

High Noon (HN)

  • A player’s highest positional ranking over any 3-season stretch in their career
    • Positions = forwards, defencemen, or goaltenders
    • Calculated at the end of each season using a player’s Adjusted Point Share Pace over the 3 previous seasons
      • Skaters: min. 50% of the adjusted schedule in the 3-season cycle
      • Goaltenders: min. 45% of the adjusted schedule in the 3-season cycle
    • See article on High Noon here
  • Example: P.K. Subban‘s defenceman ranking at the end of Seasons 3-13 of his career are: #22, #6, #4, #3, #4, #8, #11, #17, #33, #91, #128
    • Subban reached his High Noon as the #3 defenceman in the NHL

All sources credited above — Hockey-Reference.com and Adjusted Hockey

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