NHL players recieve a + or - rating ex: -1 for game performance, how is this calculated?
2007-02-08 12:21:09 · 6 answers · asked by BZZR 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
AT EVEN STRENGTH If you're on the Ice when a goal is scored for your team you get a +, if a goal is scored against your team, you get a -.
Power-play / short-handed Goals do not count.
The +/- is probably the most misunderstood and misused statistic in hockey. Good players on bad teams will not have a +. Defensemen will have higher +'s and lower -'s, because they play more minutes. If your Goalie lets in a shot he should have stopped, minus for you. If you have skill on special teams (or a lack of skill) the +/- won't reflect it. Sometimes you can infer things from players on the same team (a leading scorer with a - when the rest of the team is + isn't doing his job defensively, a + defensemen when the rest of his team is - is almost certainly rather good defensively), but that's about it.
Clarification: I always thought that shorthanded Goals don't count, but the other answer is correct, mine was wrong. You do NOT however get a + for a power-play goal or a - when you were killing a penalty.
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AND AGAIN
Plus-Minus
A player is awarded a "plus" each time he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthanded goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthanded goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's "plus-minus" statistic.
So, HABITANT, either YOU or wrong or the NHL's OFFICIAL website is! I always thought short-handed Goals for/against didn't count either. Maybe they changed it recently, I don't know, but that quote IS from www.nhl.com
2007-02-08 13:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
JZ is wrong if your on the ice when your team scores a goal you will be a +1 and if your on the ice when your team gets scored on your a -1. so if the score was 3-2 for you and you were on the ice for all 5 goals then you would be a +1 and if you were on the losing team you would be a -1.
and for what JZ said when your on the power play or short handed you will not receive anything no +/- added to your stats cause your up a man or your down a man, it only counts on even strenght.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE GIVE JZ A THUMBS UP WHEN HES CLEARLY WRONG. YOU DON'T RECEIVE ANY +/- WHEN BEING ON A POWER PLAY OR BEING SHORTHANDED ONLY IF YOUR ON EVENSTRENGHT THE +/- IS ADDED TO YOUR STATS.
go ahead and give me thumbs down, i know I'm right and you both are wrong.
clueless....>>>>i just looked it up and yes it says that but if you look at the finals stats of the players its not awarded on a power play and shorthanded. same goes on a GWG in a shootout it shows on the score sheet that the player that scored the final goal gets a GWG but in fact on there career stats and season stats its not credited just as the +/- on the PPG and SHG.
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2007-02-09 05:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dude, a minus for giving up a shorthanded goal and a plus for scoring a shorty. Simple, clean and makes sense.
2007-02-12 08:10:27 · answer #3 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a player is on the ice for a goal is scored by his team, he gets at +1, if it is even strength or his team is shorthanded.
When a player is on the ice for a goal scored against his team, he gets at -1, if it is even strength or his team has a manpower advantage.
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