Plan of Investigation
While watching National Hockey League (NHL) games, I often heard the play-by-play announcer mention at the start of the third and final period how it would be tough for a team to come back from a one goal deficit. This led me to wonder just how difficult it was mathematically, and how much previous periods affected the final one. In this project, I will investigate whether the scores at the end of the first period affect the final score of NHL games.
I will gather the scores of 200 hockey games between 2005-2008 from the nhl.com website. I chose these years because the type of hockey before and after the new Collective Bargaining Agreement is different in terms of goals scored per game, with more goals scored per
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The trendline, known as the line of best fit or the least squares regression line, shows the linear equation which best explains the sums up the data’s trend. The formula on the right is the formula of the line of best fit.
As can be observed from these plots, teams who win at the end of the first period have a much larger range of data, with 26 separate points versus 14 separate points on Team B’s graph. Since the scatter plot does not use a thicker dot when numerous teams share one place on the plot, this suggests that teams who lose at the end of the first period tend to have similar scores, as they have twelve fewer points than teams who win.
If a team loses in the first period, this means that its X-range must be smaller than that of the winning team. Since 9/26, or almost 35%, of Team A’s points are on 3 or 4 on the X-axis, it is logical for Team A to have a larger range. However, even disregarding 3 and 4 on the X-axis, Team A’s range is still larger than that of Team B’s. There is a greater spread of data on the Y-axis of Team A, as well.
Note that when Team A scores one goal in the first period, there are instances of them ending the third period with five or six goals. However, when Team B scores one goal in the first period, the most goals they ended up with is only four. This pattern is repeated when the teams score two goals in the first period. With Team A, there are instance(s) when they end up with seven; with
The winning team was awarded 2 points, the losing team received 0 point, and if the game resulted in a tie each team would get 1 point. The series would start off in Canada for the first game in 4 different cities; Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, then Vancouver. Game one took place at the Montreal Forum. The game started off with two quick goals from Phil Esposito and Paul Henderson within the first six minutes. This made Canadian`s 8-0 prediction have hope. By the end of the second period the score was 4-2, for U.S.S.R. The Soviet Union potted 3 goals in the 3rd period with Canada only getting 1. The final score of the game was a 7-3
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Sometimes it is easy to forget the game played on frozen ponds and backyard rinks, and get lost in the overwhelming professional sport known as hockey. However, we strive to remember that hockey became Canada's game because it made our never-ending winter months more bearable . The game gradually became a sport, then an entertainment industry. It seems like the lockout was one of the biggest news stories of the year. Part of the amazing nature of the game is that it's origins are fairly vague. However, we always remember that hockey is our game. It may not be our official sport, like lacrosse is, but hockey is what Canada seems to be most well-known for, and it continues to have immense influence on our free society, with its unique style
Match-a match is around 2-3 games, in which a winner could then be determined from it.
Information - Instructions and a scoring aid are on the sheet, with pegs on the board.
In the NHL there is no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd there can only be 1 winner unlike the olympic hockey you can win 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The awards are different too like in the NHL you win MVP(Most valuable player), Stanley Cup, and the Conn Smythe Trophy, the player awarded for the conn smythe trophy is the most valuable player for the season. There are 21 total trophies players can get awarded arranging from MVP to the National cup. Did you know that Canada has won 8 gold medals and is the current holder for most hockey medals in the olympics.
Here’s a quick look at the Chicago Blackhawks' 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals at Amalie Arena on Wednesday.
The period of play is broken down into 20 minutes of game time follow by two 15 minutes intermissions of rest (Cox, Miles, Verde, & Rhodes, 1995). The amount of time players receive during a game is determined by their skill set, physical ability and experience. Players with higher skills or physical abilities and have more experience usually will receive more ice time than those who are still developing these skills. Thus, the need for improvement is prominent among hockey
Firstly, it must be a tied game. If one team is losing, then they will almost certainly play an aggressive, offensive style. Playing conservatively in the final minutes of a game is not a logical option for a losing team. Secondly, there cannot be any penalties, as that would give one team a power play. A power play allows the team with an extra skater on the ice to play a more aggressive style of offense. Power plays also force the team that is man-down to play conservatively. Thirdly, it must be near the end of a game. When there is still a significant amount of time on the clock, there is time for a team to establish that they are the dominant team and win two points in regulation time. Additionally, the opposing teams cannot be in the same division or in the playoffs. Since playoff eligibility is determined based on the top teams in each division, teams do not want to go into overtime with division rivals. They do not want their rivals to be guaranteed a point from the game. In addition, points do not matter in playoff hockey, so this model does not apply to playoff games. Finally, this model assumes that the teams are of approximately equal skill, and that no team has any major advantages over the other. This equivalence of skill allows us to assign payoffs to each team that are based on the teams having an equal chance of
In this dotplot I compared Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. I took the points each team scored in their past twenty-one games and graphed them. In the dotplot the shape of the Warriors’ distribution is roughly symmetric and is unimodal with a peak at 108 points. The Cavaliers’ distribution is also roughly symmetric. The center of the Warriors’ at 108 points which is slightly higher than the Cavaliers’ center of 106 points. The spread of the Warriors’ distribution is about 43 points while the Cavaliers’ distribution has a spread of 46 points. Neither the Warriors or the Cavaliers have outliers.
This proves that if hockey went down in price more people would play. You could argue that it’s expensive because the rinks have to pay for employees, the zambonis, and to keep the rink cold, but if it was cheaper more kids would play making even more money for the
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Additionally, in the theoretical model I hypothesized that a more successful team will make going to hockey games more enjoyable and result in an increase in attendance. The results of the regression confirm that the theoretical model is correct. Points earned, and making the post season are both positive and statistically significant.