Running Sharkstistics, Days Off and Team Performance, and More

Final Update: Postgame, Apr. 09, 2011 - Following Sharks 0-day-off-game 3-1 Victory over Phx.

It's been a lot of fun! Thank you Everyone! See you all in the playoff threads!

Next Up: Regular season over, on to the playoffs.

I mentioned previously of my observation that the Sharks tended to play their best hockey when they had only one day off between games. I mentally kept track of this last season, and have posted the info from the last two seasons as well.

The theory holds true last year, but not in Coach TMC's 1st season.

However, I will try to keep up with this data this season after each game, and post it in here. It includes a chart of the number of days off, the record, points, and goals scored for and against. Also tossed in are the stats of how well the Sharks play depending on who is in net for them, and a comparison of season record at various intervals.

Charts, and a glossary, after "the jump"..

(Charts got a new look on Feb. 05, 2011 for easier viewing)

Sharks, game	82	2010-11:	3-1 Win
game	82	2009-10:	3-2 SO Win
game	82	2008-09:	3-4 loss

Sharks, at	82	games,	2010-11:	48 – 25 – 9	/ 105	pts.
at	82	games,	2009-10:	51 –20 – 11	/ 113	pts.
at	82	games,	2008-09:	53 –18 –11	/ 117	pts.

season OT:	5 Won	4 lost	10 ties	first half		*19-(2)-15-5 / 47pts / 118GF-115GA*
season SO:	5 Won	5 lost		second half		*29-(3)-10-4 / 58pts / 130GF-98GA*

How the Sharks play, as a team, with x days off between games, 2010-11 regular season:
								*AVG*	*Tot. Games*
*x days off*	GP	*Wins*	*Losses*	*SOTL*	GF	GA	*Pts-PerG*	*GF-GA*	*on Sched*
*0 days off*	14	8	3	3	44	43	19 – 1.36	3.14 – 3.07	14
*1 day off*	46	26	16	4	141	120	56 – 1.22	3.07 – 2.61	46
*2 days off*	13	8	4	1	32	28	17 – 1.31	2.46 – 2.15	13
*3 days off*	5	3	1	1	15	13	7 – 1.40	3.00 – 2.60	5
*4+ days off*	4	3	1	0	16	9	6 – 1.50	4.00 – 2.25	4

How many goals for, and against the Sharks when goalie in net, and goalie's record, 2010-11 regular season:
							No
*In Net*	*Starts*	GF	GA	W	L	*SOTL*	*Decision*	*Shutouts*
*Nitty*	22	70	66	12	7	3	2	0
*Niemi*	60	173	147	35	18	6	1	6
*Stalock*	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	½

Sharks' record at various points in the season:	*10 G*	*20G*	*30G*	*41G*	*50G*	*60G*	*70G*	*82G*
*2010-11*	5-4-1	10-6-4	15-10-5	21-15-5	25-19-6	33-21-6	39-23-8	48-25-9
*Pts*	11	24	35	47	56	72	86	105
*2009-10*	5-4-1	13-4-3	19-6-5	26-8-7	32-10-8	39-12-9	43-17-10	51-20-11
*Pts*	11	29	43	61	72	87	96	113
*2008-09*	8-2-0	16-3-1	25-3-2	31-5-5	36-7-7	42-9-9	46-14-10	53-18-11
*Pts*	16	33	52	67	79	93	102	117

How the Sharks played, as a team, with x days off between games, 2009-10 regular season:
								*AVG*
*x days off*	GP	*Wins*	*Losses*	*SOTL*	GF	GA	*Pts-PerG*	*GF-GA*
*0 days off*	13	8	3	2	38	30	18 – 1.38	2.92 – 2.31
*1 day off*	51	35	8	8	179	118	78 – 1.52	3.51 – 2.31
*2 days off*	9	4	5	0	25	33	8 – 0.88	2.78 – 3.67
*3 days off*	4	2	1	1	13	14	5 – 1.25	3.25 – 3.50
*4+ days off*	5	2	2	1	20	19	5 – 1.00	4.00 – 3.80

How the Sharks played, as a team, with x days off between games, 2008-09 regular season:
								*AVG*
*x days off*	GP	*Wins*	*Losses*	*SOTL*	GF	GA	*Pts-PerG*	*GF-GA*
*0 days off*	14	10	3	1	34	28	21 – 1.50	2.43 – 2.00
*1 day off*	44	25	12	7	131	115	57 – 1.30	2.98 – 2.61
*2 days off*	15	12	2	1	60	39	25 – 1.67	4.00 – 2.60
*3 days off*	5	3	1	1	17	16	7 – 1.40	3.40 – 3.20
*4+ days off*	4	3	0	1	15	6	7 – 1.75	3.75 – 1.50

It will be interesting to find out how this turns out. Hope you find this useful for some reason or another.

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Glossary:

4+ days off = there were 4 or more days off between games.

10G/Pts = record at 10 games / number of Standings Points, also goes for 20G/Pts, and so forth.

AVGGF-GA = Average number of Goals the Sharks scored, then the average number of goals scored against the Sharks, per game.

GA = number of goals scored against the Sharks.

GF = number of goals the Sharks scored.

GP = number of games played.

In Net = which Goalie was in net, or played as goalie when Sharks net was empty.

Losses or L = number of games lost.

No Decision = the goalie played in the game, but didn't get the W, L, or SOTL, when they either came in as a sub, or left with an injury, etc.

OTL = Overtime loss.

OTW = Overtime Win.

PDT = Pacific Daylight-Savings Time.

PST = Pacific Standard Time.

Pts-PerG = number of standings Points, then the Points averaged per Game.

Season = the Season-Year that the statistics are for.

Shutout = the Goalie didn't allow the team to score a goal in Regulation gametime, nor in Overtime. Goalie still can get a Shutout if they don't allow any goals in Regulation or Overtime, but lose the game in a Shootout.

SOL = Shootout loss.

SOTL = number of games lost in either Overtime or lost in a Shootout.

SOW = Shootout Win.

Starts = number of games the Goalie started.

TMC = Todd McLellen, the Sharks Head Coach since the 2008-2009 season.

Tot. G on Sched = the total number of games for each x-days-off that are scheduled for the season.

x-days-off = the number of days off between games. Example, game on Thursday and a game on Saturday means Sat.'s game is a 1 day off game, as Friday was the day off.

Wins or W = number of games won.

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