NHL Playoff First Round Results

The NHL Playoffs is at its second round and the competition is getting more excited. Here we have the whole result of each of the games that the teams played at the first round of the competition.

NHL 2011 Results

The 2010-2011 Season is almost reaching the end, and it is necessarily to take a look at the performance of the teams in order to accurately decide; which is the best pick for winning the Stanley Cup that is going to be taking place soon on April 13th, 2011.

There are teams that are performing better and other ones that are not doing that well. The idea of checking at the stats is to discard those who are not that doing that well and leave the ones that might be a good election for the playoffs and the actual final.

The odds are currently running for the rest of the games of the season. There are odds for more than just the game… Propositional odds are available for those who are willing to take the betting experience to another level. Stanley Cup Odds

This section is intended to define some of the terms used on our informational pages. Those terms are defined here and are useful to compliment the reading of the material.

2010-2011 Stanley Cup Results

The Boston Bruins are the Stanley Cup Winners for the 2010-2011 NHL Hockey season. This is the 1st Cup they get since 1972.

Team Statistics

• GP – Games played – Number of games the team has played
• W – Wins – Games the team has won, either in regulation or in overtime
• L – Losses – Games the team has lost in regulation
• T – Ties – Games that have ended in a tie
• OTL – Overtime losses – Games the team has lost in overtime (Note: Many leagues do not separate overtime losses and regulation losses, including all losses in the losses statistic)
• SOL – Shootout losses – Games the team has lost in a shootout
• PTS – Points – Team points, calculated from W, L, T, OTL, and SOL; used to determine standings. Most leagues award 2 points for a W and 1 point for a T, OTL, or SOL.
• GF – Goals for – Number of goals the team has scored
• GA – Goals against – Number of goals scored against the team
• SO – Shutouts – Number of games the team held the opposition scoreless

Game Statistics

• GP – Games played – Number of games the player has set foot on the ice in
• G – Goals – Total number of goals the player has scored
• A – Assists – Number of goals the player has assisted in
• PTS – Points – Scoring points, calculated as the sum of G and A
• PIM – Penalties in minutes – Number of penalty minutes the player has been assessed. For statistical purposes, ten minutes are recorded for a game misconduct, gross misconduct, or match penalty.
• PPG – Power play goals – Number of goals the player has scored while his team was on the power play
• PPA – Power play assists – Number of goals the player has assisted in while his team was on the power play
• SHG – Shorthanded goals – Number of goals the player has scored while his team was shorthanded
• SHA – Shorthanded assists – Number of goals the player has assisted in while his team was shorthanded
• GWG – Game-winning goals – Number of game-winning goals the player has scored (a goal is considered game winning when the team would win the game without scoring any more goals, for example, the third goal in a 5–2 win)
• GTG – Game-tying goals – Number of game-tying (that is, the last goal scored in a tie game) goals the player has scored
• ENG – Empty net goals – Number of goals scored on an empty net
• +/- or P/M – Plus/minus – The number of team even strength or shorthanded goals for minus the number of team even strength or shorthanded goals against while the player is on the ice (see plus/minus)
• TOI – Time on ice – Total time on ice
• ATOI – Average time on ice – The average amount of time the player spent on the ice in the games he played (total time on ice divided by games played)
• Some other terms that are used somewhat less often include hits, faceoff wins, face-off win percentage, takeaways, giveaways, shots on goal (SOG).

Goaltender statistics

• GP, G, A – Same as player statistics. Note: +/- is not recorded for goaltenders.
• GS – Games started – The number of games the goaltender has started
• MIN – Total number of minutes the goaltender has been on the ice
• GA – Goals against – Number of goals scored against the goaltender
• GAA – Goals against average – Mean goals-per-game scored on the goaltender (see goals against average)
• W – Wins – Games the goaltender has won
• L – Losses – Games the goaltender has lost (A goaltender is credited with a win or loss when he is either on the ice when – or was pulled for an extra attacker immediately before – the game-winning goal was scored)
• T – Ties – Games the goaltender has tied (a goaltender is credited with a tie when he was on the ice for – or was pulled for an extra attacker immediately before – the game-tying goal was scored. In the case of 0–0 ties, the starting goaltender is credited with the tie)
• SOG – Total number of shots on goal the goaltender has faced
• SV – Saves – Number of shots on goal the goaltender has saved
• SVP, SV%, or PCT – Save percentage – Percentage of the total shots faced the goaltender has saved (see save percentage)
• SO – Shutouts – Number of games where the goaltender had no goals against him and was the only goaltender from his team to play in the game
• ENG – Empty net goals – Number of goals scored while the goaltender was off the ice for an extra attacker