Glossary

  • Corsi: Total amount of shot attempts
  • Fenwick: Number of unblocked shot attempts
  • PDO: The sum of save percentage plus shooting percentage
  • xG: The expected number of goals based on number of shots, lokation of the shots, the type of shots etc.
  • GSAA: Goals saved above average – based on save percentage
  • GSAx: Goals saved above expected (xGA-GA) – based on xG-models
  • GAR: A value of player impact – measured in goals above replacement
  • GAA: A value of player impact – measured in goals above average and made into a zero-sum model (See appendix 1)
  • sGAA: My model that measures player and team impact – It’s a combination GAR, xGAR and GSAx (See here)
  • Performance charts: A graph that shows sGAA over time (See blog 3)
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