Goals 2 - Importance Of Scoring First
- tmlblueandwhite
- Dec 25, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 27, 2023
IMPORTANCE OF SCORING FIRST
However, one has to wonder: is scoring the first goal as important it’s made out to be?
Answer 1: The advantage conferred by scoring first is neither surprising nor contrary to expectation Teams that score the first goal win more often because they tend to score more goals. And teams that score more goals tend to win more often.
Answer 2: Getting the second goal is important, just as important as the first goal.
The win percentage of those that score the second goal, provided that they have scored the first, is about 80%. The win percentage of those that score the second goal, provided that they have not scored the first, is about 50% [22/(22+22)].
It's simply not very accurate to accord the first goal special status when, in actual fact, the vast majority of goals scored throughout the course of a hockey game are significant.
VALUE OF THE FIRST GOAL
Teams that score first win 2/3rds of games.
But here’s the catch: teams that score the second goal win 68 percent of the time.
The reason why teams that score first win two-thirds of the games? Because winning teams score about two-thirds of the goals.
SCORING SECOND IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SCORING FIRST
the team that scores first wins about two-thirds of the time, or about 67%.
Getting the second goal is important, just as important as the first goal.
The win percentage of teams with a 2-0 score is about 80.4% [45/ (11+45)]. The win percentage of those that score the second goal, provided that they have not scored the first, is about 50% [22/(22+22)]. The win percentage of those that have scored the second goal regardless of who scored the first is about 67%.
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