In hockey stats, what do they mean by chances?

Question

Not sure what the difference between a shot and a chance is.

Answer 1

A shot is when an opposing player hits the puck towards the opponents net.



A chance is something the pens don't have.

Answer 2

A chance is basically a shot on net that doesn't go in.

Answer 3

A shot on goal is one that would have gone in, if the goalie, and only the goalie stops or deflects the puck away, resulting in no goal.

A scoring chance is determined by an official to be a clear-cut opportunity to score a goal.

An example would be a breakaway on the goalie, and he makes a save. That was a scoring chance, as well as a shot on goal. Another example would be say, a three on one rush, and the goalie makes a sliding stop on a point-blank one-timer.

You see, someone with too much time on their hands decided it was important for someone to be able to discern between simply a shot on goal, and a chance to actually score a goal. shots on goal don't really tell the story of a game, but add in there counting scoring chances, and wow, what a vivid picture gets painted in my mind!

How about yours?

Answer 4

okay as a hockey player and a ref myself a chance is basically a shot that would have gone in if they goalie had not made a save on that particular shot

for example a break-a-away is a chance because even though the shot did not go in the shot or moveit sitll had a good percentage of going in but did not

or a shot that was rebounded but then a great save was made in order to stop the rebound shot

a shot is putting the puck on net

Answer 5

A shot is any puck fired at the net from any spot on the ice that either hits the goalie, or goes in the net. Hitting the post does not count as a shot on goal. Scoring chances are tricky, not all shots are scoring chances, in fact, most shots from the point are not scoring chances. More times than not the scoring chances you do see counted in games come from the slot area, or the area between the faceoff dots from the top of the circles down to the goal line. Hope this helps u!