Number crunching through five months of the season

Fri Feb. 04, 2022

Marc Olivier Vallerand leads the league for points per game at 1.58 (Photo: Dean Woolley)

As we move into the final three months of the season, we've been looking into some of the numbers through the first five months of action so far.

Players

There are 13 players who are at least a point-per-game so far this season
7 of the 9 most productive players are from either Belfast or Cardiff
Of the Top 15 point scorers in the league, 11 are in their debut EIHL season
Despite being the fourth-most productive player with 35 points, Adam Brady is currently a -5 (the only player among the nine most-productive players with a negative +/-)
Seven players have scored all their league goals on the powerplay, of which six are defensemen - Dyson Stevenson is the only forward
Two players have scored all their league goals shorthanded - Alexander Ranger and Keaton Ellerby both with one each
Among all players who have scored more than 10 goals (11+), only five have put up more goals than assists (there are 14 11-plus-goal players in total)

Goalies

The three starting goalies with the top save percentages have a positive record win-less record. None of the remaining 7 do so
Despite only playing 13 games and having the worst save percentage among starting goalies, Matt Ginn still holds the third-highest number of shutouts (3)
Shane Owen has the lowest win-loss record in the league, yet has faced the most shots (1091) while maintaining a pretty solid save percentage at 91.11%
Alongside Owen, Kevin Lindskoug is the only other goalie who has faced more than 1000 shots
No goalie has yet to concede more than 100 goals

Teams

The third-most scoring team has scored 20 goals more than the fourth-most scoring team (Sheffield - 106; Manchester - 86)
The three most-scoring teams are the only teams in the league with positive GF vs. GA ratios
Glasgow have both the least shots for and second-most shots against in the league (per game average), yet do not have the league's worst average goals for vs. average goals against ratio
Glasgow and Fife are the only teams yet to win in either overtime or a shootout
Belfast are the only yet to lose in either overtime or a shootout
Despite being last overall, Fife have the least amount of penalty minutes per game
No team averages under two or more than four goals per game

Penalty box

Scott Jamieson has played the most games without yet taking a penalty (26 games)
The most-penaliaed player, Kyle Haas, has taken at least one penalty in more than two-thirds of his games (15/22)

With input from David Sokol.