Here’s a stat dump for the Cardiff vs Sheffield season series so far for anyone interested.
Wins: Cardiff = 2, Sheffield = 3
Top scorer (goals and points): Cardiff = Josh MacDonald (3+2). Sheffield = Mitchell Balmas (5+4)
Most PiMs: Cardiff = Jimmy Oligny (8); Sheffield = Sam Tremblay (21)
Top +/- scores: Cardiff = Tyson Helgeson and Brandon Estes (both +4); Sheffield = Joona Huttula and Stephen Harper (both +3)
Worst +/- scores: Cardiff = Gleason Fournier (-4); Sheffield = Kevin Tansey (-5)
Most SoG: Cardiff = Brandon Estes (18 (5.56% scoring %)); Sheffield = Robert Dowd (21 (9.52% scoring %))
Face Off %: Cardiff = Kohen Olischefski (66.04% win); Sheffield = Patrick Watling (62.5% win)
Goalies Svs % ranking:
1). Christian Stoever: 76 saves from 82 SoG = 92.68% (overall season ave = 91.59%)
2). Matt Greenfield: 114 from 125 = 91.20% (overall season ave = 92.08%)
3). Eamon McAdam: 27 from 30 = 90.00% (overall season ave = 93.57%)
4). Ben Bowns: 70 from 79 = 88.61% (overall season ave = 92.91%)
Powerplay Stats:
Cardiff = 1 from 13 = 7.69% conversion (overall season average = 17.14%)
Sheffield = 5 from 14 = 35.71% conversion (overall season average = 24.79%)
PK Stats:
Cardiff: 9 from 14 = 64.29% success (overall season average = 78.72%)
Sheffield: 12 from 13 = 92.31% (overall season average = 88.89%)
Team overall scoring %:
Cardiff: 9.03% (overall season average = 8.88%)
Sheffield: 9.88% (overall season average =10.73%)
Scoring % from SoG in each period:
Cardiff: 1st period = 12.00%, 2nd period = 12.77%, 3rd period = 1.79%
Sheffield: 1st period =10.64%, 2nd period =11.11%, 3rd period =6.25%
Number of 5 on 5 goals scored:
Cardiff = 12
Sheffield = 8
Lead distribution:
Cardiff have led for 32.25% of the game time (season average = 43.18%)
Sheffield have led for 30.91% of the game time (season average = 44.06%)
Scores level for 36.84% of the game time
Team ice time averages for this series:
Cardiff: Imports = 18:27 per game; Homegrown = 13:02 per game
Sheffield: Imports = 18:40 per game; Homegrown = 10:18 per game
And finally some general season league stats:
Sheffield's Eamon McAdam (#35) has the highest win % of all goalies in the league this season on 87.50%. Christian Stoever is 3rd overall in the league with 66.67%. Ben Bowns is 8th on 60.00% and Matt Greenfield is 9th with 58.62%.
Sheffield’s Stephen Harper (#15) lead the whole league for most high danger SoG with 29 (Kohen Olischefski, Ryan Barrow and Josh MacDonald share Cardiff’s lead on this stat with 16 each)
Brett Ritchie (#23) is second to only David Booth for most points per 60 minutes ice time played this season with 3.96. Mitchell Balmas (#92) is third overall with 3.86. Josh MacDonald is Cardiff’s top player for this stat with 3.18 (joint 13th in the league overall).
Also, for every 60 minutes Brett Ritchie has actually been on the ice Sheffield have scored 5.28 goals (2nd in the league overall). Cardiff leader on this stat is Joey Martin with Devils having scored 4.60 goals in each 60 minutes he has actually been on the ice (11th in the league overall).
Looking at the other end of the ice, Josh MacDonald and Sam Duggan have been amongst the best defensive forwards in the league so far 6th and 7th respectively overall in the league for conceding the fewest goals for every 60 minutes of their actual time on ice (1.45 and 1.46 respectively).
