Glossary

Term Definition
Game States
5v5 - Five-on-Five Even-strength play with five skaters aside.
PP - Power Play A team skates with a manpower advantage after an opponent penalty.
PK - Penalty Kill A team defends while shorthanded after taking a penalty.
SH - Shorthanded Play while a team has fewer skaters on the ice than the opponent.
EV - Even Strength Any non-special-teams situation with equal manpower.
Ice Time And Usage
GP - Games Played Number of games included for the player or team.
TOI - Time On Ice Total ice time, usually shown in minutes.
QoT - Quality of Teammates Estimate of the strength of a player’s typical teammates.
QoC - Quality of Competition Estimate of the strength of the opponents a player usually faces.
ZS - Zone Starts Deployment context showing how favorable or defensive a player’s starting shifts are.
Shot And Chance Metrics
CF - Corsi For All shot attempts for while the player or team is on the ice.
CA - Corsi Against All shot attempts against while the player or team is on the ice.
FF - Fenwick For Unblocked shot attempts for while the player or team is on the ice.
FA - Fenwick Against Unblocked shot attempts against while the player or team is on the ice.
SF - Shots For Shots on goal for while the player or team is on the ice.
SA - Shots Against Shots on goal against while the player or team is on the ice.
xG - Expected Goals Model-based estimate of how many goals a set of shots should produce.
xGF - Expected Goals For Expected goals generated by the player or team.
xGA - Expected Goals Against Expected goals allowed by the player or team.
ixG - Individual Expected Goals Expected goals from the player’s own shots.
Results And Percentages
GF - Goals For Goals scored by the player’s team while he is on the ice.
GA - Goals Against Goals allowed by the player’s team while he is on the ice.
GSAx - Goals Saved Above Expected Goalie metric comparing actual goals allowed to expected goals against.
GAx - Goals Above Expected Difference between actual goals and expected goals in player shooting views.
Sh% - Shooting Percentage Goals divided by shots on goal.
Sv% - Save Percentage Saves divided by shots on goal against.
xSv% - Expected Save Percentage Save percentage implied by expected goals against.
dSv% - Delta Save Percentage Actual save percentage minus expected save percentage.
PDO - PDO Combined on-ice shooting and save percentage, often used as a puck-luck indicator.
Playmaking And Discipline
A1 - Primary Assists Assists awarded to the last passer before a goal scorer.
A2 - Secondary Assists Second assists awarded on a goal.
PIM - Penalty Minutes Minutes assessed for penalties.
Modeling And Projection Terms
RAPM - Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus Model that estimates player impact while adjusting for teammates, opponents, and usage.