Sid vs. Ovi Round Two - Tale of the Tape
by EmilyB on Feb 5, 2010 2:40 PM EST
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NHL.com is getting ready for Round Two in the 2010 Sid vs. Ovi Derby. They've prepared the headlines, the highlights, and now the nifty splash page graphics.
For Round One they produced this nice graphic element, the Tale of The Tape:
You may recall that I was a bit underwhelmed because they didn't bother to couldn't find a picture of AO with the C on his sweater, but overall it was very nice to have all the numbers in one place.
Now we find ourselves getting ready for Round Two and an epic NHL Game of the Week Sid/Alex Throwdown. NHL.com was a little bit more successful in looking through its own photo archives this time, and got both Captains in their full dress unis:
And I'm kinda digging the weagle/waddlebird staredown at center ice.
So. Let's look at the numbers, shall we?
Round One was played on January 21. Including the results from that game, Caps have gone 8-0 and the Pens 4-2 (losses to the streaking Caps and streaking Sens).
|
Ovechkin |
Crosby |
||||||
|
|
Jan 21 |
Feb 5 |
Δ |
|
Jan 21 |
Feb 5 |
Δ |
|
Goals |
30 |
38 |
8 |
Goals |
32 |
37 |
5 |
|
Assists |
35 |
42 |
7 |
Assists |
31 |
34 |
3 |
|
Points |
65 |
80 |
15 |
Points |
63 |
71 |
8 |
|
+/- |
27 |
37 |
+10 |
+/- |
12 |
10 |
-2 |
|
PIM |
60 |
62 |
2 |
PIM |
47 |
51 |
4 |
|
PPG |
7 |
9 |
2 |
PPG |
8 |
9 |
1 |
Two notes:
1. Caps have played two more games than the Pens in this stretch, and
2. This graphic does include AO's stats for last night's game.
Plus-10, nearly double the points and undefeated in eight straight games. Now there's the real Tale of the Tape!
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Sid isn’t really scoring like Ovie, nobody scores like Ovie does!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
As much as I hate encouraging NBA comparisons to this great game of ours:
The Crosby=Stockton argument is way out of order. The latter never won an MVP and never led his team to a championship, despite the fact that they had two HOF guys playing together for years.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
Role Reversal
Amazing how that article rips off the Farber story from the other day. It was outdated before it was posted this morning.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Only thing that graphic is missing is a games played: 49 for Ovie, 56 for Crosby. The relative equality of the numbers is otherwise deceiving.
8 87
Goals Per Game: 0.776 0.661
Assists Per Game: 0.857 0.607
Points Per Game: 1.633 1.268
And something to indicate the reason behind the discrepancy…
8 87
QUALCOMP: 0.049 0.056
QUALTEAM: 0.483 -0.038
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → b a (select) start
That QualTeam number is staggering…
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Based on +/- I think, at least in part. That skews Ovie’s numbers, because you can probably find 8-10 Caps in the top 30 in the NHL in +/-.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 5, 2010 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
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For a thorough analysis of how Ovechkin has been playing since the Caps last met beat the Pens.
And for the use of a Δ symbol in the table. Nicely done.
Let's go Caps!
Haven’t been this sick of player vs player hype in a team sport since Magic vs Larry. Enough.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
CP2D I don’t disagree with you. It is silly and overdone at this point, but since I had the old ‘Tale of the Tape’ hanging around in my photobucket, and then I screencapped the new one, I started looking at the numbers and … voila …. FanPost.
IMO they are two great athletes and I think it’s great I’ll get to see both of them play for years to come.
And frankly Sid doesn’t have the world-class talent on his wings that he really should have.
IS KEPTIN NOW
YNC, it was nothing personal against you. You are one of my favorite people. You bring the funny and the stats. My issue is the whole player vs player thing. It’s completely ridiculous in team sports. In addition, both teams have shown they can win without either guy.
"You ever use smelling salts, every time you type a bad blog?" Brooks Laich
Haven’t been this sick of player vs player hype in a team sport since Magic vs Larry. Enough.
Looks like I’m not shoveling YOUR driveway.
Signed,
G. Bettman
Damn! Looks like my women is on time.
Great post, but as far as I see it, as long as we win, I don’t care if Ovie has zero points and Sid has 5 or more.
The two standings points are what count the most.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
I strongly dislike Crosby.
So it’s satisfying.
(A wise man once told me that one should never use “hate” so, as tempting as it is, I’m trying to harness my chi).
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
It would actually be kind of neat if the caps had the weagle looking one way in the regular season, and in the other direction during the playoffs (kind of like the eagle carpet in the oval office that looks in a different direction during peace and wartime).
by iwearstripes on Feb 6, 2010 8:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions
isn’t that just a myth?
Remember- always dispose of mice responsibly.
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It would actually be kind of neat if the caps had the weagle looking one way in the regular season, and in the other direction during the playoffs (kind of like the eagle carpet in the oval office that looks in a different direction during peace and wartime).
by iwearstripes on Feb 6, 2010 8:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I hate all this Sid vs. Ovi hoopla. What about the other storyline?
Bongo Drums Semin vs. Chicken Legs Malkin?
by patred48 on Feb 6, 2010 11:20 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
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