Chris Clegg
NPHL.com Writer
Fort St. John at Falher [Sat., Nov. 24]
LINE: Fort St. John by 3 1/2
Analysis
It’s the first of two meetings this season and FAL returns home after the long trip to MAN the night before. I was all aboard the FAL bandwagon last week predicting them to beat GP, but they let me down. FSJ is 5-2 all-time in FAL and 12-3 overall in their team’s history. FSJ is playing a lot of new players this season while FAL is a veteran club. FSJ swept a very good FAL club last season 10-7 in FAL and 9-2 at home. This is a battle of the two teams with the worst PK percentages in the NPHL. And, FSJ is the least penalized team in the NPHL for stick fouls while FAL has the most. What stands out to me in this series is that in seven home games vs FSJ, FAL has scored only 20 goals, and seven came in one game. That’s 13 in the other six games. FSJ to win but FAL with the goals.
The Season Series
1. Sat., Nov. 24 – Fort St. John at Falher
2. Sat., Dec. 1 – Falher at Fort St. John
The Stats Pack
[Ranking in Parenthesis]
Category Fort St. John FalherRecord 2-2-0-0 [3-West] 3-2-0-1 [2-East]
Power Play 6-19, 31.58% [3] 10-33, 30.30% [4]
Penalty Kill 5-11, 54.55% [7] 11-31, 64.52% [6]
Shots For 36.25 per game [5] 41.33 per game [4]
Shots Vs 33.25 per game [2] 38.17 per game [5]
Shots Diff +12 [5] +19 [4]
PIM For 13.75 per game [1] 26.00 per game [6]
PIM Vs 15.25 per game [T2] 21.67 per game [4]
PIM Diff +6 [3] -26 [6]
Scoring 1st 50.00% [T3] 33.33% [T6]
Record Scoring 1st Goal 2-0 [T2] 1-1 [T4]
Record Allow 1st Goal 0-2 [7] 3-1 [2]
Lead After 1 Period 2-0 {T1] 2-1 [5]
Trail After 1 Period 0-1 [5] 1-1 [1]
Lead After 2 Periods 2-0 [T-3] 4-1 [6]
Trail After 2 Periods 0-2 [T-4] 0-1 [3]
Goals Scored in 1st 1.75 per game [T4] 2.17 per game [2]
Goals Scored in 2nd 2.75 per game [2] 3.00 per game [1]
Goals Scored in 3rd 3.50 per game [1] 2.33 per game [3]
Goals Allowed in 1st 1.75 per game [T4] 1.33 per game [2]
Goals Allowed in 2nd 1.50 per game [4] 1.17 per game [2]
Goals Allowed in 3rd 2.50 per game [5] 3.17 per game [6]
Goal Diff in 1 0 [4] +5 [1]
Goal Diff in 2 +5 [2] +11 [1]
Goal Diff in 3 +4 [2] -5 [6]
Team Stick Fouls 1.00 PIM/Game [1] 6.17 PIM/Game [7]