What does plus minus mean in hockey scoring?

It is the number of goals your tean scores well your out there is the plus and minus is the number of goals you give up.Answer

plus/minus means being on the ice for goals....... plus is a positive you are on the ice when more goals are scored for your team, minus is when more are scored against while you are on the ice. e.g. a player is on the ice for 3 goals by his team and 2 against his team in one game he therefore has a plus/minus of +1, reverse it and hes on for only two by his own team and three by the opposing team he now has a plus/minus of -1

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Plus/Minus is a basic way to rate a player. In theory, the higher a player's plus/minus, the better the player. Each player (except the goalie) who is on the ice when a goal is scored at even strength by the opposing team is rated a -1. Conversely, every player on the ice when their own team scores a goal (except the goalie and while at even strength) is rated a +1. A player who is rated a + 13 for example, has been on the ice for 13 more even-strength goals for than against. Shorthanded and powerplay goals are not counted in plus/minus ratings.

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Hockey players are assigned a PLUS or MINUS stat, based on their play.

If a player is on the ice when HIS team scores a goal, he gets a PLUS point. If he is on the ice when the OTHER team scores a goal he gets a MINUS point.

A player with a plus 5 is a better payer, in theory, than one with a minus 5.

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That's the plus and minus stats for a player. For example is a player is on ice and a team member scores a goal all the players on the ice for that goal will receive a plus, and the players one ice will receive a minus if a goal is aginst them, lets say mike Modano is on ice during a play and Brenden Morrow scores a goal well Modano as well as the other 4 players will receive a plus point, and if Mike Modano is on ice during play and a player from the opposite team scores a goal against Turco then they all will receive a minus. I hope that explains it. The E Im not sure

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E is used in some box scores to denote "Even", or a plus/minus of zero.

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Plus Minus is a ratio of the Goals Scored for and Goals Scored against the team when a player is on the ice. Naturally it is better to have a plus score in this area, but even really good penalty killers may have a negative number.

Players also receive a +1 if they are on the ice when their team scores a short-handed goal (because of penalties have less skaters than the other team), while the players on the ice for the team with the power-play(more skaters) that gave up the short-handed goal receive a -1.

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