Well, we’ve been trying something special with our coverage of the new format NHL All-Star Game. Let’s cap off our coverage with a statistical analysis of who would have won if our two teams had actually faced off. Our readers thought that Team Jackie would have dominated the action and left Team Murray in their dust. But let’s dissect the teams with some fancy maths to find out whose team was most likely to win the big game.

Let’s take a look at the two rosters and their stats from the real NHL All-Star Game.

Team Jackie

Alex Ovechkin – 1 G, 1 A, -2
Jonathan Toews – 1 G, 2 A
Eric Staal – 2 G, 0 A
Matt Duchene – 1 G, 0 A, +1
Corey Perry – 0 G, 2 A
Patrick Kane – 0 G, 1 A, -1
Claude Giroux – 1 G, 2 A, -1
Anze Kopitar – 2 G, 0 A, +2
Patrik Elias – 1 G, 1 A
Phil Kessel – 0 G, 0 A, +1
Danny Briere – 2 G, 0 A
Jeff Skinner – 0 G, 1 A, -1

Dustin Byfuglien – 1 G, 0 A, -3
Zdeno Chara – 0 G, 2 A, +1
Shea Weber – 0 G, 4 A, +6
Mike Green – 0 G, 2 A
Marc Staal – 0 G, 0 A, -2
Keith Yandle – 0 G, 0 A, -3

Marc-Andre Fleury – 4 GA, 0.714 Sv %
Carey Price – 3 GA, 0.813 Sv %
Jonas Hiller – 2 GA, 0.822 Sv %

Team Murray

Henrik Sedin – 0 G, 2 A
Daniel Sedin – 0 G, 1 A, -1
Steven Stamkos – 1 G, 0 A
Martin St. Louis – 1 G, 1 A, +1
Brad Richards – 0 G, 1 A
Rick Nash – 1 G, 1 A
Patrick Sharp – 1 G, 2 A, +2 (MVP)
Loui Eriksson – 2 G, 2 A
Ryan Kesler – 0 G, 0 A, -1
David Backes – 0 G, 2 A
Paul Stastny – 1 G, 1 A, +1
Martin Havlat – 0 G, 3 A, -1

Nick Lidstrom – 0 G, 1 A, +7
Kris Letang – 2 G, 0 A, -1
Dan Boyle – 0 G, 1 A
Duncan Keith – 0 G, 1 A, -3
Brent Burns – 0 G, 1 A, -2
Erik Karlsson – 0 G, 0 A

Cam Ward – 4 GA, 0.714 Sv %
Henrik Lundqvist – 3 GA, 0.786 Sv %
Tim Thomas – 4 GA, 0.733 Sv %

Stats Comparison

Team Jackie Forwards: 11 G, 10 A, -1, 0.297 Sh %
Team Murray Forwards: 7 G, 16 A, +1, 0.189 Sh %

Team Jackie Defencemen: 1 G, 8 A, -1, 0.167 Sh %
Team Murray Defencemen: 2 G, 4 A, +1, 0.182 Sh %

Team Jackie Goalies: 9 GA, 9.00 GAA, 0.809 Sv %
Team Murray Goalies: 11 GA, 11.26 GAA, 0.744 Sv %

So all the stats have been compiled but they don’t quite give a definitive picture of who would win. Team Jackie has better goal scoring but Team Murray had better passing and clearly would have had superior chemistry.

So who do you think would have won the hypothetical battle between Team Jackie and Team Steve?

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