Over the past four games, the Gophers’ defensive numbers are trending in the right direction. But an odd statistical anomaly might be the reason the team struggled though the middle part of the season.

Over the past four games, the Gophers’ defensive numbers are trending in the right direction. In 1, 045 of those games, or 22% of the population, the team allowed just one goal against. Translated to this season, we would have expected the Gophers to have had six one-goal-against games so far. Strangely, the number of two-goals-against games is much higher than the distribution predicts by a ratio of 1.5: 1. Having trouble visualizing? Excel to the rescue! Now, what you do with this data is up to you.

 

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