Low shots on goal, low GAA/Save %

[Wrexsoul]

I am running a standard sim and the only settings I changed was to make the G/G to 6.19 to mirror what it was in the actual NHL at the time (about three weeks ago) and the penalties per game to 7.40.

The first season simmed through actually saw a G/G of 4.21. Upon closer look, 20 goalies have a GAA under 2 and the average shots on goal per game is only 23.2 per team, as opposed to 31.24 as it was in 2022 in the actual NHL.

Is there another setting I am missing, or do I just need to tweak the goals to be higher for next season and hope for the best?

[JeffR]

Very odd that it would drop that much for such a small change. First thing to check would be the League Edit screen's Info tab, and make sure you didn't misplace a decimal point or transpose a digit somewhere. Assuming that's not it, which engine were you playing with, classic or 2D? I may need to have a look at the save to see exactly what went wrong there, and how you can prevent it for the next season.

[Wrexsoul]

Sure thing. Here is a link to my League Edit screen:

League Edit

Also, it appears I am playing with the "Own Team Games 2D, Rest Classic" engine. How would I go about sending you what you need?

[Wrexsoul]

Just because it made me curious, here is how three sims played out, each with different engine settings:

The original sim (Own Team Games 2D, Rest Classic):
4.21 G/G total, 23.21 SOG/G per team, .909 save %

Re-run with All 2D Engine:
4.84 G/G total, 25.49 SOG/G per team, .905 save %

Re-run with All Classic Engine:
6.18 G/G total, 33.00 SOG/G per team, .906 save %

For reference, going into play tonight, the actual NHL stats:
6.22 G/G total, 30.63 SOG/G per team, .899 save %

[JeffR]

Weird - if anything, scoring in 2D is running a bit high right now, so it should normally always outscore classic. Could you upload that save? I'd like to see if there are any other potential causes for the big drop.

[Wrexsoul]

Sure thing... which of the files do you need specifically? I tried zipping the league folder and it was too large to upload as a reply

[bjernagris]

Originally Posted by Wrexsoul

Sure thing... which of the files do you need specifically? I tried zipping the league folder and it was too large to upload as a reply

See here for how to send the file: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=341827

[Wrexsoul]

Originally Posted by bjernagris

See here for how to send the file: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=341827

Thanks for the help with that!

The file has been uploaded: T2TSL 2023 Mock Draft Sim.lg.zip

[Wrexsoul]

Any update?

[JeffR]

Finally figured it out after I changed all the NHL teams to AI-run and got normal results: the GM profiles you've created for each team all have the offensive preference set to Very Defensive and physical preference to Very Physical. That'll have a huge impact on the 2D engine in particular; you've got every team prioritizing ultraconservative tactics, a setting that's normally only used for maybe 1-2 teams at most in an NHL-sized league. Edit those settings to balanced (if you want to keep them identical) or a wider variety with the average somewhere around the middle setting and you'll get normal numbers.

[Wrexsoul]

That makes sense. I am looking through the screens and cannot seem to find those settings. I do not see them under the Manager Options screen, or the Tactics screen for each team. Where would I find those settings?

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by Wrexsoul

That makes sense. I am looking through the screens and cannot seem to find those settings. I do not see them under the Manager Options screen, or the Tactics screen for each team. Where would I find those settings?

Click on their name and that'll open their profile, including the editing option. The easiest way to get them all at once is probably via the team staff screens, you can just cycle through those so you get to each one.

[Wrexsoul]

Thank you so much for your help on this!

[dawg1isclear]

Newbie, so forgive my ignorance, but where do I access these metrics? Thanks...