A look at RTSS stats

For about the last decade, the NHL has been keeping track of what it calls RTSS stats (Real-Time Scoring System), things like hits and blocked shots, giveaways and takeaways.

Brendan Morrow, for example, leads the league in hits for the postseason, and Montreal's Mike Komisarek is first in blocked shots. Alex Ovechkin, despite the fact he was eliminated in the first round, shares the lead in another category, missed shots, with the Sharks' Patrick Marleau.

Keeping in mind that the limitations of some of the RTSS stats have been well documented, I've put together a look at team figures for the numbers by adding up individual totals. Take them for what they're worth:

Team	Hits	H/G
DAL	419	34.9
PIT	310	34.4
PHI	318	26.5
DET	212	21.2
Team	BkS	Bk/G
PHI	249	20.8
PIT	140	15.6
DAL	159	13.3
DET	87	8.7
Team	MsS	Ms/G
DAL	118	9.8
PIT	98	10.9
PHI	144	12.0
DET	131	13.1
Team	GvA	Gv/G
PIT	53	5.9
DET	73	7.3
PHI	137	11.4
DAL	173	14.4
Team	TkA	Tk/G
DAL	132	11.0
PHI	102	8.5
DET	80	8.0
PIT	70	7.8
Team	FO%
DET	52.3%
PHI	50.4%
DAL	49.1%
PIT	46.3%
Team	Shoot%
PHI	11.44%
PIT	10.16%
DAL	9.72%
DET	9.67%

Keep in mind that the Stars' figures might be a bit higher given they played a seven period game. There have been enough games played, however, that the general trends should be pretty sound.

Pittsburgh's faceoff percentage has been horrible, for whatever reason.
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