Shot on Goal (SOG)

What counts as a shot on goal

A shot on goal is a shot that would have gone in if nobody stopped it: headed inside the pipes and under the crossbar. It ends one of two ways, a save or a goal, so every shot on goal is also either a goalie's save or a goal against. A goal counts as a shot on goal automatically.

A shot that misses wide or high, hits the pipe, or gets blocked by a field player before it reaches the goalie is not on goal. It is a missed shot. The line is whether the goalie had to make a play on a ball that was going in, not whether the shot looked dangerous.

How SquadProfile records it

When a shot is saved, tap the shooter, then tap Shot on Goal, then the spot on the field the shot came from. When a shot goes in, record the Goal instead; the app adds the shot on goal for you. Shot locations feed the team's shooting chart, so take the extra tap even when the game is moving.

Common mistakes

• Recording a Shot on Goal and then a Goal for the same shot. The goal already includes it.
• Counting a pipe as on goal. A ball that hits the post was not going in.
• Counting a blocked shot as on goal. If a defender stopped it before the goalie, it is a missed shot.
• Skipping the location. The shot still counts, but the shooting chart loses the point.

Where it shows up

Shots on goal are the SOG column on season leaderboards and on each game's public box score. Together with missed shots they make total shots, which is the denominator for shooting percentage in the app.

Related stats

• Goal: a shot on goal that went in.
• Missed shot: a shot that was not on goal.
• Save: a shot on goal the goalie stopped.
• Shooting percentage: goals divided by total shots.