time of possession nhl
Sporting Charts explains Time of Possession. In a non-overtime game there are 60 minutes of game play. Since one of the two teams will always have possession of the ball at any given time the 60 minutes splits up among the two teams. If team A has possession of the ball for 25 minutes of the game it is a given that the time of possession for team B will be 35 minutes. Time of possession is important since a team's win-loss correlates to the amount of time they have the ball.