Lighthouse Fantasy Dream Season, wrapup
by Torgo on Jan 30, 2012 6:47 AM EST
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PrintTeam Keith lost the first of the last four games 7-2, but went on to sweep the remaining three games, posting a 44-29-9 record and 97 points.
The Keiths averaged 3.98 goals per game while giving up 3.31 goals per game.
Pavel Datsyuk edged Henrik Sedin for the points title, 33-89-122 to 39-77-116. Just over half of Datsyuk's points came on the power play (15-47-62).
Team Keith held a decided advantage on special teams, converting on 90 of 265 attempts (34.0%), while killing off 187 of 243 penalties (77.0%).
Phil Kessel led all goal scorers with 56. Marion gaborik finished in 2nd with 44.
For defensemen, Zdeno Chara edged out Ryan Suter in scoring, 20-49-69 to 6-59-65.
In net, Tim Thomas led the way for the Keiths in terms of minutes (1988) and wins (18), While Henrik Lundqvist led in GAA (2,71) and Save Percentage (.921). For the Marks, Carey Price put in 1,936 minutes over parts of 37 games, posting 15 wins, and a 3.87 GAA. Jonathan Quick had a .892 Save Percentage.
18 games needed more than regulation time to be decided, 11 of them went to a shootout, where Team Mark held a 6-5 advantage.
Games # 79 – 82
GM VISITOR HOME OT 79 Keith 2 Mark 7 80 Keith 2 Mark 0 81 Keith 4 Mark 1 82 Mark 2 Keith 3 OTFinal Standings
TOTALS HOME RECORD ROAD RECORD TEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF GA W L T OT PTS W L T OT PTS Team Keith 82 44 29 0 9 97 331 278 24 11 0 6 54 20 18 0 3 43 Team Mark 82 38 35 0 9 85 278 331 21 17 0 3 45 17 18 0 6 40 GOALS BY PERIOD SHOTS BY PERIOD TEAM 1 2 3 OT T TEAM 1 2 3 OT T Mark 91 90 88 3 272 Mark 882 897 895 34 2708 Keith 101 108 113 4 326 Keith 967 938 989 39 2933 SPECIAL TEAMS – Team Keith Power Play Attempts : 265 Power Play Goals : 90 Percentage : 34.0% Times Short Handed : 243 Goals Against : 56 Percentage : 77.0%Primary Statistics For Team Keith After 82 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS PAVEL DATSYUK 82 33 89 122 15 0 279 6 -1 11.8 6 0 0 (6-5-6) PHIL KESSEL 82 56 40 96 25 0 356 42 -7 15.7 6 0 3 (6-7-7) MARIAN GABORIK 82 44 52 96 23 0 333 17 -6 13.2 5 0 0 (6-6-9) RYAN SUTER 82 6 59 65 2 0 89 74 -15 6.7 0 0 0 (1-1-0) JAROME IGINLA 82 34 27 61 8 0 215 24 -12 15.8 5 0 0 (2-2-2) KEITH YANDLE 82 8 51 59 0 0 129 52 25 6.2 2 0 0 (1-3-3) EVGENI MALKIN 82 25 31 56 0 0 189 10 30 13.2 1 0 0 (4-2-2) JOHN TAVARES 82 17 37 54 5 0 182 55 -10 9.3 1 0 0 (2-3-0) JAMIE BENN 82 13 40 53 4 2 195 55 -10 6.7 1 0 0 (1-1-3) DAN GIRARDI 82 8 43 51 6 0 107 34 -14 7.5 4 0 1 (0-0-1) DANIEL ALFREDSSON 82 15 26 41 0 0 100 30 33 15.0 2 0 0 (3-1-3) JAMES NEAL 82 19 17 36 0 0 164 45 29 11.6 1 0 0 (2-3-1) DION PHANEUF 82 9 25 34 2 0 147 116 26 6.1 1 0 0 (0-0-3) DANIEL SEDIN 82 9 23 32 0 0 111 16 4 8.1 2 0 0 (0-0-2) ERIK KARLSSON 82 5 22 27 0 0 66 25 9 7.6 0 0 0 (0-0-1) KRIS LETANG 82 1 26 27 0 0 81 45 9 1.2 0 0 0 (0-0-0) CLAUDE GIROUX 82 8 17 25 0 3 76 14 4 10.5 0 0 0 (0-2-0) PATRICK KANE 82 16 8 24 0 0 114 12 4 14.0 2 0 0 (0-1-2) TEAM 10 TOTALS 326 633 959 90 5 2933 682 98 11.1 39 0 4 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS HENRIK LUNDQVIST 25 1504 16 9 0 68 2.71 865 0.921 2 1 17 2 0 4 (4-3-3) TIM THOMAS 36 1988 18 14 0 104 3.14 1087 0.904 2 0 20 2 0 8 (4-4-1) BRIAN ELLIOTT 28 1487 10 15 0 99 3.99 755 0.869 0 0 19 1 3 0 (2-1-1) TOTALS 4979 44 38 0 271 3.25 2707 0.900 4 1 56 5 3 12Secondary Statistics For Team Keith After 82 Games
POWER PLAY SHORT HANDED SHOTS Player G A PTS S G A PTS S OS IS BKY IT Inj PAVEL DATSYUK 15 47 62 126 0 0 0 5 55 172 52 19:03 0 PHIL KESSEL 25 17 42 149 0 0 0 0 78 223 55 18:26 0 MARIAN GABORIK 23 20 43 138 0 0 0 0 70 213 50 18:25 0 RYAN SUTER 2 30 32 20 0 0 0 0 46 14 29 25:11 0 JAROME IGINLA 8 8 16 48 0 0 0 0 62 127 26 16:25 0 KEITH YANDLE 0 12 12 12 0 2 2 0 24 80 25 24:35 0 EVGENI MALKIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 90 44 13:23 0 JOHN TAVARES 5 8 13 54 0 0 0 0 33 109 40 16:02 0 JAMIE BENN 4 10 14 57 2 0 2 9 53 91 51 17:24 0 DAN GIRARDI 6 18 24 27 0 0 0 0 42 41 24 24:34 0 DANIEL ALFREDSSON 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 26 43 31 16:57 0 JAMES NEAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 89 31 13:50 0 DION PHANEUF 2 1 3 17 0 1 1 0 38 64 45 24:26 0 DANIEL SEDIN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 33 56 22 7:54 0 ERIK KARLSSON 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 28 25 11:20 0 KRIS LETANG 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21 36 24 11:48 0 CLAUDE GIROUX 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 11 11 42 23 10:59 0 PATRICK KANE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 51 27 7:47 0 TOTALS 90171 261 649 5 9 14 26 740 1569 624Shootout Report For Team Keith After 82 Games
Player S G PCT GDG PAVEL DATSYUK 0 0 0.0 0 PHIL KESSEL 4 1 25.0 1 MARIAN GABORIK 0 0 0.0 0 RYAN SUTER 0 0 0.0 0 JAROME IGINLA 11 4 36.4 0 KEITH YANDLE 0 0 0.0 0 EVGENI MALKIN 1 1 100.0 1 JOHN TAVARES 0 0 0.0 0 JAMIE BENN 0 0 0.0 0 DAN GIRARDI 0 0 0.0 0 DANIEL ALFREDSSON 0 0 0.0 0 JAMES NEAL 0 0 0.0 0 DION PHANEUF 0 0 0.0 0 DANIEL SEDIN 11 5 45.5 1 ERIK KARLSSON 0 0 0.0 0 KRIS LETANG 0 0 0.0 0 CLAUDE GIROUX 0 0 0.0 0 PATRICK KANE 8 3 37.5 2 TOTALS 35 14 40.0 5 Goalie GM S GA % W L HENRIK LUNDQVIST 2 8 4 0.500 1 1 TIM THOMAS 5 16 8 0.500 2 3 BRIAN ELLIOTT 4 12 4 0.667 2 2 TOTALS 11 36 16 0.556 5 6Penalty Detail Report For Team Keith After 82 Games
Player PM Min Maj Misc GMisc PAVEL DATSYUK 6 3 0 0 0 PHIL KESSEL 42 21 0 0 0 MARIAN GABORIK 17 6 1 0 0 RYAN SUTER 74 37 0 0 0 JAROME IGINLA 24 12 0 0 0 KEITH YANDLE 52 26 0 0 0 EVGENI MALKIN 10 5 0 0 0 JOHN TAVARES 55 25 1 0 0 JAMIE BENN 55 25 1 0 0 DAN GIRARDI 34 12 0 1 0 DANIEL ALFREDSSON 30 15 0 0 0 JAMES NEAL 45 20 1 0 0 DION PHANEUF 116 58 0 0 0 DANIEL SEDIN 16 8 0 0 0 ERIK KARLSSON 25 10 1 0 0 KRIS LETANG 45 20 1 0 0 CLAUDE GIROUX 14 7 0 0 0 PATRICK KANE 12 6 0 0 0 HENRIK LUNDQVIST 4 2 0 0 0 TIM THOMAS 8 4 0 0 0 BRIAN ELLIOTT 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 684 322 6 1 0Primary Statistics For Team Mark After 82 Games
Player GM G A PTS PPG SHG S PM +/- .PCT GWG GTG OTG STARS HENRIK SEDIN 82 39 77 116 16 0 192 18 -5 20.3 6 0 0 (11-2-3) SCOTT HARTNELL 82 35 40 75 8 0 253 109 -1 13.8 6 0 1 (4-5-1) ZDENO CHARA 82 20 49 69 11 0 192 95 7 10.4 3 0 1 (3-4-0) STEVEN STAMKOS 82 27 39 66 2 0 192 29 8 14.1 6 0 0 (4-2-1) JOFFREY LUPUL 82 28 36 64 9 0 236 33 1 11.9 1 0 0 (3-5-4) COREY PERRY 82 33 30 63 7 0 212 68 9 15.6 3 0 1 (2-3-2) SHEA WEBER 82 8 47 55 2 0 200 66 7 4.0 0 0 0 (1-3-4) KIMMO TIMONEN 82 5 35 40 0 4 94 40 -19 5.3 0 0 0 (0-0-1) MILAN MICHALEK 82 9 24 33 1 0 167 54 10 5.4 1 0 0 (0-1-1) BRIAN CAMPBELL 82 3 30 33 0 0 73 16 -20 4.1 0 0 0 (1-1-0) MARIAN HOSSA 82 13 17 30 0 0 198 33 -30 6.6 1 0 0 (0-0-2) LOGAN COUTURE 82 14 12 26 0 1 193 50 -25 7.3 1 0 0 (2-1-2) JASON SPEZZA 82 9 15 24 0 0 87 6 0 10.3 0 0 0 (0-0-0) DENNIS WIDEMAN 82 2 22 24 0 0 66 33 -8 3.0 0 0 0 (0-0-1) JORDAN EBERLE 82 8 14 22 0 0 80 10 -4 10.0 1 0 0 (0-0-1) ALEXANDER EDLER 82 5 16 21 0 0 79 18 -7 6.3 2 0 0 (1-0-0) JASON POMINVILLE 82 9 7 16 0 0 95 16 -5 9.5 0 0 0 (1-0-1) TYLER SEGUIN 82 5 9 14 0 0 99 12 -25 5.1 1 0 0 (1-0-1) TEAM 18 TOTALS 272 519 791 56 5 2708 724 -107 10.0 32 0 3 Goalie GM MIN W L T GA GAA S SPCT SHO ENG PPG SHG OTG PM STARS CAREY PRICE 37 1936 15 17 0 125 3.87 1094 0.886 1 0 24 3 2 4 (1-4-3) JONATHAN QUICK 30 1297 9 12 0 85 3.93 789 0.892 0 1 26 0 1 0 (3-1-1) JIMMY HOWARD 30 1750 14 15 0 115 3.94 1049 0.890 0 0 40 2 1 8 (0-5-3) TOTALS 4983 38 44 0 325 3.90 2932 0.889 1 1 90 5 4 12Secondary Statistics For Team Mark After 82 Games
POWER PLAY SHORT HANDED SHOTS Player G A PTS S G A PTS S OS IS BKY IT Inj HENRIK SEDIN 16 28 44 79 0 0 0 0 50 83 59 18:10 0 SCOTT HARTNELL 8 21 29 104 0 0 0 0 49 155 49 18:39 0 ZDENO CHARA 11 13 24 67 0 0 0 0 43 106 43 24:42 0 STEVEN STAMKOS 2 8 10 34 0 0 0 0 39 106 47 15:33 0 JOFFREY LUPUL 9 14 23 89 0 0 0 0 58 135 43 18:42 0 COREY PERRY 7 2 9 41 0 0 0 0 37 134 41 16:04 0 SHEA WEBER 2 8 10 52 0 0 0 0 60 92 48 24:50 0 KIMMO TIMONEN 0 1 1 3 4 1 5 26 23 30 41 24:26 0 MILAN MICHALEK 1 6 7 45 0 0 0 0 31 102 34 16:04 0 BRIAN CAMPBELL 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 0 26 22 25 24:30 0 MARIAN HOSSA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 73 96 29 13:52 0 LOGAN COUTURE 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 6 52 101 40 16:44 0 JASON SPEZZA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 37 16 9:30 0 DENNIS WIDEMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 14 25 11:45 0 JORDAN EBERLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 13 40 27 9:07 0 ALEXANDER EDLER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 41 15 11:40 0 JASON POMINVILLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 53 18 7:51 0 TYLER SEGUIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 25 37 37 16:12 0 TOTALS 56 104 160 522 5 7 12 44 687 1384 637Shootout Report For Team Mark After 82 Games
Player S G PCT GDG HENRIK SEDIN 11 5 45.5 2 SCOTT HARTNELL 0 0 0.0 0 ZDENO CHARA 0 0 0.0 0 STEVEN STAMKOS 11 5 45.5 1 JOFFREY LUPUL 0 0 0.0 0 COREY PERRY 9 4 44.4 1 SHEA WEBER 0 0 0.0 0 KIMMO TIMONEN 0 0 0.0 0 MILAN MICHALEK 0 0 0.0 0 BRIAN CAMPBELL 0 0 0.0 0 MARIAN HOSSA 4 2 50.0 2 LOGAN COUTURE 0 0 0.0 0 JASON SPEZZA 1 0 0.0 0 DENNIS WIDEMAN 0 0 0.0 0 JORDAN EBERLE 0 0 0.0 0 ALEXANDER EDLER 0 0 0.0 0 JASON POMINVILLE 0 0 0.0 0 TYLER SEGUIN 0 0 0.0 0 TOTALS 36 16 44.4 6 Goalie GM S GA % W L CAREY PRICE 6 20 9 0.550 2 4 JONATHAN QUICK 2 6 3 0.500 1 1 JIMMY HOWARD 3 9 2 0.778 3 0 TOTALS 11 35 14 0.600 6 5Penalty Detail Report For Team Mark After 82 Games
Player PM Min Maj Misc GMisc HENRIK SEDIN 18 9 0 0 0 SCOTT HARTNELL 109 52 1 0 0 ZDENO CHARA 95 45 1 0 0 STEVEN STAMKOS 29 12 1 0 0 JOFFREY LUPUL 33 14 1 0 0 COREY PERRY 68 29 2 0 0 SHEA WEBER 66 33 0 0 0 KIMMO TIMONEN 40 20 0 0 0 MILAN MICHALEK 54 22 0 1 0 BRIAN CAMPBELL 16 8 0 0 0 MARIAN HOSSA 33 14 1 0 0 LOGAN COUTURE 50 25 0 0 0 JASON SPEZZA 6 3 0 0 0 DENNIS WIDEMAN 33 14 1 0 0 JORDAN EBERLE 10 5 0 0 0 ALEXANDER EDLER 18 9 0 0 0 JASON POMINVILLE 16 8 0 0 0 TYLER SEGUIN 12 6 0 0 0 CAREY PRICE 4 2 0 0 0 JONATHAN QUICK 0 0 0 0 0 JIMMY HOWARD 8 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 718 334 8 1 0LEAGUE LEADERS
GOALS ASSISTS POINTS P. KESSEL TK 56 P. DATSYUK TK 89 P. DATSYUK TK 122 M. GABORIK TK 44 H. SEDIN TM 77 H. SEDIN TM 116 H. SEDIN TM 39 R. SUTER TK 59 P. KESSEL TK 96 S. HARTNELL TM 35 M. GABORIK TK 52 M. GABORIK TK 96 J. IGINLA TK 34 K. YANDLE TK 51 S. HARTNELL TM 75 P. DATSYUK TK 33 Z. CHARA TM 49 Z. CHARA TM 69 C. PERRY TM 33 S. WEBER TM 47 S. STAMKOS TM 66 J. LUPUL TM 28 D. GIRARDI TK 43 R. SUTER TK 65 S. STAMKOS TM 27 MANY TIED WITH 40 J. LUPUL TM 64 E. MALKIN TK 25 C. PERRY TM 63 SHOOTING % POWER PLAY GOALS SHORT HANDED GOALS H. SEDIN TM 20.3 P. KESSEL TK 25 K. TIMONEN TM 4 J. IGINLA TK 15.8 M. GABORIK TK 23 C. GIROUX TK 3 P. KESSEL TK 15.7 H. SEDIN TM 16 J. BENN TK 2 C. PERRY TM 15.6 P. DATSYUK TK 15 L. COUTURE TM 1 D. ALFREDSSON TK 15.0 Z. CHARA TM 11 MANY TIED WITH 0 S. STAMKOS TM 14.1 J. LUPUL TM 9 P. KANE TK 14.0 S. HARTNELL TM 8 S. HARTNELL TM 13.8 J. IGINLA TK 8 E. MALKIN TK 13.2 C. PERRY TM 7 M. GABORIK TK 13.2 D. GIRARDI TK 6 SHOTS PENALTY MINUTES +/- P. KESSEL TK 356 D. PHANEUF TK 116 D. ALFREDSSON TK 33 M. GABORIK TK 333 S. HARTNELL TM 109 E. MALKIN TK 30 P. DATSYUK TK 279 Z. CHARA TM 95 J. NEAL TK 29 S. HARTNELL TM 253 R. SUTER TK 74 D. PHANEUF TK 26 J. LUPUL TM 236 C. PERRY TM 68 K. YANDLE TK 25 J. IGINLA TK 215 S. WEBER TM 66 M. MICHALEK TM 10 C. PERRY TM 212 J. BENN TK 55 E. KARLSSON TK 9 S. WEBER TM 200 J. TAVARES TK 55 K. LETANG TK 9 M. HOSSA TM 198 M. MICHALEK TM 54 C. PERRY TM 9 J. BENN TK 195 K. YANDLE TK 52 S. STAMKOS TM 8 GWG P. KESSEL TK 6 H. SEDIN TM 6 S. HARTNELL TM 6 P. DATSYUK TK 6 S. STAMKOS TM 6 M. GABORIK TK 5 J. IGINLA TK 5 D. GIRARDI TK 4 MANY TIED WITH 3GOALIE LEADERS
GAMES MINUTES PLAYED WINS C. PRICE TM 37 T. THOMAS TK 1988 T. THOMAS TK 18 T. THOMAS TK 36 C. PRICE TM 1936 H. LUNDQVIST TK 16 J. HOWARD TM 30 J. HOWARD TM 1750 C. PRICE TM 15 J. QUICK TM 30 H. LUNDQVIST TK 1504 J. HOWARD TM 14 B. ELLIOTT TK 28 B. ELLIOTT TK 1487 B. ELLIOTT TK 10 H. LUNDQVIST TK 25 J. QUICK TM 1297 J. QUICK TM 9 GAA SPCT. SHUTOUTS H. LUNDQVIST TK 2.71 H. LUNDQVIST TK 0.921 H. LUNDQVIST TK 2 T. THOMAS TK 3.14 T. THOMAS TK 0.904 T. THOMAS TK 2 C. PRICE TM 3.87 J. QUICK TM 0.892 C. PRICE TM 1 J. QUICK TM 3.93 J. HOWARD TM 0.890 J. HOWARD TM 3.94 C. PRICE TM 0.886 B. ELLIOTT TK 3.99 B. ELLIOTT TK 0.869FIRST STAR OF GAME STAR OF GAME POINTS
H. SEDIN TM 11 H. SEDIN TM 40 P. DATSYUK TK 6 M. GABORIK TK 39 M. GABORIK TK 6 P. KESSEL TK 39 P. KESSEL TK 6 P. DATSYUK TK 34 S. HARTNELL TM 4 S. HARTNELL TM 23 H. LUNDQVIST TK 4 J. LUPUL TM 23 E. MALKIN TK 4 H. LUNDQVIST TK 21 S. STAMKOS TM 4 T. THOMAS TK 21 T. THOMAS TK 4 E. MALKIN TK 18 D. ALFREDSSON TK 3 Z. CHARA TM 17
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Torgo Coast media bias!
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
I ran it a few times
getting it configured, and JT always came away with 50-70 points.
The big issue is line usage. When a human is managing the team, they get granular control over who is on the ice. When running a sim, there is a ‘computer manager’ that can be auto-configured to used to run the entire bench, but it can also be manually overridden. I did that with the line combos and goalie rotations.
Because JT was on the 2nd line and the 2nd PP unit, and the 1st PP unit was so efficient, he lost out on a good number of opportunities.
I can run it again later a couple times to see what happens if JT and Datsyuk are switched.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
And keep in mind
this is using the data generated from the results of the 2010-2011 season, not the current one.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Yeah, that part has to be the killer factor
Poor Brian Elliott.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
It's crazy
How much of a beast my Sedin was, considering he nearly doubled Gaborik’s amount of First Star wins.
"Mark D: the internet's foremost chronicler of Milburian insanity" - Pretty Good Idiot
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Thanks for doing all of this Torgo!
Great fun here! We were just taking it one game at a time…the season is a grind, and once we came together as a team and got our confidence going, we were tough to beat. We had everybody contributing up and down the lineup and everybody playing their roles.
It’s really so easy to do a hockey interview…it’s a shame I can’t play worth a crap…really could’ve nailed the whole “good teammate/captain material” thing.
Neil Smith @bigdealneil94 @KeithLHHockey @craigjbutton hey keith GFY
Website:Lighthouse HockeyTwitter: @KeithLHHockey
by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 4:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
You're welcome!
It was fun to do. I’d love to set up somethign for next season, or the off-season too, where we get 16-20 people and do a fantasy draft from the league and run the games.
I like this system because it’s not just about who’s on your team, it’s how you use them that counts.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
Flopping JT and Datsyuk
on their respective lines and PP units
JT leads team with 30-59-89 (15-34-49 PP), Datsyuk 4th on team 22-50-72 (5-12-17 PP)
Team Keith goes 43-36-3 89, Team Mark goes 39-38-5 83.
Amateurs practice til they get it right. Professionals practice til they can't get it wrong.
that's why I drafted him 2nd. Not clutch
Neil Smith @bigdealneil94 @KeithLHHockey @craigjbutton hey keith GFY
Website:Lighthouse HockeyTwitter: @KeithLHHockey
by Keith Quinn on Jan 30, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow
I know this is just a sim, but it’s amazing that moving JT up shaved 30 points off the team leader in points, but only cost 1 win.
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