So let’s award 17 points for a goal.
That should make you happy???
No, that would be just as boring, of course. It is the act of a player taking a shot on goal that lends some excitement, of course, and in many games there are very few shots on goal, period.
If you like to watch guys in shorts run around a field while nothing really happens, that is your privilege. I have better things to do with my life.