Updated Predictions Day 1 of the World Juniors is in the books and while there weren’t any upsets, two medal favourites nearly stumbled out of the gate with both Russia and the US needing the shoot-out to get past Denmark…
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2015 World Junior Prediction Update – December 27th
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2015 World Junior Predictions
It’s finally here, the most important day of the year in Canada, World Junior Hockey Day! While the tournament may not have the same appeal in other areas of the World (or any appeal, in some cases), for Canadians the…
How much skill exists in on-ice shooting percentages?
Earlier today, Phil Birnbaum posted a piece offering further arguments in favour of his view that shot quality exists and is a legitimate strategy choice for teams. For those of you unfamiliar with Phil’s work, he’s long been a proponent…
Score Adjusted Weighted Shots
Last week, Tom Tango, Sabermetrician extraordinaire for the Chicago Cubs (and one of the original hockey analysts to, you know, actually make money doing this thing), posted an article on his site proposing a new metric to better weight the…
Are the Buffalo Sabres worse than an AHL team?
The Buffalo Sabres are not a good hockey team. This is not news to anyone. At 6-13-2 the Sabres sit last in the Atlantic Division by 6 points, and are tied with the Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers for least…
Shot Location Data and Strategy II: Evaluating Individual Defensive Play
This is the second post in a (likely) 3 part series going through the data/methods/results which I presented at the Pittsburgh Hockey Analytics Workshop. Part I, which covers whether defencemen play worse on their off-hand, is available here. If you’re…
Shot Location Data and Strategy I: Off-Hand Defencemen
This is the first post in a (likely) 3 part series going through the data/methods/results which I presented at the Pittsburgh Hockey Analytics Workshop. If you’re interested in seeing the slides or hearing the presentation (or the other presentations, which…
Numbered Days: November 2nd
Numbered Days is a weekly feature looking back at the statistical week that was in the NHL. Raw data was extracted from War On Ice, Natural Stat Trick and Hockey Reference. Sunday, October 26: The Winnipeg Jets put only 28 of their 82 shot…
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Numbered Days: October 26th
Numbered Days is a weekly feature looking back at the statistical week that was in the NHL. Raw data was extracted from War On Ice, Natural Stat Trick and Hockey Reference. Sunday, October 19: The LA Kings post a sub-40% 5v5 Corsi for the 2nd…
Numbered Days: October 19th
Numbered Days is a new (and hopefully recurring) weekly feature looking back at the statistical week that was in the NHL. Raw data was extracted from War On Ice, Natural Stat Trick and Hockey Reference. Sunday, October 12: Jets goalies post an 0.840 even-strength save percentage…
Tagged with: Damon Severson, Nick Bjugstad, Numbered Days, Ondrej Pavelec, Steven Stamkos
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