This post originally appeared on Hockey Graphs. The usefulness of on-ice save percentage (and derivative metrics such as Sv% Rel and Sv% RelTM) has been the source of many, many heated debates in the analytics blogosphere. While many analysts point…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Quick Post: Do Past Sv% Variables Predict Future Sv% Variables?
Tagged with: Brandon Sutter, Goalies, Repeatability, Sv%, Sv% Rel, Sv% RelTM, Voodoo
Posted in Goaltending
Posted in Goaltending
Does aggressive play on the penalty kill pay off?
This post originally appeared on Hockey Graphs. Late last week, Arik Parnass pointed out a particular peculiarity about the Ottawa Senators’ penalty killing so far this year. For those that missed segment today on 690, #Sens PK is super interesting.…
Tagged with: Penalty Kill, Shorthanded, Special Teams, Strategy, Tactics, Theory
Posted in Special Teams, Theoretical
Posted in Special Teams, Theoretical
Predicting Which Players Will Succeed on the Powerplay
This post originally appeared on Hockey Graphs. Alexander Semin did not have a good season last year. After producing decent numbers in his first two seasons in Carolina, with 35 goals and 51 assists in 109 games, Semin struggled in…
Tagged with: Alexander Semin, Models, Powerplay, Special Teams, Theory
Posted in Powerplay, Special Teams
Posted in Powerplay, Special Teams
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