The Capitals Were the Hardest Team to Face Last Season Kyle Gipe | February 18, 2018 I was using the site Natural Stat Trick for a recent article and saw that there is a way to look at metrics against individual teams. That led to me…
Predators Calle Jarnkrok Is Silently Shining George Matarangas | February 16, 2018 This offseason wasn’t an easy one for NHL general managers. The expansion draft forced many to make hard decisions, and none had a harder time than Nashville Predators GM David Poile.…
Who’s Driving Predators Lethal Top Six? Michael Wade | February 15, 2018 Last season, the Predators combination of Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson helped bring national attention to Nashville. Certainly, the team’s defensive personnel is among the best in the…
Nashville Predators: Why Is Viktor Arvidsson Underperforming? George Matarangas | February 12, 2018 Last season, Viktor Arvidsson was the hipster pick for breakout player of the year, and he didn’t disappoint. The Swedish winger put up a cool 31 goals and 61 points…
Who’s Really Carrying Their Teams? Kyle Gipe | February 10, 2018 Which players have been best at carrying their teams this season? To me, carrying one’s team means that a player produces in wins and when he doesn’t produce, the team…
What Is an NHL Win Worth? Kyle Gipe | January 30, 2018 I recently wrote an article that proposed a new way to predict team success by using goal differential. I introduced a formula called the Pythagorean Expectation (PE) that produced an…
Devils Key Piece on Defense? Alex Chauvancy | January 25, 2018 When the New Jersey Devils signed Ben Lovejoy in the summer of 2016, he had big shoes to fill. The team had just traded Adam Larsson for Taylor Hall, leaving a…
A New Way to Predict & Measure NHL Success Kyle Gipe | January 24, 2018 Two weeks ago, I began looking into whether or not there has ever been research on how many goals equals a win in the NHL. I’m a fan of baseball…
5 Goalies’ Trends Affecting Their Team’s Performance Kyle Gipe | January 9, 2018 Teams are typically only as successful as their goaltending is good. Or maybe it’s that a goalie’s success is reflective of the quality of players in front of him. Either…
The Stars’ Magic Numbers Matt Pryor | January 8, 2018 The Dallas Stars coasted into their bye week Saturday afternoon, cruising past the hapless Edmonton Oilers, 5-1. As the players, coaches and staff scatter to the four winds for a…
Best & Worst of the Week: Dec. 30 – Jan. 4 Kyle Gipe | January 6, 2018 The Best Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Three games: Dec. 30 vs New Jersey (W), Jan. 2 at Carolina (W) 2 G, 3 A, plus-4, 1 game-winning goal, 8 shots, 25.0…
Do the Maple Leafs Rely on Their Goaltenders? Peter Ferrell | December 31, 2017 Hockey is the bitter old man of the sporting world, always pining for days gone by. One of the most pined-for eras is the 1980s, highly desirable on account of…
