Posts About "PDO"
How Lucky Can You Be: The Capitals and PDO
December 1st, 2015 After a tremendous 22-game start for the Washington Capitals, many reasons for the team's success are turning into valid explanations. The team is fantastic in puck possession. Justin Williams and T.J. Oshie have not disappointed one bit. Evgeny Kuznetsov is turning into a superstar while Nate Schmidt and Dmitry Orlov have caught fans'...
Predicting the Unpredictable, Expected PDO: Central Division
July 28th, 2015 With the rise of the influence of the analytics community over the landscape of hockey, many new statistics have come to the forefront of forward-thinking analysis. One of those stats, known as PDO, was created with the primary goal of quantifying how lucky or unlucky a given team or player has been. The statistic is largely used only...
Predicting the Unpredictable, Expected PDO: Atlantic Division
July 24th, 2015 With the rise of the influence of the analytics community over the landscape of hockey, many new statistics have come to the forefront of forward-thinking analysis. One of those stats, known as PDO, was created with the primary goal of quantifying how lucky or unlucky a given team or player has been. The statistic is largely used only...
Predicting the Unpredictable: Expected PDO, Metropolitan Division
July 23rd, 2015 With the rise of the influence of the analytics community over the landscape of hockey, many new statistics have come to the forefront of forward-thinking analysis. One of those stats, known as PDO, was created with the primary goal of quantifying how lucky or unlucky a given team or player has been. The statistic is largely used only...
Hockey 201: PDO
June 26th, 2015 Predictions are hardly ever perfect. But they are useful nonetheless. In advanced statistics, PDO is used as a predictor of future success. It's fairly simple to understand as well. The PDO Equation PDO is usually a simple number. It is the sum of a team's shooting percentage and the team's save percentage. Those numbers are...
Mike Hoffman: The Hot Streak is a Mirage
December 31st, 2014 Mike Hoffman: The Hot Streak is a Mirage It's easy to fall into the trap. Ottawa Senators forward Mike Hoffman lures you right in. Scoring pedigree? Check. Extensive professional experience? Check. Beautiful release that makes you dream of his 30-goal potential? Check. With 11 goals already this...
Cooking With Corsi: A Stanley Cup Recipe
December 14th, 2014 "Do advanced stats Lead to Playoff Success?" This is the question that so many people love to argue about. Regardless of your opinion on the advanced stats "revolution" odds are your opinion is correct in some way. The reason is because statistics such as Corsi, Fenwick and PDO have both predicted successful teams and mistakenly...
