Which Deadline Deals Will Have the Most Impact?
On Jan. 24, I published an article that predicted team success using goal differential. In the article, I wrote that I would apply the prediction model to the trade deadline…
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Karlsson Being a Golden Knight Makes Sense
With how poorly their season has gone, rumors have been swirling around the Ottawa Senators and a potential teardown and rebuild of the roster for several months. The trade of…
What’s Fueling Malkin’s Scoring Surge?
Since being drafted second overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2004 Entry Draft, Evgeni Malkin has done nothing but meet expectations. He has averaged 1.18 points-per-game (PPG) in his 12…
The Capitals Were the Hardest Team to Face Last Season
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…
Penguins Trade Deadline Targets
The 2017-18 season has not gone exactly as planned for the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. They started the season by going 10-7-3 in their first 20 games including…
Who’s Really Carrying Their Teams?
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…
Europe Producing Better Rookies than North America
The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has produced more talent than any other developmental league, representing 52 percent of NHL rosters on opening night this season. This should come as no…
P.K. Subban Deserves Some Norris Love
Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban won his first Norris Trophy during the lockout-shortened season of 2012-13. He was awarded the trophy as the league’s best defenseman after he posted 11…
What Is an NHL Win Worth?
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…
A New Way to Predict & Measure NHL Success
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
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…
Best & Worst of the Week: Dec. 30 – Jan. 4
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…