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…
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The Future of Hockey Analytics
Since the peak of NHL scoring in the 1980s, the average number of shots has remained comparatively stable. Scoring, however, has dropped precipitously. This trend suggests the declining importance of…
Line by Line: Stars vs. Wild
By most measurements, the Dallas Stars – Minnesota Wild series seems to be the most lopsided match-up of the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs. Several notable statistics bear this out: Over…
What Are Detroit’s Best Puck Possession Line Combinations?
What goes in to designing the perfect three-man forward line combination? You’ll often see fans and bloggers alike creating their own line combinations based on attributes such as speed, grit, and…
Why Detroit’s Biggest Problem Is Not Their Defense – It’s Offense
As the trade deadline approaches, there have been numerous rumors floating around regarding which defenseman the Detroit Red Wings should target. Our friends over at Winging It At Motown have…
Danny DeKeyser – Detroit’s Defensive Superstar
During the 2013 season, defenseman Danny DeKeyser finished his collegiate career with the Western Michigan Broncos and immediately started fielding offers from all 30 teams. While DeKeyser grew up in…
Leafs Buying Into Horachek’s Systems
The Toronto Maple Leafs lost their first game of a four game road-trip Monday night 2-0 to the Los Angeles Kings. Despite the loss though, the win seemed to be…
The 2014-15 L.A. Kings: Dr. Jekyll Wrestles with Mr. Hyde
The Kings haven’t historically been a team that has done things the easy way, but this year, they’re really beginning to push it. Following Monday’s 2-1 loss to the Calgary…
Is the Los Angeles Kings’ Defense in Decline?
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without — Dwight D. Eisenhower The parallels between hockey…
The NHL’s Top 5 Defensive Teams in 2014-15
The only defensive war is a war of defense — Gilbert K. Chesterton Gil’s circular logic notwithstanding, there is clearly a correlation between defensive success and winning in the NHL.…
Leafs Shouldn’t Take Canes Lightly
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in Raleigh tonight to take on the last placed Carolina Hurricanes (yes the Canes even sit behind the Edmonton Oilers). The Leafs are on arguably…
Is the Ice Tilting the Wrong Way for the Kings?
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics — Mark Twain When you’re the defending Stanley Cup champs and it’s early in the new season, there isn’t…