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League Leaders: Wraparounds
What can you say about wraparounds? You just don't see them very often anymore. As a distinct type of shot, they're by far the least common of those tracked by the NHL. And, as it turns ou...
The Five Worst Teams that Outshot their Opponents
R O from Matchsticks and Gasoline wondered what the flip-side of the winning teams who were outshot looked like. That is, which teams outshot their opponents but did poorly either due to poor go...
The Five Best Teams that were Outshot
It's an accepted truism that teams that get outshot tend to have losing records. This has always been true, but it is even truer today given the parity of the NHL. There are certainly exce...
Shooting Percentage by Game State
Yesterday, I discussed how expected shooting percentage (aka shot quality) varies when teams have the lead. Today I want to look at how even-strength shooting characteristics vary both when team...
Leafs Finally Win One
There have been lots of reasons all season to think that the Leafs are a lot better than they've actually played. The fact that no team - not even the expansion Atlanta Thrashers - has been this...
Frequently Asked Questions #6: Shot Distance
This is Part 6 in a many part series of answers to frequently asked questions about hockey analysis. Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. What's the most important aspect of shoot...
What if? Shooting at 5-on-3 or with the goalie pulled...
I've really come to like the "what if?" shooting analysis. Sunny Mehta put the idea in my head in his guest post on Forward vs Defense shooting percentage over at Irreverent Oiler Fans. Th...
2007-08 5v5 Goaltender Performance (Full Season)
I finally ran the full-season's worth of shot quality/goaltending statistics (see Mid-Season stats.) There was some discussion over at James Mirtle's site, with some people claiming that Evgeni Naboko...
Zetterberg vs Lecavalier defensively
There was a particularly insightful post over at Irreverent Oiler Fans comparing Henrik Zetterberg to Vincent Lecavalier. The gist of it is that their offensive stats may be comparable, but when you l...
Shooting Percentage by Zone
I spend a lot of time looking at the NHL's data feed, and sometimes I forget that there's often more data available on ESPN's feed. In particular, while the NHL still only gives you shot distance but ...
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