We ran a power play article a few weeks back and I thought it would be interesting to see what changes to the power play units teams from the West have made in the past three weeks. Changes can happen quickly! Anaheim Ducks (27th in the NHL at 13.9%; 5 goals/36 PP opportunities) Players that [...]
Battle of New York. Battle of top-tier Russian netminders. Ilya Sorokin didn’t come away with the best numbers, but he made a bunch of big saves and fell victim to a bit of bad luck. This was the first time this season – a seven-game span – that he allowed more than three goals. Igor [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this article, I will be examining some players that fall at either end of the spectrum of exceeding expectations or falling far below them. For these players, we’ll take a look under the hood at some underlying metrics to see if their performances are sustainable [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Brennan Des and Dobber — 1. Hope your fantasy team has had more treats than tricks so far. As you search the contents of your Halloween [...]
Joonas Korpisalo picked up his first shutout as a Bruin, which was a 20-save effort against the Flyers. Korpisalo has back-to-back quality starts in the two full games he has played in. As Jeremy Swayman catches up after missing training camp due to his contract situation, Korpisalo could see a little more action than he [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** Having a multi-category player is a game-changer, and while this skill set can evolve over a player's career, stumbling upon a true multi-cat unicorn who fills up the stats sheet straight into [...]
Different format this week - I’ll see if there’s feedback. Again, using DraftKings and only considering those NHL games that start at or after 7:00 Eastern, 4:00 Pacific. You get $50,000 of Monopoly dollars to create a lineup of nine players. Goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, and blocked shots are the skater stats. [...]
With another winning week in the books for our Saturday selections last time ‘round, we’re coming into this week looking for more, taking aim at today’s 11-game betting board with a little bit of loot in the ol’ pocketbook. With a number of matchups going earlier in the day, including a Global Series tilt in [...]
Aleksander Barkov put on a show for the fans in his native Finland, scoring a goal and adding three assists in the Panthers’ 6-4 win over Dallas on Friday. The Florida captain has piled on six points in just two games since his return from a lower-body injury, so hopefully you’ve been able to get [...]
Here are the top defense prospects to own in your points-only keeper leagues - October (yeah yeah, I know) edition! The Goalie Post app is FREE, and it includes my own formula for each starter's odds of winning. It also projects saves for each goalie based on recent performance of the goalie, his team and [...]
