Alright, so this one’s another dive into a new dataset I’ve been messing around with. I pulled game-by-game data from MoneyPuck going back to the 2008–09 NHL season, cleaned it up as best I could, and threw it into Tableau to see what kind of visualizations I could build. This is very much a work [...]
There are plenty of players who fall into this category, whether they are long-time card-carrying members of the Band-Aid Boy club, recent additions, or sitting right on the edge of earning that label. Owning one in fantasy can be frustrating, any more is just heartbreaking, but it does happen. If you draft them, you need [...]
With the second round wrapped, this edition of Analytics Advantage walks through all five Tableau views defining what each quadrant represents, then highlighting who stood out and why. Expected Goals Against (xGA) vs Save Percentage (SV%) Here we split the ice into four zones by league-average xGA (horizontal) and SV% (vertical): Top-Left (“Stingy”): below-average danger [...]
Florida 6, Toronto 1, (Panthers win series 4-3) The Panthers punched their ticket to Round 3 with a dominant 6-1 victory over the Leafs on Sunday night. Although Toronto showed resilience on a small scale as they survived an early barrage from Florida and put together a solid first period, the Leafs weren’t able to [...]
Dallas 5, Winnipeg 2 (Stars lead series 2-1) Another heroic performance from Mikko Rantanen spurred the Stars to a Game 3 victory on Sunday. With three points, Rantanen took back top spot in the league’s postseason scoring race, leapfrogging Connor McDavid. It’s hard to articulate the outlandish run Rantanen is on right now. He has [...]
We won’t be covering the NHL playoffs blow by blow in this column, though we will touch on teams a bit as they get knocked out in each round. For this week, and for several upcoming weeks, we will be taking a look back over full season data and find out which players provided the [...]
