Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** While not a lot of young goaltenders have taken over as the undisputed starter just yet, plenty are making the most of their chances and a few have already staked their claim. [...]
Edmonton 3, Dallas 0 (series tied 1-1) One major question for the Oilers entering Game 2 was which version of Stuart Skinner would show up. After allowing five goals in Game 1, Skinner pitched a 24-save shutout to backstop the Oilers to a Game 2 victory and a split heading back to Edmonton for Game [...]
We are back this week to finish our MVP series. We have completed reviews for centers, right and left wingers, and defensemen. Today, we will be moving on to goalies. The process will be much the same as skater articles, though using different categories and scoring metrics. ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is [...]
The Florida Panthers have taken a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes thanks to a 5-0 win in Raleigh on Thursday night. This game was never really in doubt as the Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead fewer than 80 seconds into the contest, and made it 3-0 with over four minutes [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have finished their coaching search and have landed on former Detroit bench boss Jeff Blashill. Blashill was let go by the Red Wings after the 2021-22 season but is returning to head coaching duties with the Blackhawks being not very far off from where the Red Wings of the late 2010s found [...]
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 [...]
It was hard for the Edmonton Oilers to ask more from their opening game of the Western Conference in Dallas against the Stars… at least through the first 40 minutes. Goals from Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had opened a 3-1 lead for the Oilers going into the second intermission as they were poised to [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Welcome to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday I will be chauffeuring you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. I’ll do my best to offer useful analysis and opinion as it relates to fantasy throughout. As always I'd like to [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
The Panthers jumped out ahead of the Hurricanes with a 5-2 win last night in game one of the Eastern Conference final. Carter Verhaeghe led the way with the opening goal and an assist. Fredrerik Andersen had his worst night of the playoffs, allowing five goals on 20 shots (only the second time this post-season [...]
