Category: #fancystats

NHL on Past, Present & Future of #EnhancedStats Research

By Sheng Peng | Feb 20th 2015 | 4 min read |

After the NHL press conference unveiling their new “Enhanced Stats,” I asked Chris Foster, NHL director of digital business development, a...

NHL Innovation Event: #FancyStats are Dead, Long Live #EnhancedStats

By Eric Kveton | Feb 20th 2015 | 4 min read |

The NHL Innovation Event was the culmination of a lot of effort by a lot of people to improve the NHL’s wildly outdated statistics website. It&#...

The Difference Between a Good Homestand and a Bad Road Trip...

By Eric Kveton | Nov 7th 2014 | 5 min read |

The Los Angeles Kings had a 6-0-0 homestand a few weeks back. It was a new record for the franchise, as they had never had a perfect homestand longer ...

The Kings have been a one-line team, but that's no cause for concern

By andrewleafman | Oct 29th 2014 | 5 min read |

As an astute observer of all things Kings, I’ve noticed that the Pearson-Carter-Toffoli line has been running hot lately. To say they’ve b...

2014 Season Review: Tyler Toffoli

By andrewleafman | Sep 13th 2014 | 6 min read |

Tyler Toffoli Corsi, 2013-2014 GP Corsi Relative Corsi On Expected Corsi dCorsi 2013-14 62 9.9 22.84 12.319 9.848 Positives If you’re like me, t...

2014 Season Review: Robyn Regehr

By andrewleafman | Aug 21st 2014 | 9 min read |

Robyn Regehr Corsi, 2008-2014 Team GP Corsi Relative Corsi On Expected Corsi dCorsi 2007-08 CGY 82 -6.4 0.729 5.99 -5.261 2008-09 CGY 75 -8.4 6.852 12...

2014 Season Review: Jake Muzzin

By andrewleafman | Aug 7th 2014 | 8 min read |

Jake Muzzin Corsi, 2012-2014 GP Corsi Relative Corsi On Expected Corsi dCorsi 2012-13 45 21.7 26.439 10.451 15.988 2013-14 76 13.5 23.712 12.616 11.09...

Season Review: Scoring Chances

By Nick Chapin | Jul 17th 2014 | 12 min read |

Throughout the course of the season, I was responsible for tracking scoring chances for almost every single game (Robert and Andrew also contributed a...

Season Review: Zone Entries

By Nick Chapin | Jul 8th 2014 | 10 min read |

If you’ve read Jewels from the Crown all season, then you’ll have an idea of what this post will be about. If you have not then this is a ...

Will Fast Players Like Gaborik Age Worse?

By andrewleafman | Jun 30th 2014 | 8 min read |

The Kings recently gave contract extensions covering Matt Greene’s age 31-34 seasons and Marian Gaborik’s age 32-38 seasons. Although Gabo...