Category: Weird Science

Gameday Superstitions: How Lucky Socks Really Help

By Denise Brock | May 10th 2013 | 3 min read |

Across the SB Nation NHL network this week, NBC Sports is sponsoring a series about playoff hockey and superstitions. Here’s our contribution. *...

2010-2011 Kings Final Stats [sortable chart fun]

By Daws Butler | May 1st 2011 | 68 min read |

Player G/60 P/60 last GF/60 GA/60 +-/60 last QC last change QT last change OZ% last Scott Parse 1.00 4.01 2.34 6.01 1.00 5.01 1.37 -0.025 -0.054 0.029...

12 goals-against in back-to-back playoff games -- is that bad?

By Daws Butler | Apr 22nd 2011 | 2 min read |

Let’s take a walk back in time. The Kings have allowed more than 10 goals in 2 consecutive playoff games 21 times (note: I did not count any one...

The Series So Far - Shot Charts by Period

By Daws Butler | Apr 21st 2011 | 6 min read |

Game One 1st a bad period; Kings nervous, Sharks dominant. 2nd Kings wake up, outplay Sharks. 3rd Sharks rebound, I would give the edge to San Jose in...

My rewrite of the tie-breaker rules

By Daws Butler | Mar 30th 2011 | 11 min read |

After several weeks contemplating the vagaries of the current tie-breaker rules, I’ve come up with a new, improved version. This is the better w...

The Kings' record when x occurs is...

By Daws Butler | Mar 29th 2011 | 5 min read |

Kings’ Record 44-26-6 When Kopitar scores 18-3-0 When a defenseman scores 22-2-2 When a Fwd not (25,11,23,14,94,28,17,26) scores 16-5-1 Opponent...

My Powers are Beyond Your Understanding.

By Daws Butler | Mar 23rd 2011 | 1 min read |

Video: Jonathan Quick may, in fact, control pucks with his mind – Puck Daddy – NHL Blog – Yahoo! SportsNo, really, there’s onl...

People Smarter Than Me Send Loktionov to Manchester

By Daws Butler | Feb 20th 2011 | 27 min read |

blockquote>Loktionov back to Manchester « LA Kings InsiderAndrei Loktionov has been assigned back to the AHL’s Manchester Monarchs. Loktionov ha...

Exciting Kings Stats You Can't Get Anywhere Else!

By Daws Butler | Feb 14th 2011 | 16 min read |

Well, some of them you can. But most of these, you have to have a special kind of OCD to bother. In the chart that follows, numbers refer to jersey nu...

False Parity as a Graph

By Daws Butler | Feb 9th 2011 | 37 min read |

Because I like to mess around with Excel, I found myself making graphs of teams’ win-percentages in relation to their place in the standings. Bu...