Tiny site update: I put an all-situations finishing/goaltending chart in the Shot Danger section.
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tiny site update: I put an all-situations finishing/goaltending chart in the Shot Danger section.
Conference standings.
Second to second-last in the east is six points.
Second to second-last in the east is six points.
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Conference standings.
Second to second-last in the east is six points.
Second to second-last in the east is six points.
Point projections over the past fortnight.
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Point projections over the past fortnight.
I'm not sure that I buy the idea that Vancouver is being hit especially hard by injuries. There are plenty, to be sure, but not so many among important players.
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm not sure that I buy the idea that Vancouver is being hit especially hard by injuries. There are plenty, to be sure, but not so many among important players.
Goalies this year. Logan Thompson showing extremely well in Washington in the first full year of his big extension.
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Goalies this year. Logan Thompson showing extremely well in Washington in the first full year of his big extension.
Point projections over the past fortnight.
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Point projections over the past fortnight.
Could Smith have been put with some real barn-burner types that season that bled some credit onto him, somehow? In fact he played almost the whole season with Nick Bonino (no slouch in those days but nothing special) and Rocco Grimaldi. huh.
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Could Smith have been put with some real barn-burner types that season that bled some credit onto him, somehow? In fact he played almost the whole season with Nick Bonino (no slouch in those days but nothing special) and Rocco Grimaldi. huh.
So the most basic bit of raw material for that is what the predators did in Smith's 5v5 minutes, which is, unsurprisingly, pretty strong! (The non-Smith minutes give you an idea of contrast)
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So the most basic bit of raw material for that is what the predators did in Smith's 5v5 minutes, which is, unsurprisingly, pretty strong! (The non-Smith minutes give you an idea of contrast)
sG is my all-in-one player quality stat, with every isolated skill weighted according to a standard deployment profile. The most important components are these six, plotted to scale, with icetime and the teams he played for. Obviously that spike is being driven by 5v5 chance creation.
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
sG is my all-in-one player quality stat, with every isolated skill weighted according to a standard deployment profile. The most important components are these six, plotted to scale, with icetime and the teams he played for. Obviously that spike is being driven by 5v5 chance creation.
In leverage terms the split between top nine / bottom line and top four / bottom pair is even starker.
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In leverage terms the split between top nine / bottom line and top four / bottom pair is even starker.
Feels strange to see people criticizing Rick Tocchet about giving some minutes to his fourth line (as referenced here, say: www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nhl/philadel...) when he already uses his fourth line very sparingly.
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Feels strange to see people criticizing Rick Tocchet about giving some minutes to his fourth line (as referenced here, say: www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nhl/philadel...) when he already uses his fourth line very sparingly.
His minutes in Nashville had a certain patterning.
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
His minutes in Nashville had a certain patterning.
Happy retirement to Craig Smith. He was the only active Craig in the league.
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Happy retirement to Craig Smith. He was the only active Craig in the league.
Some teams are weak, some teams are strong, and some teams are Anaheim.
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Some teams are weak, some teams are strong, and some teams are Anaheim.
Yesterday's games.
Chicago went to Anaheim but it would be over-generous to say that they showed up.
Chicago went to Anaheim but it would be over-generous to say that they showed up.
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Yesterday's games.
Chicago went to Anaheim but it would be over-generous to say that they showed up.
Chicago went to Anaheim but it would be over-generous to say that they showed up.
throwback to more innocent days
December 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
throwback to more innocent days
You might think that this would dissaude me from making a bit of brightly-coloured nonsense, but you'd be wrong.
December 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You might think that this would dissaude me from making a bit of brightly-coloured nonsense, but you'd be wrong.
Point projections over the past fortnight.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Point projections over the past fortnight.
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
