While we are not officially at the halfway point of the NHL season yet, the Christmas break is a time to pause and take stock of how teams are performing. With that in mind I figured I’d return to my exploration of how the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, and Washington Capitals are fairing in terms of generating scoring chances (and high-danger chances) for and limiting scoring chances (and high-danger chances) against. Continue reading “A Tale of Four Teams Part III”
Tag: NHL 2015-16 Season
A Tale of 4 Teams Part I
We are already through a quarter of the 2015-16 NHL season. While 20 to 25 games is not a large sample I wanted to take a look at how some teams have been doing in terms of generating high-danger chances and scoring chances (see this post at war-on-ice for a quick explanation). What I’m interested in starting to explore here is the idea that it may be more valuable to generate scoring chances, and particularly high-danger chances, than simply generating a greater volume of shot attempts. In other words, my thinking is that good teams will more often than not generate more scoring chances and high-danger chances than their opponents. Continue reading “A Tale of 4 Teams Part I”
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