Category: History

Historical Right-Handed Shooting

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 1 min read |

Just following up on yesterday's post, I wanted to show the percentage of games played and goals scored by right-handed shooters since the dawn o...

Shift Length Change since 1997-98

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 2 min read |

The NHL has been collecting detailed ice time statistics since the 1997-98 season. One interesting thing that we can see is a shift in individual shif...

Sometimes you forget how the Game has Changed...

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 5 min read |

During Don Cherry's one season coaching the Colorado Rockies, Denver was dotted with billboards that proclaimed: "Come to the fights and wat...

Best Power-Plays of the Last 20 Years

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 3 min read |

Last Monday, I looked back at the best power-plays of the last 45 or so years, and it turned out to be dominated by teams from the mid-to-late-1970s. ...

Those were the Days for the Leafs...or were they?

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 2 min read |

After a brief spell where they appeared to be playing up to their talent level, the Leafs have been horrendous again. And, as a result, the rose-colou...

Top Power-Plays since 1963

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 5 min read |

If you had to guess, what would you say was the best PP unit of all-time? Surprisingly, it’s the New York Islanders – before they rattled ...

Worst Penalty-Killing Teams since 1963

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 6 min read |

The NHL first started recording power-play and penalty-kill opportunities during the 1963-64 season. With Toronto's partial season called out, the...

Advanced Metrics: The top PDO dynasties of all-time

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 7 min read |

For those of you who aren't familiar with PDO, it is just Save Percentage plus Shooting Percentage [more precisely: PDO=1000*(G/SF+SV/SA)]. What&#...

Goaltenders of the Decade: Playoffs

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 7 min read |

The list of legendary Stanley Cup-winning goaltenders over the last decade is a short one: Martin Brodeur. Dominik Hasek played a small part in winnin...

Goaltenders of the Decade: Regular Season

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 8 min read |

The first question in my mind is which goaltenders have played the most over the course of the decade? I divided the total number of minutes played by...