Why Plus/Minus is the Worst Statistic in Hockey

By DanielLipson | Feb 27th 2019 | 10 min read |

Alexander Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals‘ superstar forward, led the NHL with 51 goals this season. It wasn’t even close, either. The n...

Limits of Corsi: What can and can't it do?

By garrethohl | Feb 26th 2019 | 6 min read |

Every few days, a person of some public renown mentions Corsi, which is closely followed by the entire hockey Twitterverse exploding into a brouhaha. ...

The Importance and Misconceptions of Advance Hockey Analytics

By garrethohl | Feb 25th 2019 | 11 min read |

Everything has already said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. – Andre Gide It is common ...

Percentages and Probabilities: Does luck exist and how do you factor for it?

By garrethohl | Feb 24th 2019 | 9 min read |

There are a few related topics that have been tossed around involving statistics and their predictive abilities, predominately in the area of percenta...

Comparing the Winnipeg Jets to Stanley Cup Winners between 2007-2012

By garrethohl | Feb 24th 2019 | 12 min read |

Goals Versus Threshold (or GVT for short) is an imperfect stat, like all stats when used alone and without context. It has its uses and its faults. Th...