Category: Understanding Advanced Stats

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Question #9: Quality of teammates

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 4 min read |

This is Part 9 in a many-splendored series of answers to frequently asked questions about hockey analysis. Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Pa...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Questions #8: Scoring Chances

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 2 min read |

This is Part 8 in a many part series of answers to frequently asked questions about hockey analysis. Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, ...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Questions #7: Goals and points per 60 minutes

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 4 min read |

This is Part 7 in a many part series of answers to frequently asked questions about hockey analysis. Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 a...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Questions #6: Shot Distance

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 3 min read |

This is Part 6 in a many part series of answers to frequently asked questions about hockey analysis. Here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part ...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Questions #5: Penalty +/-

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 3 min read |

This is Part 5 in a many part series of frequently-asked statistical hockey questions. Please take a look at Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 if you ...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Questions #4: Zone Starts (Offensive-to-Defensive Face-off Ratio)

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 3 min read |

This is Part 4 in an as-of-yet-unknown-number-of-parts series on advanced statistics in the NHL – here are Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. So far, we...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Questions #3: What is a Corsi Number?

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 3 min read |

I hope you’ve had a chance to read Part 1 and Part 2 of the statistical FAQ I’ve been working on. Part 3 will focus on a statistic that Oi...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Question #2: What does Quality of Competition tell us about NHL players?

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

I hope you enjoyed part 1 of the Frequently Asked Questions at Behind the Net. I'd like to discuss the second-most common question I get about the...

Advanced Metric Frequently Asked Question #1: A quick spin through +/- statistics at Behind the Net

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 15th 2019 | 4 min read |

The concept of Plus/Minus is not a new one – the Montreal Canadiens started collecting it 50 years ago, and it became an official stat when the ...