Spend even just a bit of time in a hockey conversation with someone who believes in the utility of advanced statistics, and the term “play-driving” is almost certain to come up. For those in the ...

The National Hockey League has integrated advanced analytics into its strategy, transforming the sport into a more data-driven science. Modern metrics, such as Corsi and Expected Goals (xG), help ...

Advanced stats - be it from the Canadiens tracking plus-minus in the ‘50s or Roger Neilson tracking scoring chances – used to strictly be used for behind closed doors information. Now, with the wealth ...

With each passing season more and more teams, analysts and fans are enriching their understanding of hockey with statistics that go beyond the boxcar stats of goals, assists, plus/minus, goals-against ...

The USA and Canada hockey rivalry continues to be one of the biggest growing stories in the sports world. After the USA beat Canada in the Gold Medal game during the Olympics, Team USA will have a ...

A week before the 4 Nations Face-Off begins in Montreal, the number-crunchers of the NHL Stats department are launching an online resource that’s a fascinating deep dive into the League’s ...

Is the first rule of analytics that NHL teams cannot talk about analytics? Ask too many questions on the topic and employees begin to get dodgy. They speak in code or use vague descriptions, running ...