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• Bourque's Turnaround Starts with His Choices in the Defensive-zone

  Rene Bourque is not a top-6 forward on a winning team. He doesn't engage in enough events, or produce enough offensive-zone turnovers to be a consistent... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 SPORTS

• Quantifying the Importance of Half-wall Work by Habs Forwards

  Turnovers at either blueline generally lead to scoring chances. The importance of playing strong along the boards in the defensive-zone has been preached by... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 SPORTS

• The Importance of Blocking Point-shots

  So many scoring chances-against can be avoided simply by blocking point shots. Conversely, many scoring-chances can be produced by getting shots through to the... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 SPORTS

• Habs D-men: Defensive-zone Tendencies Fluctuate Based on Game's Result and Score

  Tracking tendencies help us determine which options players attempt most when in possession of the puck in a specific zone. This post will focus on the... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 SPORTS

• Gallagher's Puck-management and Defensive-involvement Key Contributions to...

  Brendan Gallagher is a tenacious player. He is puck-hungry, and goes to the dirty areas. This post will give a quick overview of which aspects of Gallagher's... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 SPORTS

• HABS: Player by Player Takeaway Totals by Zone

  For the purpose of this graph, a takeaway is described as any play made by a player that either removes puck-possession from the opposition, or acquires... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 SPORTS

• Comparing Habs Numbers in Wins with Those Produced in Losses

  Link between the data tracked and the outcome of the game Data-generated scouting tracks micro-stats in order to quantify the impact each player has on the game. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 SPORTS

• HABS: Turnover-rates by Zone

  This post will show each Montreal Canadiens player's turnover-rate in each zone. Turnovers are defined as any unsuccessful attempt to maintain... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 SPORTS

• Zonestart Adjusted Lpr's

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  Posted on 01 January 2014 SPORTS

• Quantifying Each Habs Defenseman's Play in the Defensive-zone

  This post will focus on the defensive-zone play of each current Montreal Canadiens defenseman. Thanks to the micro-stats collected, we can determine the number... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 SPORTS

• Habs Struggling in the Offensive-zone

  This post will focus on each Montreal Canadiens player's play in the offensive-zone while at even-strength. The blue bar within the graph shows each player's... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Player-by-player Game-by-game ES Risk/reward Ratings

  This post will focus on each Montreal Canadiens player's game-by-game EVEN-STRENGTH risk/reward rating. Risk/reward rating provides an overall rating that... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 SPORTS

• Offensive-zone Loose-puck Recovery Totals a Huge Factor in Habs Lack of Offense

  Being first on the puck is an expression heard often around the game; even by those commentators who express their lack of interest in (or outright contempt... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 SPORTS

• Habs: Successful Offensive and Defensive-touches by Forwards, Lines, and Zones

  This post will focus on the Montreal Canadiens, and their forwards. Specifically, it will communicate the number of successful offensive and defensive-touches... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 SPORTS

• Trending Emelin's Game-by-game Performance

  This post will focus on the play of Alexei Emelin through 16 games. Data-generated scouting produces enough information to track players game-by-game... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 SPORTS

• QUICK HIT: Comparing Subban's Numbers Over the Last 10 Games

  This data-generated player file reflects PK. Subban's play over the last 10 games. Also included are Subban's season totals from this season, as well as those... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Exclusive Defensive-zone Data for Current, and Potential Defensive-pairings

  Data-generated scouting provides us with an exclusive opportunity. The micro-stats collected allow us to combine the totals for each player in order to... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 SPORTS

• Offensive and Defensive-touch Totals by Line and Defensive Pairing

  A relatively healthy lineup; an interesting debateData-generated scouting provides us with an exclusive opportunity not available otherwise. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 SPORTS

• Impact of Quality of Competition on Even-strength Risk/reward Rating

  No one system can produce one number that accurately reflects all aspects of a player's performance. But, by combining multiple systems, and including all... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Scoring Chances This Season Vs. Scoring Chances Over Last 10-games

  The Montreal Canadiens are minus-19 in terms of even-strength scoring-chances over the last 10 games. Expressed differently, this means that the Habs have... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 SPORTS