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• Defensive-zone Passing Success-rates and Tendencies for Habs Defensemen

  This post will focus on Montreal Canadiens defensemen. It will visualize each d-man's overall defensive-zone passing success-rate, and break down their... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 SPORTS

• Game-by-game Risk/reward Ratings for Each Montreal Canadiens Player

  This post will focus on each Montreal Canadiens game-by-game performance through the first 28 games of the season. Each player's contribution will be expressed... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Successful Offensive and Defensive-touches in the Offensive-zone

  This post will focus on the performance of each Montreal Canadiens forward in the offensive-zone. The graph will communicate both the number of successful... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 SPORTS

• The Relationship Between Takeaway-to-turnover Ratio and Outscoring the Opposition

  Hockey is about how many, it is not about how. Ignoring data-generated scouting is tantamount to ignoring how many goals a player scores, or how many saves a... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 SPORTS

• Habs Most Productive Offensive-players

  Breaking down scoring-chances and successful offensive-touches Producing offense is about creating scoring-chances, while creating scoring-chances is almost... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 SPORTS

• Trending Alex Galcheyuk's Game-by-game Performance

  Lack of involvement hurting his performance Alex Galchenyuk has not been as involved as he was earlier in the season. This has impacted his ratings, ratios,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 SPORTS

• Neutral-zone Tendencies and Puck-possession Success-rates for Habs Forwards

  Data-generated scouting provides us with an otherwise-unavailable opportunity to quantify each player's tendency when in possession of the puck. These tendencie... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 SPORTS

• One-game Scouting Report for the Columbus Blue Jackets Blake Comeau

  Blake Comeau is a 6'1", 202 lbs winger with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 27 year-old was drafted in the 2nd round, 47th overall during the 2004 NHL Entry... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Events Per-minute Played and Success-rates (by Zone)

  This post will communicate the number of events per-minute each Montreal player has engaged in while in each zone. It will also show how many of those events... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 SPORTS

• Quantifying the Defensive-zone Puck-possession Successes and Failures of Each...

  Including combined totals for current defensive-pairingsTracking individual puck-possession events through data-generated scouting allows us the opportunity to... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 SPORTS

• Trending Subban's Improved Defensive-play

  There is no doubt that PK Subban has not matched last season's defensive-performance through the first quarter of this season. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 SPORTS

• Habs: Scoring-chances For/against by Line Or Defensive-duo

  Data-generated scouting allows us to combine the data collected for each player in order to communicate the potential strengths and weaknesses of projected line... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 SPORTS

• Neutral-zone Tendencies for Habs Defensemen

  Data-generated scouting provides us with an otherwise unavailable opportunity to quantify each player's tendency when in possession of the puck. These tendencie... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 SPORTS

• Shooting Success-rates Among Habs Defensmen

  This post will communicate the percentage of each Montreal Canadiens' defenseman's EVEN-STRENGTH shots that either hit the net, are blocked, or miss the net... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Comparing 2012-13 and 2013-14 Risk/reward Ratings

  Comparing year-to-year risk/reward ratings provides us not only with the opportunity to compare each player's performance last year with the current season, it... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 SPORTS

• Offensive-zone Tendencies for Habs Forwards

  Data-generated scouting provides us with an otherwise unavailable opportunity to quantify each player's tendency when in possession of the puck. These tendencie... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Breaking Down the Defensive-pairs

  Data-generated scouting allows us to combine the data collected for each player in order to communicate the potential strengths and weaknesses of projected... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Breaking Down the Projected Line-combinations

  Which lines will be successful?Data-generated scouting allows us to combine the data collected for each player in order to communicate the potential strengths... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Quantifying the Makings of a Successful Powerplay

  Data-generated scouting can help quantify the makings of a successful powerplay. This post will focus on the relationship between powerplay data acquired throug... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 SPORTS

• The Relationship Between Successful Passes to the Slot and Goals

  The importance of getting the puck into a scoring-areaThere are many ways to win a hockey game in the NHL; and just as many ways to lose. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 SPORTS