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• HABS: Even-stength Takeaways and Giveaways Per-minute Played

  Tracking every puck-possession event during a game allows us to track both the amount of giveaways, and the amount of takeaways each player produces per-minute... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 SPORTS

• Habs Have Successfully Shifted Play Away from Their Net

  Percentage of EVEN-STRENGTH events by zoneTracking every puck-possession event, and breaking them down by zone not only allows us to quantify player... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Defensive-zone Puck-possession Success-rates

  The Montreal Canadiens have produced an impressive defensive-zone puck-possession success-rate of 70.4% this season. This compares well to last season's... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Even-strength Scoring Chances For/against Per-minute Played

  Gallagher involved in the most ES scoring chances-for per-minute playedThe graph included here represents the amount of scoring chances for and against each... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Individual Player Passing Success-rates by Zone

  Emelin and Bourque among most improvedThe graphs included here are visual representations of each Montreal Canadiens player's success-rate when attempting to... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Rene Bourque and Max Pacioretty; by the Numbers

  RENE BOURQUE Through 10 games, Rene Bourque is only 2 goals and 1 point short of his 38-game total with Montreal last season. Bourque leads the Canadiens with a... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 SPORTS

• Canadiens Year to Date (by the Numbers)

  Habs powerplay and defensive-play carrying the team to a successful startThrough the first 6 games of the season, the Montreal Canadiens have a 4-2 record.... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 SPORTS

• Diaz Not Just Playing Better on the Powerplay

  Comparing his year-to-date numbers in 2012-13 with his 2011-12 numbersRaphael Diaz is among the league-leaders in points for defensemen, and currently has more... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Numbers and Notes from Jan 27th Win Over New Jersey

  4-3 overtime winSCORING CHANCESWithin this system, a scoring chance must involve a shot on net. Even-strength scoring chances were 10 for Montreal and 8 New... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Early Numbers Show Habs as an Improved Puck-possession Team

  Through 3 games, the Montreal Canadiens have produced better possession and defensive success-rates than they did in 2011-12. They have spent less time with... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 SPORTS

• OILERS: Numbers and Notes from Jan 24th Win Over Los Angeles

  2-1 overtime winSCORING CHANCESMuch of the game was played on special teams; limiting the number of even-strength scoring chances. That said, Edmonton had 7 ES... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Numbers and Notes from Jan 24th Win Over Washington

  4-1 win over WashingtonSCORING CHANCESEven-strength scoring chances were 5 for Montreal and 8 for Washington. Breaking them down by period, the Habs had 2... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 SPORTS

• Price's Rebound Control Not Where It Should Be

  Carey Price has not been able to control the placement of the rebounds he's allowed as well as he has in the past. Granted it is early in the season, and this i... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 SPORTS

• OILERS: Numbers and Notes from Jan 22nd Loss to San Jose

  6-3 lossExclusive, and detailed year-to-date numbers for Oiler's centremen can be found hereExclusive, and detailed year-to-date numbers for Oiler's wingers... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 SPORTS

• Numbers and Notes from Jan 22nd Win Over Florida

  4-1 win over FloridaSCORING CHANCESEven-strength scoring chances were 12 for Montreal and only 3 for Florida. Breaking them down by period, the Habs had a 5-0... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 SPORTS

• Numbers and Notes from the Edmonton Oilers January 20th Win Over the Vancouver...

  3-2 shootout winExclusive individual numbers for Edmonton centremenExclusive individual numbers for Edmonton wingersExclusive individual numbers for Edmonton... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 SPORTS

• Numbers and Notes from Jan 19th Loss to Toronto

  2-1 loss to TorontoExclusive individual numbers for centremenExclusive individual numbers for wingersExclusive individual numbers for defensemenSCORING... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 SPORTS

• Gomez on the Wing is the Only Option

  Only way to get the good, while protecting against the badThe Montreal Canadiens will buy out Scott Gomez after this season. The future salary cap, combined wit... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: One-game Scouting Report for Sebastian Collberg

  2013 World Junior ChampionshipReport from Sweden's semi-final shootout win over RussiaOVERALL GRADECollberg produced an overall grade of 69. His best work was... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: One-game Scouting Report for Sebastian Collberg

  From WJHC U20 Pre-tournament game against CanadaCollberg was able to show significant improvement over his ratings and ratios from any of the 5 games I scouted... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 SPORTS