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A Statistical Look At Kyle Turris

By Bryan Bastin | Nov 26th 2019 | 10 min read |

In the last of the Kyle Turris related pieces this week, I want to present some statistical evidence both for and against Turris’ inclusion in the l...

Analytics Quarter-Season Review, Part 1: Goaltending

By Bryan Bastin | Nov 19th 2019 | 8 min read |

This is part 1 of my quarter-season review of the Nashville Predators in 2019-20.  Twenty games is considered the usual watermark where statistics te...

The NHL Has Fixed the Incorrect Shot Locations

By Bryan Bastin | Nov 7th 2019 | 5 min read |

This is a follow-up update to the previous piece here. Approximately three weeks after the issue was initially discovered, the shot location data in t...

Filip Forsberg: an Underappreciated Defensive Difference Maker

By Bryan Bastin | Oct 26th 2019 | 4 min read |

Note:  This is a new format that I’d like to try to make approaching analytics a little simpler and clear.  Below you’ll find an infographic—t...

If Filip Forsberg is injured, Preds could turn to Kyle Turris

By Kate R | Oct 17th 2019 | 6 min read |

Filip Forsberg left Tuesday’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights partway through the third period and did not participate in the team’s optiona...

The NHL’s shot location data has changed—and nobody knows why (Update: ...or do they?)

By Bryan Bastin | Oct 15th 2019 | 8 min read |

Update, 10:18 PM CT: Greg Wyshinski of ESPN provided this update at 8:15 PM Some news regarding that hockey analytics problem discovered by @EvolvingW...

Visualization: 2018-2019 Predators 5v4 Shot Map Tool

By Bryan Bastin | Aug 6th 2019 | 1 min read |

In Part II of this Visualization Series, here is the shot map for all regular-season 5 on 4 situations for the Nashville Predators. It’s bleak, I kn...

Visualization: 2018-2019 Predators Even Strength Shot Map Tool

By Bryan Bastin | Aug 5th 2019 | 1 min read |

Want to see how the Nashville skaters shot last season at 5 on 5? Maybe you want to look how a combination of skaters shot as a whole. Either way, I h...

Analytics Corner: We’re Going Streaking

By Bryan Bastin | Jul 8th 2019 | 5 min read |

During my daily perusal of #PredsTwitter, I recently saw a spate of suggestions that Kyle Turris should move to wing on the second line, and Craig Smi...

Taking Center Stage: An analytical comparison of Matt Duchene and Music City’s centers

By Bryan Bastin | Jun 25th 2019 | 9 min read |

By now, it seems all but inevitable that Matt Duchene will finally make his long-awaited arrival in Nashville when the Free Agency period opens on Jul...