Position and Shot Attempt Differential
What is the relative importance of forwards and defensemen for shot attempt differential?
Statistical Analysis
Binges and Droughts
Is recent scoring performance predictive of future performance?
Can We at Least Look Forward to Next Year?
The Edmonton Oilers have a terrible shot differential this season. What might that imply for their performance in 2013-14?
Wild Optimism
The Edmonton Oilers may be 9th in the Conference, but they're still a very bad team.
Hackathon 2.0: The Oilers are looking for you
The Oilers announced Hackathon 2.0 yesterday, an analytics contest giving you the chance to win a spot in the team's inner circle. It's an interesting idea that is for sure. It also has a couple of flaws.
Aging Goalies: What Does The Future Hold For Luongo, Miller & Bryzgalov?
Goaltenders do not age well.
Corsi and Zone Start Adjusted Corsi, By Line
What do line averages look like for Corsi and adjusted Corsi?
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Shawn Horcoff, Eric Belanger, Faceoffs & Zonestarts
How are the Oilers' lines faring in each type of start? Is Tom Renney giving the right guys o-zone starts? Should he go to an extreme Vigneaultesque strategy?
How Do Defensemen Impact Ryan Nugent-Hopkins?
Does it make a difference if Nugent-Hopkins plays with Theo Peckham or Tom Gilbert?
Driving Play: Why the NHL Should Change Its Points System
The NHL points systems profoundly affects the way teams play the game. Here's how.
Oilers' Adjusted Scoring Chances By Quality Of Competition
How do the Oilers stack up when grouped by the quality of their opponents?
Edmonton Oilers' Zonestart Adjusted Scoring Chances
How do the scoring chances stack up when adjusted for starting position?
Power Play - Shots vs. "Shot Quality"
The Oilers are 24th in power play shots and 6th on the power play. Can they keep it up?
It's Defense, Not Offense Where the Oilers Have Improved At Even Strength
The Oilers have been better at preventing scoring chances in 2011 and it's made the difference at even strength.
Tracking Zone Entries And Zone Exits
We're still in the inflationary period of advanced stats creation and zone exits and entries are trying to join the fray.
Tom Renney's Defensive Deployments
Yet another view of Cam Barker's struggles.
Tom Renney's Forward Deployments
Tom Renney's forward usage, now in chart form!
Edmonton's Adjusted Scoring Chances Through 16 Games
What happens to the scoring chance numbers when we adjust them for zonestarts?
Oilers' Even Strength Scoring Chances Through 12 Games
By the numbers, the Oilers are killing it.
Edmonton's Early-Season Shots Against
Edmonton is amongst the league leaders in shots against, but be careful, their opponents have had a significant impact on their league ranking.
2011-12 NHL Final Standings Predictions, 1-30
Recapping the NHL predictions, #1-#30
2010-11 Special Teams Efficiency (STE)
How much did your favorite team's poor special teams play cost them over the course of the 2010-11 season?
Scoring Chance Conversion Rates
How do the Oilers compare to other teams in the league when it comes to finishing their chances?
Magnus Pääjärvi - Keeping Lofty Company
The best Swede in the Northwest will soon reside in Edmonton.
Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Tom Renney and Qualcomp
Raw Corsi gives us an idea, but it doesn't tell a story. We take an in-depth look at a few metrics that unravel the true meaning of Corsi and how they impact the Oilers.
Edmonton Oilers Scoring Chances 2009-2011
Two years of scoring chance data shows that the Edmonton OIlers were...not very good.
