It’s now the holiday season. Like, I guess? I mean, it’s the holiday season, but it also feels like we’re just in March, Chapter IX. Anyway, if you are looking for gift ideas for the […]
Hockey Graphs’ Ryan Stimson and Corey Sznajder have done an upsetting amount of manual data collection over the last few years. Building off foundational research by Sznajder, Eric Tulsky, Geoffrey Detweiler, Robert Spencer (PDF), and Jen […]
Earlier today, a group of ESPN analysts predicted (with caveats!) that Philipp Grubauer would become a Vegas Golden Knight this summer. This afternoon ESPN kept the crystal ball thing going. Big brains Craig Custance, Scott Burnside, and Rob Vollman […]
TJ Oshie‘s 33-goal season in 2016-17 was the first time in a decade that Alex Ovechkin wasn’t the sole top scorer for the Washington Capitals. If the Caps had anxiety about their scoring prowess in […]
Analytics pioneer Rob Vollman is back with the 2015 edition of Hockey Abstract. If you’re not familiar with Vollman’s work, well, you should be. His cheerful, unassuming, and informative writing style makes his annual release an […]
Rob Vollman is a leading voice in hockey analysis. He invented players usage charts and has written for NHL.com and ESPN Insider. His new book, Stat Shot, is available for pre-order and you can get Hockey Abstract (and […]
Photo: Chris Gordon Pitter-patter, let’s get at ‘er. The regular season is over and now the real dance begins. At 7 PM tonight, the Capitals and the Flyers will face off at Verizon Center (or on […]
First overall draft pick Auston Matthews (Photo via John Buccigross) I don’t actually know who John Buccigross is. I know he does hockey coverage for ESPN, which sounds like a silly thing, but your boy Rob […]
Happy Monday, Caps fans. It’s a short holiday week, and I’m sure you’re busy prepping a scrumptious holiday meal, so I’ll be brief. The Caps stomped the Avs on Saturday night, and now they ought to […]
Photo: Patrick McDermott With a hard-nosed drive to the net on Tuesday, Alex Ovechkin ended a three-game goal-less slump in which he took just nine shots. Though Ovechkin recorded assists in two of those three […]
