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Finally, fewer shootouts.

As part of an effort to limit the number of games decided by a shootout, the NHL changed from a 4 v 4 … More

coinflips, NHL, shootout

Talk on NHL shootouts

Schuckers and I have done some work on NHL shootouts, presented at the New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports. … More

academic papers, coinflips, NHL, shootout

Memo to the NHL: Shootouts are still a problem

Last offseason, officials from the National Hockey League met to discuss possible ways to limit the number of contests decided by … More

Hockey, incentives, NHL, shootout, three-point rule

Do NHL teams forcing overtime fare better in the extra session?

A few days ago, I posted on momentum in hockey, finding that, on average and in tie games, a streak of … More

momentum, NHL, OT

On NHL Game 7’s

Three NHL Game 7’s are scheduled for tonight, so I figured I’d run some Game 7 numbers. For this analysis, … More

Game 7, NHL

Momentum and hockey

Momentum does not exist! Yes it does! No it doesn’t! Yes it does! Actually, it both exists and doesn’t exist simultaneously! … More

goals, momentum, NHL

Shootout Statistics – What Russia could have done to stop T.J. Oshie

Statistical studies of National Hockey League shootouts have suggested that, by and large, outcomes are random and no skill is … More

NHL, Olympics, shootouts

A team-specific look at NHL overtime rates

I’m always been fascinated by how players and referees in sports respond to incentives, and hockey has provided several great … More

NHL, point system

Exploring consistency in professional sports: How the NFL’s parity is somewhat of a hoax

The term parity is familiar to any sports fan. Defined by Google as “the state or condition of being equal,” … More

MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, parity, simulations

Are NHL teams playing for overtime after the league’s realignment?

In a previous post, I described how incentives for NHL teams to play overtime games against certain types of opponents … More

NHL, playforOT

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