Team Analytics Round-Up: December
Welcome back to this monthly series. Statistics used are from the great people at MoneyPuck.com . The first analytics article covering October and November. https://nhl20212022.blogspot.com/2021/12/team-analytics-round-up-octobernovember.html The month of December and the 2021 calendar year is over. The NHL season was put on pause due to numerous covid outbreaks among the teams. But plenty of hockey was still played by all 32 teams. All stats are as of January 1st (excluding the games played on New Year’s day). We begin with the 5-on-5 statistics so far from each team. The table is ranked by xGoals% from best to worst. Index: Difference between xGoals% and Goal% (Differential), Goals for above expected (GFAx), Goals against above expected (GAAx), High Danger shots for/against (HDSF/A), Medium Danger shots for/against (MDSF/A), Low Danger shots for/against (LDSF/A), Percentage of Shots taken by the team (Corsi%) Florida is still the top team in the league 5-on-5. Other usual ...