2009/2010 NHL Schedule Grid

I've created a schedule grid for the 09/10 season. Dark grey is 3 in 4's or 4 in 6's. Light grey is 4 in 7's. There are a few times in the season where there are 4 in 5's and they are in black. I also created a game counter but a better one is available at kafenatid (to the right under "USEFUL LINKS").

A tale of two teams

This post isn't about two particular teams. It's about individual teams and how they differ depending on whether they are playing at home or on the road.

When looking at the stats, a few things really jump out.

Washington allows the fewest goals on average at home (2.00) but on the road, they are the worst in the league at 3.77. Another two teams stand out in this respect and they are Nashville (2.25 ga at home vs. 3.45 ga on the road) and Phoenix (2.26 ga at home vs. 3.40 ga on the road)

In terms of scoring goals, some teams are particularly good in their own barn. Philly's averaging 4.00 goals for at home and 2.67 on the road. Similarly for Boston (4.35 gf at home vs. 3.05 gf on the road) and Calgary (3.68 gf at home vs. 2.58 gf on the road).

This may or may not help with adjusting your team. The way I see it, try to gather as much info as possible and hope for the best.

Statistics

Almost every major website with an NHL section has general overall statistics. If you want to look further, here are a few handy sites.

For team stats, slam.ca is one of the best. You can get splits by home/away, division and last ten games.

For player stats, I generally go to sportsnet. The points/game summary is particularly handy as well as splits by home/away (splits by month are no longer available).

If I'm just looking up individual player stats, I'll go to Yahoo, which does show split stats and game log in the profile of each individual player.

Jersey what?

Hilarious Jersey etiquette post at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Empty Netters blog.

Speaking of Pittsburgh, Fleury is back in net Thursday, Dec 18 vs ATL and the Penguins have one of the sweetest schedules from then until Feb 8.

All Stats Fantasy Player

I've been looking through some players statistics the past few days. Some of these guys are getting great numbers from peripheral stats like hits, PIM and shots on goal.

% of tsnp's from hits, PIM and shots.

Avery: 55%
Robidas: 53%
D. Brown: 50%
Coburn: 46%
T. Hunter: 43%
Lucic: 43%
Ohlund: 39%
Doan: 36%
Girardi: 36%
Burrows: 34%
Souray: 33%
Ovechkin: 32%
Weber: 31%
J. Carter: 31%
Perry: 31%
Getzlaf: 30%

NHL beat writers Blogs

Blogs from NHL beat writers for info on players, lines and injuries. Updated for 2018/2019 season.


Avalanche section (Denver Post)
Avalanche twitter (Denver Post)

Blackhawks section (Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks blog (Chicago Blackhawks official Twitter)
Blackhawks section (Chicago Sun Times)
Blackhawks section (Chicago Daily Herald)

Blue Jackets blog (Columbus Dispatch)

Blues blog (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Blues blog (St. Louis Blues)
Blues twitter (St. Louis Blues)

Bruins twitter (Official Bruins team twitter)
Bruins blog (Boston Herald)

Canadiens blog (Montreal Gazette)
Canadiens section (CTV Montreal)

Canucks section (Vancouver Province)

Capitals section (Washington Post)
Capitals section (CSN Washington)
Capitals blog (Washington Capitals official Twitter)

Coyotes section (AZ central)
Coyotes twitter (AZ central)

Devils blog (North Jersey.com)
Devils section (NJ.com)

Ducks section (Orange County Register)
Ducks twitter (Ducks twitter)

Flames section (Calgary Herald)

Flyers section (Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News)
Flyers section (philadelphiaflyers.com Official insider twitter)
Flyers section (Courier-Post)

Hurricanes twitter (Official Hurricanes twitter)

Islanders section (Newsday)
Islanders twitter (theAthletic Twitter)
Islanders blog (NYI Point Blank)
Islanders twitter (Newsday)

Jets section (Winnipeg Free Press)
Jets section (Winnipeg Sun)
Jets twitter (Official Winnipeg Jets twitter)

Kings twitter (LA Times)
Kings blog (LA Kings Insider)

Lightning section (Tampa Bay Times)
Lightning section (Tampa Tribune)

Leafs section (Toronto Star)
Leafs section (Globe & Mail)
TSN
Leafs reporter (TSN)
TSN Leafs reporter(TSN)

Oilers section (Edmonton Journal)

Panthers section (Miami Herald)
Panthers section (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Penguins section (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Penguins section (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Predators blog (Tennessean)

Rangers section (News Day)
Rangers twitter (News Day twitter)
Rangers section (North Jersey)
Rangers section (NY Post)
Rangers section (SNY)

Red Wings section (MLive)
Red Wings section (Detroit Free Press)
Red Wings section (The Detroit News)

Sabres section (Buffalo News)
Sabres news (WGR 550)

Senators section (Ottawa Citizen)
Senators section (Ottawa Sun)

Sharks section (San Jose Mercury News)
Sharks section (NBC Bay Area)

Stars section (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Stars section (Dallas News)
Stars section (Dallas Stars site)

Wild section (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Wild twitter (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Wild section (Pioneer Press)

New Hockey Night in Canada Theme Song

Vote here for the new Hockey Night in Canada theme song. It's too bad we lost the original one to TSN.