Detailed shift charts - 2008 - List

The detailed shift charts have an average row on them. This is just a list of all the players and their average score.

N Team I Lastname D OFF DEF 1 N.J P Elias 0.36 1.24 0.88 2 PHI S Upshall 0.31 1.20 0.89 3 COL T Arnason 0.29 1.15 0.85 4 L.A D Armstrong 0.28 1.18 0.90 5 DAL L Eriksson 0.28 1.13 0.84 6 TOR A Ponikarovsky 0.27 1.14 0.87 7 T.B M Ouellet 0.27 1.10 0.83 8 CHI R Lang 0.26 1.14 0.88 9 NYI F Meyer IV 0.24 1.07 0.83 10 BUF M Afinogenov 0.23 1.11 0.88 11 VAN D Sedin 0.22 1.12 0.90 12 S.J M Carle 0.22 1.05 0.84 13 MIN P Bouchard 0.22 1.13 0.90 14 CGY D Langkow 0.22 1.11 0.89 15 ANA R Getzlaf 0.21 1.17 0.96 16 PHX M Hanzal 0.21 1.08 0.88 17 NYR B Dubinsky 0.21 1.08 0.88 18 T.B J Hlavac 0.21 1.10 0.89 19 PIT E Malkin 0.20 1.22 1.02 20 VAN M Naslund 0.20 1.11 0.91 21 S.J M Goc 0.20 1.07 0.87 22 DET H Zetterberg 0.20 1.14 0.95 23 FLA R Olesz 0.19 1.09 0.91 24 PIT S Crosby 0.19 1.13 0.94 25 OTT J Corvo 0.19 1.13 0.94 26 N.J K Rachunek 0.19 1.09 0.90 27 L.A A Frolov 0.18 1.20 1.02 28 ANA C Kunitz 0.18 1.17 0.99 29 EDM R Nilsson 0.18 1.07 0.89 30 MIN M Koivu 0.18 1.11 0.94 31 CAR R Whitney 0.18 1.05 0.87 32 CBJ N Zherdev 0.17 1.12 0.95 33 EDM A Hemsky 0.17 1.09 0.91 34 VAN H Sedin 0.17 1.13 0.96 35 CBJ S Fedorov 0.17 1.04 0.86 36 OTT W Redden 0.17 1.16 0.99 37 T.B P Ranger 0.17 1.06 0.90 38 VAN M Weaver 0.17 1.08 0.90 39 L.A B Willsie 0.16 1.05 0.89 40 STL D Backes 0.16 1.04 0.88 41 DAL J Jokinen 0.16 1.06 0.90 42 S.J J Thornton 0.16 1.12 0.96 43 EDM D Penner 0.16 1.05 0.89 44 BUF D Roy 0.16 1.12 0.96 45 N.J Z Parise 0.16 1.16 1.00 46 NYR J Jagr 0.16 1.12 0.96 47 NSH M Erat 0.15 1.10 0.95 48 STL E Johnson 0.15 1.13 0.98 49 PHX E Jovanovski 0.15 1.13 0.98 50 DET N Kronvall 0.15 1.04 0.89 51 NSH J Tootoo 0.15 1.16 1.00 52 CGY J Iginla 0.15 1.12 0.97 53 ATL V Kozlov 0.15 1.05 0.90 54 WSH N Backstrom 0.14 1.08 0.94 55 CAR M Commodore 0.14 1.04 0.90 56 FLA D Booth 0.14 1.06 0.92 57 EDM D Grebeshkov 0.14 1.01 0.87 58 VAN R Kesler 0.14 1.07 0.93 59 MIN K Carney 0.14 1.01 0.87 60 NSH M Gelinas 0.14 1.12 0.97 61 DET P Datsyuk 0.14 1.07 0.92 62 N.J P Martin 0.14 1.09 0.95 63 MTL T Kostopoulos 0.13 1.01 0.87 64 VAN A Burrows 0.13 1.05 0.91 65 CHI D Byfuglien 0.13 1.02 0.89 66 CBJ K Russell 0.13 1.07 0.94 67 NSH J Arnott 0.13 1.06 0.93 68 NYR N Dawes 0.13 1.06 0.93 69 TOR M Sundin 0.13 1.08 0.95 70 CGY K Huselius 0.13 1.05 0.92 71 FLA K Kreps 0.12 1.03 0.90 72 COL P Stastny 0.12 1.07 0.95 73 COL J Liles 0.12 1.03 0.91 74 DET M Samuelsson 0.12 1.07 0.95 75 NSH M Zidlicky 0.12 1.08 0.96 76 NSH R Suter 0.12 1.03 0.90 77 PHI B Coburn 0.12 1.08 0.96 78 BOS D Krejci 0.12 0.96 0.84 79 TOR J Blake 0.12 1.14 1.02 80 FLA S Montador 0.12 1.04 0.92 81 CBJ R Nash 0.11 1.06 0.95 82 STL L Stempniak 0.11 1.11 1.00 83 CHI T Ruutu 0.11 1.01 0.90 84 VAN M Ohlund 0.11 1.07 0.96 85 EDM K Brodziak 0.11 1.02 0.91 86 BOS D Wideman 0.11 1.06 0.95 87 L.A L Visnovsky 0.10 1.01 0.91 88 CGY O Nolan 0.10 1.03 0.93 89 CGY A Tanguay 0.10 1.09 0.99 90 PHX C Weller 0.10 0.93 0.82 91 VAN A Edler 0.10 1.11 1.01 92 COL W Wolski 0.10 1.06 0.96 93 WSH V Kozlov 0.10 1.10 1.01 94 DET T Holmstrom 0.10 1.02 0.92 95 N.J B Gionta 0.10 1.13 1.03 96 PHI J Carter 0.10 1.12 1.02 97 BOS M Sturm 0.10 1.09 0.98 98 STL D King 0.09 0.89 0.80 99 MTL A Kovalev 0.09 1.04 0.95 100 MTL M Streit 0.09 1.00 0.91 101 MTL R Hamrlik 0.09 1.03 0.94 102 DAL J Lundqvist 0.09 0.96 0.88 103 MIN B Rolston 0.09 1.09 1.00 104 MIN J Sheppard 0.09 0.97 0.88 105 MIN K Foster 0.09 1.03 0.94 106 DET J Hudler 0.09 1.01 0.92 107 WSH T Poti 0.09 1.08 0.99 108 PIT R Malone 0.08 1.07 0.99 109 VAN B Isbister 0.08 0.97 0.89 110 NYI S Bergenheim 0.08 1.02 0.94 111 BUF T Vanek 0.08 1.07 0.99 112 CAR S Walker 0.08 1.01 0.93 113 STL D Perron 0.08 0.91 0.84 114 ATL M Hossa 0.08 1.05 0.96 115 BUF T Connolly 0.08 1.09 1.01 116 DAL M Ribeiro 0.08 1.05 0.97 117 WSH M Green 0.07 1.10 1.03 118 ATL P Dupuis 0.07 1.00 0.93 119 STL P Kariya 0.07 1.08 1.00 120 PHX N Kapanen 0.07 1.03 0.96 121 PIT S Gonchar 0.07 1.08 1.01 122 COL M Svatos 0.07 1.08 1.01 123 S.J J Pavelski 0.07 1.02 0.95 124 S.J J Roenick 0.07 0.98 0.92 125 VAN T Pyatt 0.07 1.03 0.96 126 WSH A Ovechkin 0.07 1.12 1.04 127 PHX D Winnik 0.07 1.02 0.95 128 N.J T Zajac 0.07 0.98 0.91 129 NYR M Straka 0.07 1.01 0.95 130 PHI M Richards 0.07 1.02 0.95 131 BOS M Lucic 0.07 1.00 0.93 132 N.J J Langenbrunner 0.07 1.02 0.95 133 ANA M Schneider 0.06 1.07 1.01 134 ANA G Parros 0.06 0.88 0.83 135 FLA R Dvorak 0.06 0.95 0.89 136 CGY D Hale 0.06 1.01 0.95 137 NSH A Radulov 0.06 1.05 1.00 138 PHX Z Michalek 0.06 1.02 0.96 139 FLA S Weiss 0.06 0.99 0.92 140 EDM S Horcoff 0.06 1.05 0.99 141 MTL T Plekanec 0.06 1.02 0.97 142 MTL F Bouillon 0.06 0.98 0.92 143 T.B F Kuba 0.06 1.03 0.97 144 CHI P Kane 0.06 1.02 0.96 145 DET D Cleary 0.06 1.02 0.96 146 OTT S Donovan 0.06 1.03 0.98 147 NYI R Martinek 0.06 1.03 0.96 148 NYI B Comeau 0.06 0.99 0.93 149 N.J A Greene 0.06 1.07 1.00 150 WSH A Semin 0.06 1.03 0.97 151 BOS S Thornton 0.06 0.90 0.85 152 OTT M Fisher 0.06 1.02 0.96 153 L.A P O'sullivan 0.05 1.09 1.04 154 MTL A Kastsitsyn 0.05 1.00 0.95 155 DAL S Robidas 0.05 1.03 0.97 156 DAL B Morrow 0.05 1.02 0.97 157 MIN M Parrish 0.05 0.97 0.91 158 MIN B Radivojevic 0.05 0.94 0.88 159 DET A Lilja 0.05 1.00 0.96 160 ATL R Holik 0.05 0.99 0.94 161 TOR I White 0.05 1.07 1.02 162 DET J Franzen 0.05 1.01 0.97 163 NYI C Campoli 0.05 0.94 0.89 164 NYI J Vasicek 0.05 0.98 0.93 165 NYR M Staal 0.05 1.00 0.95 166 TOR H Gill 0.05 0.96 0.91 167 BUF H Tallinder 0.05 1.07 1.02 168 COL M Hejduk 0.05 1.01 0.96 169 NSH V Koistinen 0.04 1.08 1.03 170 NSH S Weber 0.04 1.03 0.99 171 ATL J Slater 0.04 1.06 1.03 172 STL K Tkachuk 0.04 1.03 0.99 173 PIT P Sykora 0.04 0.97 0.93 174 PHX S Doan 0.04 1.06 1.02 175 MTL S Koivu 0.04 1.03 0.99 176 S.J C Ehrhoff 0.04 1.01 0.97 177 MIN B Burns 0.04 1.05 1.01 178 MIN E Belanger 0.04 1.04 1.00 179 CHI M Lapointe 0.04 0.91 0.87 180 ATL T Enstrom 0.04 1.03 0.99 181 BUF J Spacek 0.04 1.04 1.00 182 S.J C Rivet 0.04 1.05 1.01 183 PHI R Jones 0.04 1.06 1.02 184 PHI M Knuble 0.04 0.97 0.93 185 T.B V Prospal 0.04 1.07 1.02 186 OTT C Neil 0.04 0.93 0.89 187 TOR N Antropov 0.04 1.00 0.97 188 BUF A Kotalik 0.04 0.90 0.86 189 BUF M Ryan 0.04 0.95 0.90 190 BOS Z Chara 0.04 1.07 1.03 191 L.A B Stuart 0.03 1.11 1.07 192 L.A M Cammalleri 0.03 1.03 1.00 193 L.A T Preissing 0.03 1.00 0.98 194 FLA O Jokinen 0.03 1.08 1.05 195 FLA C Murphy 0.03 0.97 0.93 196 ATL E Perrin 0.03 1.02 0.99 197 FLA B Mclean 0.03 1.06 1.03 198 EDM J Pitkanen 0.03 1.08 1.05 199 PHX S Reinprecht 0.03 1.01 0.97 200 TOR D Tucker 0.03 0.98 0.95 201 CBJ G Brule 0.03 1.02 0.99 202 S.J P Marleau 0.03 1.02 0.99 203 DAL M Niskanen 0.03 1.06 1.03 204 T.B C Macdonald 0.03 1.04 1.01 205 S.J J Cheechoo 0.03 1.01 0.98 206 OTT C Schubert 0.03 1.15 1.12 207 NYI M Bergeron 0.03 1.05 1.03 208 BUF N Paetsch 0.03 0.92 0.89 209 ANA C Perry 0.02 1.01 0.98 210 L.A D Brown 0.02 0.96 0.94 211 FLA R Zednik 0.02 0.94 0.92 212 CBJ R Hainsey 0.02 1.03 1.01 213 CAR E Cole 0.02 1.01 0.99 214 ATL C Thorburn 0.02 0.95 0.93 215 STL B Boyes 0.02 1.05 1.04 216 STL J Mckee 0.02 1.01 0.99 217 PHX D Carcillo 0.02 0.97 0.95 218 PHX R Vrbata 0.02 1.05 1.03 219 EDM T Gilbert 0.02 1.08 1.06 220 PIT C Armstrong 0.02 1.04 1.02 221 PIT M Talbot 0.02 0.95 0.93 222 S.J M Michalek 0.02 0.98 0.96 223 DAL N Grossman 0.02 0.98 0.96 224 T.B B Richards 0.02 1.00 0.98 225 CHI D Keith 0.02 1.06 1.04 226 MIN M Skoula 0.02 1.01 0.99 227 DET N Lidstrom 0.02 1.01 1.00 228 DET C Chelios 0.02 1.00 0.98 229 NYI A Hilbert 0.02 0.97 0.96 230 BUF J Pominville 0.02 1.02 1.00 231 BUF J Hecht 0.02 1.04 1.02 232 CAR F Kaberle 0.02 0.97 0.94 233 NYR D Girardi 0.02 1.03 1.01 234 NYR M Rozsival 0.02 1.03 1.01 235 NYR S Gomez 0.02 1.09 1.07 236 ATL K Klee 0.02 0.99 0.98 237 OTT A Meszaros 0.02 1.05 1.03 238 BOS G Metropolit 0.02 1.05 1.03 239 NYI T Hunter 0.02 1.06 1.04 240 NYI A Sutton 0.02 0.97 0.95 241 WSH T Fleischmann 0.02 1.00 0.99 242 OTT R Robitaille 0.02 0.97 0.95 243 CGY S Yelle 0.01 0.87 0.86 244 WSH B Gordon 0.01 0.92 0.90 245 CAR E Staal 0.01 1.07 1.06 246 PIT J Staal 0.01 1.03 1.01 247 CHI J Wisniewski 0.01 0.94 0.93 248 STL B Jackman 0.01 1.01 1.00 249 T.B M Lundin 0.01 1.05 1.04 250 WSH J Schultz 0.01 0.92 0.91 251 OTT D Heatley 0.01 1.05 1.04 252 NYR P Prucha 0.01 0.92 0.90 253 T.B D Janik 0.01 0.95 0.94 254 MTL C Higgins 0.01 1.04 1.03 255 BOS P Kessel 0.01 1.03 1.02 256 NYI R Fedotenko 0.01 0.99 0.97 257 BOS P Axelsson 0.01 0.99 0.98 258 FLA J Cullimore 0.01 0.97 0.96 259 ANA C Pronger 0.00 0.98 0.98 260 CGY A Aucoin 0.00 0.96 0.95 261 NSH S Nichol 0.00 0.98 0.99 262 PHX P Mueller 0.00 1.06 1.07 263 FLA J Bouwmeester 0.00 1.02 1.02 264 PIT D Sydor 0.00 1.07 1.07 265 PIT G Laraque 0.00 0.97 0.97 266 TOR K Wellwood 0.00 0.85 0.85 267 MTL B Smolinski 0.00 1.02 1.02 268 MTL M Ryder 0.00 1.02 1.03 269 DAL K Barch 0.00 0.93 0.93 270 T.B M Darche 0.00 0.93 0.93 271 COL B Clark 0.00 1.08 1.09 272 DAL S Zubov 0.00 1.02 1.02 273 N.J D Clarkson 0.00 0.95 0.96 274 CGY A Eriksson 0.00 1.01 1.01 275 PHI R Umberger 0.00 1.02 1.02 276 NYR F Tyutin 0.00 1.02 1.02 277 ATL I Kovalchuk 0.00 0.98 0.97 278 N.J S Brylin 0.00 0.89 0.88 279 NYI M Comrie 0.00 1.04 1.04 280 CHI B Sopel 0.00 1.00 1.00 281 NYI M Sillinger 0.00 1.03 1.03 282 ANA T Marchant -0.01 0.99 1.01 283 EDM M Reasoner -0.01 0.94 0.95 284 MTL J Gorges -0.01 0.90 0.91 285 COL K Skrastins -0.01 1.00 1.02 286 TOR M Stajan -0.01 0.99 0.99 287 TOR T Kaberle -0.01 1.04 1.05 288 PIT T Kennedy -0.01 0.97 0.98 289 CHI J Toews -0.01 1.01 1.02 290 CBJ D Fritsche -0.01 1.05 1.06 291 CHI B Seabrook -0.01 1.01 1.02 292 NSH D Hamhuis -0.01 1.04 1.05 293 NSH V Fiddler -0.01 0.99 0.99 294 OTT D Alfredsson -0.01 0.96 0.97 295 OTT J Spezza -0.01 1.02 1.02 296 CAR R Brind'amour -0.01 0.92 0.93 297 N.J D Zubrus -0.01 0.99 1.00 298 N.J J Oduya -0.01 0.95 0.97 299 PHI S Hartnell -0.01 0.90 0.91 300 PHI S Kapanen -0.01 0.97 0.98 301 BOS M Stuart -0.01 0.96 0.97 302 ANA K Huskins -0.02 0.92 0.94 303 NSH J Ortmeyer -0.02 0.85 0.86 304 CBJ R Klesla -0.02 0.96 0.98 305 CAR C Larose -0.02 0.95 0.97 306 CAR T Gleason -0.02 0.91 0.93 307 PHX N Boynton -0.02 0.98 1.00 308 PIT K Letang -0.02 1.00 1.02 309 MTL S Kastsitsyn -0.02 0.95 0.97 310 CHI Y Perreault -0.02 0.92 0.94 311 NSH J Dumont -0.02 1.02 1.04 312 MIN S Veilleux -0.02 0.95 0.97 313 BUF T Lydman -0.02 1.01 1.03 314 NYR P Mara -0.02 0.96 0.99 315 T.B N Tarnasky -0.02 0.92 0.95 316 ATL A Zhitnik -0.02 1.04 1.06 317 BOS M Savard -0.02 1.08 1.10 318 NYI M Satan -0.02 0.99 1.01 319 L.A J Modry -0.03 0.94 0.98 320 L.A M Handzus -0.03 0.97 1.00 321 FLA V Peltonen -0.03 0.98 1.02 322 CGY C Conroy -0.03 0.99 1.02 323 CAR D Seidenberg -0.03 1.02 1.05 324 FLA N Horton -0.03 1.05 1.08 325 PIT R Scuderi -0.03 0.89 0.91 326 S.J S Bernier -0.03 0.91 0.94 327 T.B A Karlsson -0.03 0.82 0.85 328 COL J Finger -0.03 0.93 0.96 329 COL A Brunette -0.03 1.00 1.02 330 MIN M Gaborik -0.03 1.04 1.07 331 DET V Filppula -0.03 0.94 0.97 332 OTT A Vermette -0.03 0.98 1.02 333 OTT C Kelly -0.03 0.88 0.91 334 TOR A Steen -0.03 1.01 1.04 335 BUF D Stafford -0.03 0.94 0.97 336 N.J V Vishnevski -0.03 0.94 0.97 337 NYR B Betts -0.03 0.89 0.92 338 PHI K Timonen -0.03 0.96 0.99 339 DAL T Daley -0.03 0.98 1.01 340 CAR A Ladd -0.03 0.93 0.96 341 TOR B Devereaux -0.03 0.96 0.98 342 N.J A Asham -0.03 0.94 0.98 343 CBJ A Foote -0.03 0.96 0.99 344 VAN A Miller -0.03 0.94 0.98 345 FLA B Mezei -0.04 0.98 1.02 346 NSH D Hordichuk -0.04 0.78 0.82 347 STL C Backman -0.04 0.94 0.97 348 ANA R Niedermayer -0.04 0.98 1.02 349 EDM J Stoll -0.04 0.97 1.01 350 PIT R Whitney -0.04 1.03 1.06 351 COL R Smyth -0.04 0.99 1.04 352 FLA B Allen -0.04 0.94 0.98 353 ATL S Mccarthy -0.04 0.98 1.02 354 ATL E Boulton -0.04 0.90 0.94 355 WSH M Bradley -0.04 0.97 1.01 356 BUF B Campbell -0.04 1.00 1.04 357 NYR R Callahan -0.04 1.00 1.03 358 CAR B Hedican -0.04 1.10 1.15 359 ATL B Larsen -0.04 0.91 0.94 360 ANA F Beauchemin -0.05 1.05 1.10 361 CGY D Phaneuf -0.05 1.08 1.13 362 CBJ M Malhotra -0.05 0.97 1.02 363 CAR C Stillman -0.05 0.91 0.96 364 FLA G Campbell -0.05 0.95 1.00 365 PIT E Christensen -0.05 0.93 0.98 366 DAL N Hagman -0.05 1.07 1.13 367 DAL S Ott -0.05 0.92 0.97 368 OTT N Foligno -0.05 0.85 0.90 369 NYR B Shanahan -0.05 1.03 1.08 370 NYR S Avery -0.05 0.97 1.02 371 BOS J Reich -0.05 0.95 1.00 372 CBJ M Peca -0.05 0.96 1.01 373 EDM Z Stortini -0.05 0.90 0.95 374 CBJ J Hejda -0.06 0.99 1.04 375 CBJ D Vyborny -0.06 0.84 0.90 376 CBJ J Boll -0.06 0.89 0.94 377 EDM S Staios -0.06 0.96 1.02 378 VAN M Raymond -0.06 0.95 1.01 379 PHX F Sjostrom -0.06 0.95 1.01 380 PHX D Morris -0.06 0.97 1.04 381 TOR B Mccabe -0.06 0.97 1.03 382 EDM L Smid -0.06 0.90 0.96 383 STL R Johnson -0.06 0.93 0.99 384 COL I Laperriere -0.06 0.88 0.95 385 MIN N Schultz -0.06 0.97 1.03 386 CGY C Sarich -0.06 0.95 1.01 387 PHI J Smith -0.06 0.92 0.98 388 T.B V Lecavalier -0.06 1.03 1.10 389 T.B A Roy -0.06 0.86 0.91 390 T.B B Lukowich -0.06 0.89 0.95 391 BOS A Ward -0.06 0.92 0.98 392 T.B M St. Louis -0.06 1.00 1.06 393 BUF N Pratt -0.06 0.87 0.93 394 L.A R Blake -0.07 0.97 1.04 395 L.A K Calder -0.07 0.88 0.96 396 L.A A Kopitar -0.07 0.98 1.05 397 CGY R Regehr -0.07 0.92 0.99 398 WSH D Steckel -0.07 0.90 0.97 399 STL E Brewer -0.07 0.95 1.02 400 MTL M Komisarek -0.07 1.00 1.07 401 PIT B Orpik -0.07 0.93 1.00 402 MTL M Lapierre -0.07 0.89 0.95 403 DAL J Halpern -0.07 0.92 0.98 404 T.B C Gratton -0.07 0.96 1.03 405 COL B Guite -0.07 0.93 1.01 406 MIN P Demitra -0.07 1.05 1.12 407 EDM S Gagner -0.07 0.96 1.02 408 DAL M Modano -0.07 1.04 1.11 409 CAR G Wesley -0.07 0.90 0.98 410 N.J M Rupp -0.07 0.86 0.93 411 PHI L Kukkonen -0.07 0.98 1.06 412 TOR P Kubina -0.07 1.00 1.06 413 BOS A Ference -0.07 0.98 1.05 414 BUF A Mair -0.07 0.93 1.00 415 OTT L Richardson -0.07 0.92 0.99 416 DET B Rafalski -0.07 0.99 1.06 417 FLA R Salei -0.08 0.96 1.03 418 WSH B Laich -0.08 0.96 1.04 419 CAR T Letowski -0.08 0.87 0.95 420 COL K Sauer -0.08 0.92 1.00 421 MTL G Latendresse -0.08 0.88 0.96 422 NSH R Bonk -0.08 0.88 0.96 423 WSH S Morrisonn -0.08 0.96 1.04 424 DET A Downey -0.08 0.89 0.97 425 BUF D Paille -0.08 0.95 1.03 426 BUF P Gaustad -0.08 0.87 0.95 427 BUF D Kalinin -0.08 0.91 0.99 428 FLA J Stumpel -0.09 0.83 0.93 429 ATL G Exelby -0.09 0.90 0.99 430 COL J Hlinka -0.09 1.05 1.14 431 S.J M Vlasic -0.09 0.92 1.01 432 MIN K Johnsson -0.09 0.92 1.02 433 S.J K Mclaren -0.09 1.02 1.11 434 ATL N Havelid -0.09 0.98 1.07 435 PHI D Hatcher -0.09 1.03 1.12 436 OTT D Mcammond -0.09 0.79 0.88 437 BOS C Kobasew -0.09 0.92 1.00 438 DAL S Barnes -0.09 0.88 0.97 439 CGY M Lombardi -0.10 0.99 1.09 440 NSH D Legwand -0.10 0.97 1.07 441 STL J Mcclement -0.10 0.91 1.01 442 PHX M Tjarnqvist -0.10 0.88 0.98 443 CBJ J Chimera -0.10 1.05 1.14 444 CBJ O Tollefsen -0.10 0.91 1.01 445 DET B Lebda -0.10 0.99 1.09 446 NYI B Gervais -0.10 0.98 1.08 447 CAR M Cullen -0.10 1.05 1.14 448 PHI D Briere -0.10 0.97 1.07 449 WSH D Brashear -0.10 0.79 0.89 450 BOS P Schaefer -0.10 1.00 1.10 451 NYI R Park -0.10 0.98 1.08 452 NSH G De Vries -0.10 0.95 1.05 453 MIN T Fedoruk -0.10 0.96 1.07 454 ANA T Bertuzzi -0.11 0.88 0.98 455 STL J Mayers -0.11 0.90 1.02 456 PHX M York -0.11 0.86 0.98 457 COL S Hannan -0.11 0.97 1.08 458 S.J M Grier -0.11 0.99 1.09 459 PHI J Lupul -0.11 0.94 1.05 460 N.J M Mottau -0.11 0.98 1.09 461 NYI B Guerin -0.11 0.99 1.10 462 BOS G Murray -0.11 0.96 1.07 463 NYI B Witt -0.11 0.97 1.08 464 ANA T Moen -0.12 0.91 1.03 465 CGY D Boyd -0.12 1.04 1.17 466 PHX K Ballard -0.12 0.91 1.04 467 CHI P Sharp -0.12 0.98 1.10 468 S.J D Murray -0.12 0.88 1.00 469 DAL A Miettinen -0.12 0.91 1.03 470 OTT C Phillips -0.12 0.90 1.03 471 N.J R Pelley -0.12 0.85 0.97 472 PHI R Cote -0.12 0.77 0.89 473 ANA S O'donnell -0.13 0.89 1.03 474 MTL A Markov -0.13 1.03 1.16 475 DAL M Norstrom -0.13 0.92 1.05 476 VAN S Salo -0.13 0.94 1.06 477 T.B J Ward -0.14 0.83 0.97 478 WSH M Jurcina -0.14 0.87 1.01 479 BUF A Peters -0.14 0.89 1.03 480 NYR C Drury -0.14 0.96 1.10 481 NYR C Orr -0.14 0.80 0.95 482 CGY M Smith -0.14 0.76 0.90 483 NYI B Berard -0.14 0.95 1.09 484 EDM F Pisani -0.14 0.92 1.06 485 L.A R Ivanans -0.15 0.81 0.96 486 STL B Salvador -0.15 0.85 1.00 487 PIT J Ruutu -0.15 0.84 0.99 488 CHI R Bourque -0.15 0.94 1.09 489 S.J T Mitchell -0.15 0.88 1.03 490 STL D Hinote -0.15 0.78 0.93 491 NYR J Strudwick -0.15 0.85 1.01 492 DET T Kopecky -0.15 0.89 1.04 493 VAN W Mitchell -0.16 0.92 1.08 494 CHI A Burish -0.16 0.83 0.99 495 T.B S O'brien -0.16 0.97 1.13 496 VAN M Cooke -0.16 0.85 1.01 497 DET K Draper -0.16 0.84 1.00 498 OTT A Volchenkov -0.16 0.85 1.01 499 WSH M Pettinger -0.17 0.88 1.05 500 TOR C Kilger -0.17 0.90 1.07 501 EDM A Cogliano -0.17 0.98 1.15 502 ATL T White -0.17 0.87 1.04 503 TOR A Wozniewski -0.17 0.94 1.11 504 L.A J Johnson -0.18 0.94 1.12 505 WSH J Erskine -0.18 0.86 1.04 506 MTL M Dandenault -0.18 0.94 1.12 507 S.J P Rissmiller -0.18 0.88 1.06 508 CAR N Wallin -0.18 0.88 1.06 509 N.J J Pandolfo -0.18 0.87 1.05 510 PHI J Dowd -0.18 0.83 1.01 511 DET D Drake -0.19 0.84 1.03 512 NYR R Hollweg -0.19 0.76 0.95 513 BOS P Nokelainen -0.19 0.83 1.02 514 L.A S Thornton -0.20 0.84 1.04 515 CGY E Godard -0.20 0.74 0.94 516 TOR J Tlusty -0.20 0.77 0.98 517 CBJ J Novotny -0.20 0.87 1.08 518 CAR J Hamilton -0.20 0.85 1.05 519 NSH G Zanon -0.21 0.86 1.07 520 VAN B Ritchie -0.22 0.90 1.12 521 N.J J Madden -0.23 0.90 1.13 522 L.A J Giuliano -0.24 0.73 0.97 523 ANA S Pahlsson -0.24 0.86 1.10 524 ANA B May -0.26 0.71 0.98 525 NSH J Smithson -0.26 0.69 0.95 526 VAN T Linden -0.26 0.93 1.20 527 DET K Maltby -0.27 0.78 1.04 528 MIN A Voros -0.27 0.83 1.11 529 N.J C White -0.29 0.83 1.12 530 ATL M Recchi -0.30 0.84 1.13 531 PIT A Hall -0.31 0.70 1.01 532 FLA T Glass -0.33 0.70 1.02

Shot Quality 2008

As at least one person noticed I made a few major adjustments to my shot quality model. Some people may have noticed Detroit shots weren't scoring as often as the model predicted this year. As it turns out all of Detroits shots that were deemed "high quality" occurred at home, likely meaning the home scorer are measuring and evaluating shots differently than most teams (shots were deemed 40% more likely to go in then they should have). The Islanders were in a similar situation (possibly sharing scorers from the Rangers). The Rangers were still be under adjusted from previous seasons so I bumped that one a little bit more.

I removed a few minor factors from other teams that appeared to hurt rather than help the model. As a result, Detroits goaltending looks a lot worse (makes sense, since Hasek is 40+ and Osgood is not known as an amazing goalie). I was disappointed to DiPietro's numbers fall, but that's how it will have to be for now.

You can see the changes @ my site.

Detailed shift charts - 2008

Some people may remember my old detailed shift charts from last season. The goal of these charts is to show who is just a part of a strong (or weak team) and who is making a difference (either positive or negative).

If all you care about are results than just look at the last row called average for the player you are interested in. 1.14 suggests the player scores (or has scored against him) 14% more goals then one would be expected when you consider who he plays with. Similarly, 0.86 suggest the player scores (or has scored against him) 14% fewer goals then one would expect when you consider who he plays with. Remember these are only for even strength. For example Daniel Sedin has 9% more goals then one would expect and 14% fewer goals against.

Here's the data:
Northwest
Vancouver Canucks
Minnesota Wild
Edmonton Oilers
Colorado Avalanche
Calgary Flames
Central
St. Louis Blues
Nashville Predators
Detroit Red Wings
Columbus Blue Jackets
Chicago Blackhawks
Pacific
San Jose Sharks
Phoenix Coyotes
Los Angeles Kings
Dallas Stars
Anaheim Ducks
Atlantic
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast
Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs
Southeast
Atlanta Thrashers
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Washington Capitals

A quick explanation of the short forms:

• Time% - this represents the percentage of the row player's ice time that column player played with the row player. [(row and column time)/(row time)]
  
• +% - this represents the percentage of the row player's goals for that column player had with the row player [(row and column goals for)/(row goals for)]
• -% - this represents the percentage of the row player's goals against that column player had with the row player [(row and column goals against)/(row goals against)]
• +R = +%/Time%
• -R = -%/Time%
• Time measured in seconds.

Playoff Race

Eastern Playoff Race

Since my previous article about the Eastern playoff race two teams predicted to have an easy time getting in have tanked. Ottawa has gone 3-8 (2-3 in OT) and Philadelphia has gone 5-9 (1-3 OT), however Canadiens and the Devils have now statistically secured their spot (>95% chance they'll make the playoffs if every game were a coin toss) and the Penguins are one win away from the same thing. Ottawa still stands an excellent chance of making the playoffs, but Philadelphia has joined the bubble teams.

Rangers and Bruins are pretty close to being locked in as my numbers show >90% chance of making the playoffs.

The Bubble teams
Bruins - As long as Thomas doesn't start they might be ok. They're having major issues, but they don't need to be amazing to make the playoffs, just get by so I don't see them falling out at this point.
Flyers - 7 losses in a row will take you from a playoff spot to almost out. After such a great start they now have a 25% chance of missing the playoffs. Still 75% chance of making it isn't that bad.
Hurricanes - Just have to win the division
Sabres - Odds don't look so good for them. They'll have to have a great March to even have a chance. (30% chance to make playoffs)
Washington - Must catch Hurricanes. They had a good chance of making the playoffs until Carolina acquired Corvo (9 points in 11 games), then it was over...

The rest are out!
There are two Boston - Buffalo games at the end of season, for Buffalo it could come down to having to win both of those games.
There are also two Carolina - Washington games left to be played at the end of the season.

Western Conference
There are four teams that are currently guaranteed to make the playoffs: Sharks, Stars, Wings, Ducks. [Note: Ducks are 16-8 (3-2 OT) since Janaury 1st]

Bubble teams [Northwest plus Chicago and Nashville minus Oilers]
Flames, Minnesota, Avalanche, Canucks - It's anyone's guess as to which of these four teams will make the playoffs, however keep in mind there are about 7 game in the last three weeks for each of these teams against each other. The most likely situation is that 3 out of these 4 are in.
Nashville - Need to pick it up if they want to catch the Northwest.
Chicago - I'm amazed they're still in the race. Still have a long way to go, but 3 wins in a row against strong teams is a great start.

Meet Craig Anderson

On March 2, Craig Anderson accomplished a major feat: he stopped all 53 shots he saw in the 1-0 win in New York. The previous high shot shutout in the last 3 or 4 seasons was 46 shots performed by Johnson in a 1-0 win against Ottawa.

This got me wondering, how many greater than 40 shot shutouts there are in a regular season?

Since I've been collecting data there's been less than 10. What's interesting is the goalies who have done it aren't what most would consider the top 10 goalies in the NHL (Anderson is just a backup).

2003 - 2004
Aubin: 4-0 W vs. Dallas [45 Shots]
Luongo: 1-0 W vs. Columbus [42 shots]
2005 - 2006
Johnson: 1-0 W vs. Ottawa [46 shots]
Luongo: 5-0 W vs. Washington [44 Shots]
Thomas: 5-0 W vs. Ottawa [44 Shots]
2006 - 2007
Thomas: 3-0 W vs. Toronto [44 Shots]
Norrena: 3-0 W vs. Colorado [42 Shots]
Mason: 1-0 W vs. Colorado [42 Shots]
2007 - 2008
Anderson [53 Shots]

Anderson stopped 53 shots in a 1-0 victory over the Islanders on Sunday, the most in a shutout since shots on goal started being kept in the 1955-56 season.

Since 1989-90, it's the most saves in consecutive shutouts; current Wing Dominik Hasek made 75 saves for Buffalo in December 1997, according to STATS LLC.

- freep.com -

Anderson was drafted in the third round and not expected to be much more than a backup. However, in his short stint in the NHL [73 games]. His .894 is decent for such a young goalie. And it's worth noting that in his bad year with Chicago (29 games: 0.886 Save%) he wasn't as bad as his statistics suggest as Chicago isn't exactly the most defensively responsible team.

Anderson has now stopped 133 of last 134 shots he's faced in the last three games.

Stuart and Bergeron

Stuart was traded for two RFA's (1st round pick Kobasew and 6th round Ferrence) last season. LA practically gave him away for a third round draft pick from Detroit this season. I have a strange feeling Stuart wont be coming back to LA in the summer...

Last season, Bergeron was shipped along with a third round pick for the first round pick Grebeshkov. This season he was stolen from the Islanders for a Third round pick (Essentially the Islanders got two third round draft picks for Grebeshkov and the services of Bergeron for a year).


As an aside, I recently wrote an article about Stuart's winning percentage. Now Stuart has a real good team to play on and a chance to improve his winning percentage, but don't count on it. Detroit should be able to better protect him and use him less compared to his past teams (Stuart will probably rank 4th on Detroit's depth chart when the team is healthy) and this should help him improve his game.

Western Domination of the Eastern Conference.

The Record (W-L-T)

There always seems to be a few stories about how good the West is compared to the East in the few cross conference games we see each season. Since the new schedule of change , there have been fewer than 400 cross-conference game. Below I have the data I consider important about these games. The first table show the record for the western teams vs. the eastern conferences split into two groups home (H) and away (A). I've included the west vs. west figures for one season in the row below for comparison.

Some people have suggested the domination is a result of the eastern teams playing in a different time zones and traveling farther than normal, but as you can see from the table above the western teams do only 3% better at home and 9% on the road compared to the normal home-away advantage. Also worth noting, the home-away advantage is smaller for the inter conference games than the west vs. east games.

The statistics

The statistic that best correlates with winning is goal differential, but there are several ways to get to the same goal differential. Below is a table that presents what I consider the most important statistics in hockey for these west vs. east games. Like above, the table is split into home/away games.

[S = Shots, G = Goals, EG = Expected goals (based on shots on goals), SQN = shot quality neutral save percentage]

The most interesting portion of this table is the fact that the east is actually significantly better at getting short handed goals, but these goals seem to costing them power play goals against. It would appear that the east is encouraging offense at the cost of the powerplay goals against. It's hard to measure if this strategy is paying off though.

At home the west is getting 27% more expected goals against the east (15% more shots)

Some people have mentioned that goaltending is better in the west. This does not appear to be the case either as on average the east actually has better save percentage numbers.

None of the data can really clarify whether the west is better because of it's offense or it's defense, but it's worth noting the if the west played the east every game they'd have 9% more goals and if the east played the west every game they'd have 9% fewer goals! So if they split the season evenly the east would be down by about 5% and the west up by about 5%.

Note: The data is a couple weeks old.

Stillman for Corvo...

First off, this trade appears to be started by the Carolina Hurricanes. If you take a look through all the NHL teams at this time, Carolina’s top defenseman has the fewest points for a team’s top D-man (12). In fact Commodore is 1 of 4 defenseman with 12 points. The next worse team’s top D-man has 17 points and most teams have 1 defenseman who has at least 24 points. Carolina was in desperate need for a offensive defenseman. The problem for Carolina, not many teams give up their offensive defenseman very quickly. If Carolina wants to have a good chance to make the playoffs they need a decent offensive defenseman. Carolina asked for Corvo, Ottawa then asked for Stillman. The rest of the deal is simply making up for lost players (Ottawa needed to replace a defenseman and Carolina needed to replace a forward). Neither player is really a critical part of the team.

A lot of people like to point to one team and say they won in this trade, but in this situations both teams got what they needed without giving up something they really needed to keep. Carolina needed Corvo and Stillman was ranked 4th on the team in points, he isn't the most important part of Carolina's offense. Corvo, also has more points for Ottawa than the top two Carolina defenseman combined, but Ottawa still has Redden's offense and Meszaros isn't too far behind Corvo.

Either way it was a good deal for both teams. Like most trades should do, it made both teams better off.

Features added to website

Like last year I have my trade page up and running again.
I have also added a new feature that shows what players played in which games in a simple graphic format that makes it easy to see who got injured when and how long they were out for. It gives you an idea how many injuries a team has had. You can find it here.

South East Division Race

The race to win this competitive division is the challenging 86 point mark. No one team has taken the reigns of the lucrative position that takes the team from 9th place to 3rd. On the surface the race appears to be Washington vs. Carolina and it would appear that is Washington's to lose as Carolina is -20 in the last two month, in the same time Washington is a decent (for the South East) +7. I almost though Florida would join Washington with, but they were only able to get two regulation wins in January, which soured their chances substantially. If anyone thinks Atlanta will make the playoffs, then they're wrong. If Tampa Bay gets a real goaltender they might have a chance, but don't count on it.

So in conclusion, this race is Washington's to lose, but it's still close and any team could get the spot, by just being average.

Wester Conference race - 2008

Who's in:
Detroit, San Jose

Who is likely to be in:
Wild, Stars, Canucks, Flames, Ducks

This of course leaves room for the one extra Central team, either: Nashville, Columbus or St. Louis. My gut tells me it will be Columbus, due to their goaltending.

This leaves the teams below as unlikely candidates:
Avalanche, Coyotes.

Who's out
Blackhawks, Oilers, Kings.

Eastern Playoff race - 2008

We're at the point in the season where winners and losers become clear and the playoff teams and non-playoff teams become quite obvious. Before I start, I should note that these are expected results, if any one team goes on a great run or on a long losing streak results can be quite different.

Due to the nature of the eastern beast, I have decided not to include the South East division in the first part of the discussion, simply because they're special.

So for starters who's in:
Senators, Flyers, Canadiens, Devils, Penguins.

These teams have been playing well so far and now only need a 40% winning percentage (plus the free OT points) to make the playoffs

Bubble - Race
Bruins, Islanders, Sabres, Rangers. Two of these teams should make it in (the remaining Playoff team will come from the South East).

Why they'd make it:
Bruins: Bruins don't score many goals, so they're where they are because of goaltending and defense. (Chara, Wideman)
Islanders: DiPietro
Sabres: Balanced team, nothing stands out
Rangers: Lundqvist

Why they wont:
Bruins: -8 since the begining of December. And they should be a little more careful (injuries)
Islanders: Struggled recently, not sure if they'll get going any time soon.
Sabres: Things are looking quite bad for the Sabres. January they only have received two wins.
Rangers: Once they can score I might be able to say a ittle more.

It's hard to pick any two of the above teams, just because they're all struggling and if they keep that up there will be room for a second South East team.

Out
Sadly, there is only one team outside the South East who is out of the playoff picture already, for those who don't know: Maple Leafs

South East Division

Below is a table that shows the odds that a given team will be in a certain position in the NHL. The chart is built using all the point rules (tie breakers) and also with the divisional champion rules (as you can see by the funny gap at the 3rd spot, due to the terrible South East). The table is coded to be darker for higher probabilities and thus it is extremely readable. It is sorted by expected points.

T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 OTT 74% 19% 0% 4% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% N.J 13% 37% 1% 16% 15% 9% 4% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% PHI 5% 19% 1% 18% 20% 13% 10% 6% 5% 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% PIT 5% 17% 0% 18% 19% 16% 10% 7% 4% 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% MTL 3% 2% 0% 30% 19% 17% 11% 9% 5% 2% 2% 0% 1% 0% 0% BOS 0% 1% 0% 7% 11% 14% 20% 13% 12% 8% 6% 4% 3% 1% 1% NYI 0% 2% 0% 3% 6% 10% 12% 14% 13% 12% 8% 8% 6% 4% 3% BUF 0% 1% 0% 3% 5% 8% 15% 16% 12% 11% 9% 9% 7% 3% 3% CAR 0% 1% 44% 0% 0% 1% 2% 5% 9% 9% 8% 9% 6% 5% 2% NYR 0% 1% 0% 2% 4% 8% 9% 12% 15% 14% 11% 10% 8% 5% 2% WSH 0% 0% 19% 0% 0% 0% 2% 4% 7% 10% 11% 13% 13% 12% 8% ATL 0% 0% 16% 0% 0% 1% 2% 4% 6% 10% 13% 14% 14% 12% 7% FLA 0% 0% 16% 0% 0% 1% 2% 5% 7% 9% 14% 12% 11% 12% 10% TOR 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 4% 6% 7% 9% 16% 25% 30% T.B 0% 0% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 2% 5% 8% 11% 14% 21% 35%

What is interesting, is that the entire South East division is predicted to have too few points to be in the top 8 spots, but due to the divisional champion have secured at least one playoff spot. There will likely only be 1 team from the South East and it is possible that the team who makes it doesn't have enough points to make the playoffs (they will still make the playoffs due to the divisional champion rules).

How bad is the South East?
Currently every team is -10 or worse in terms of overall goal differential and the entire division is a -85. Carolina, the current divisional leader, has struggled since mid November and likely wont be able to maintain the nice #1 spot. It looks as though Washington is the one team able to keep its head above water since their lack luster start and could in fact make the playoffs.

A lot will be determined in March (another divisional game month) when these team will play eachother a bunch of times. It's hard to say what will happen.

Either way 6th spot may just be the best place to be in the upcoming Eastern playoff race as a team who would normally qualify for 8th or 9th slides into the 3rd spot to play that lucky 6th place team. Of course this 3rd place South East divisional winner has had quite a bit of success in the past (Carolina and Tampa Bay cup winners). It just seems strange to give such terrible teams that advantage.

Ovechkin Deal

There's been a lot of talk about the deal. I'd like to highlight one major point $124M/13 seasons is equivalent to $7.3M/season (in todays dollars) not $9.5M/season, due to escalating costs of salaries (assuming 4% growth). That $7.3M figure is the one the GM of Washington is looking at, of course he still has to deal with that wonderful $9.5M cap hit when the contract starts.

What I find interesting, is that Ovechkin has done nothing to improve Washington. Here's a guy 250 points in 206 games and -11. That's a lot of goals for, but also a lot of goals against [Ranked 4th worst in 06-07 total even strength minuses.]. Ovechkin is up there again this season, on pace for another dazzling -70 goals against at even strength. What sort of value does he really provide?

Ovechkin is part of a small group of players who in fact average over 5 shots per game, and it's a big reason for his success. The quality of his shots are lacking and so his percentages are low, but with all those shots you get quite a few goals (but you also loose the puck a lot).

The fact of the matter is Washington hasn't gone anywhere with Ovechkin, so this could be a long 13 years ahead of them as they got no defense to build on.

I'm glad my team didn't sign that contract.