Introduction The idea with this post is to explain all my statistical work up until this point. Most of it has already been explained in previous articles, but I want to collect it all in one place. And also add some insight on the thought process behind the models. I’m hoping to write this asContinue reading “Hockey-Statistics”
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Season Preview: West Division
Components: Strengths and weaknesses Player impacts: Age and Experience: The model also adjusts for age and experience. Here’s the goal adjustments for these effects. The numbers are based on 82 games. Data from http://www.Evolving-Hockey.com and http://www.capfriendly.com
Season Preview: Central Division
Components: Strengths and weaknesses Player impacts: Age and Experience: The model also adjusts for age and experience. Here’s the goal adjustments for these effects. The numbers are based on 82 games. Data from http://www.Evolving-Hockey.com and http://www.capfriendly.com
Season Preview: East Division
Components: Strengths and weaknesses Player impacts: Age and Experience: The model also adjusts for age and experience. Here’s the goal adjustments for these effects. The numbers are based on 82 games. Data from http://www.Evolving-Hockey.com and http://www.capfriendly.com
Season Preview: North Division
Components: Strengths and weaknesses Player impacts: Age and Experience: The model also adjusts for age and experience. Here’s the goal adjustments for these effects. The numbers are based on 82 games. Data from http://www.Evolving-Hockey.com and http://www.capfriendly.com
Season Projections 20/21 – Updated
The previous season projections can be found here. There are a few important things to be aware of when interpreting the model. Important notes and updates: The previous projection had a mistake in the goaltender projections, but this is fixed now. The updated model is based on lineups (including taxi squad) from http://www.capfriendly.com/depth-charts. Players onContinue reading “Season Projections 20/21 – Updated”
Season Projections – First draft
Here’s my first season projections. The plan is to do an analysis of each division in greater detail, but there are still a few changes I would like to make. I will get back to that later. Updated data: Before we get started, its important to note that I have updated the data behind theContinue reading “Season Projections – First draft”
Building the game projection model
Abstract: In the previous article I laid the groundwork for my game projection model. Now I will use the actual starting lineups and add in season adjustments using the ELO ranking principle. The data used in this article is from the 2016/2017 season to the 2019/2020 season. Finding the starting lineups: I used Evolving-Hockey’s ShiftContinue reading “Building the game projection model”
Converting season projections to game Projections
Abstract: The goal in this article is to convert my projection model (Read more here and here) from season projections into game projections. From season projections to game projections: The model as it stands right now uses p-sGAA to project team strength. I want to convert that into Win%, which is the projected number ofContinue reading “Converting season projections to game Projections”
Evaluating the projection model
Abstract: The goal here is to compare my projection model (read more here and here) to other models out there. All of my projections below are made well after the games were played, so the true test of the model will be its performance this upcoming season. The model is the same for all tenContinue reading “Evaluating the projection model”
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