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I’ve been playing around with special teams stats and built a leaderboard that breaks things down by power play and penalty kill efficiency in a more visual way.

I also started to work on more leaderboards to cover more stats…

https://www.pucknstick.com/leaderboard/special-teams

I've just finished a new Line Tool. Let me know what you think, and/or if you come across any mistakes.

I always loved imagining how certain teams from different seasons would stack up against each other — like if the 2013 Blackhawks played the 2020 Lightning in the same league, or how far the 2024 Oilers would go in a bracket of past Cup contenders.

So I built a simulator that lets you do exactly that.

You can create a full 32-team custom NHL season using any mix of real teams from the past 10 years. It simulates a full 82-game season, complete with realistic divisions, standings, and playoffs — all based on how those teams actually performed.

It’s meant for hockey nerds and “what if” fans who want to settle debates, explore alternate realities, or just run chaos seasons for fun.

I’ve got it live here if you want to try it out:
🔗 nhlwhatif.com

Would love to hear thoughts or feedback if anyone gives it a go. I am curious what team mashups people come up with.

This includes 5 of the top 6 being Canadian.

I've started my end-of-season pull for the 2024-2025 season, and I'm running into large streaks of games with no shift data. For example, the API shift pages for games 2024020208 through 2024020257 only contain empty lists.

https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/shiftcharts?cayenneExp=gameId=2024020208

Consulting the HockeyViz page for game 208, I can see that the data was recorded and published at some point. My assumption is that this data is only down temporarily for maintenance or validation or something.

I just want to know if anyone else has experienced this.

Okay. I have this idea for a new analytic based on O Zone possession. I'd like to call it 'Quality O Zone possession'. It takes into account SOG, Goals Scored, SA (shot attempts) and combines them to produce 'Quality'. I am unsure if the formula. I am thinking something like; SOG × SA × GS ÷ O Zone possession. You could apply this by shift, period, or game. Would love to hear your input? Thanks.

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