Pens / Flyers - Series Stats

Jonathan Farzalo | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday May 21, 2008

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers Series Stats

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Pens / Rags - Series Stats

Jonathan Farzalo | Inside The Numbers

Monday May 5, 2008

Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers Series Stats

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Players Salary vs Playoff Production

Jonathan Farzalo | Inside The Numbers

Monday April 28, 2008

I constantly hear people calling out Marian Hossa. “He is a choker. He can not play in the playoffs. He is overpaid. He is going to command too much for his production. He is a Maid Marian.”

So I got to thinking.

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Pens / Sens - Series Stats

Jonathan Farzalo | Inside The Numbers

Thursday April 17, 2008

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators Series Stats

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NHL Power Rankings (4/2)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday April 2, 2008

Setting sail: Boston, Minnesota
Sinking ships: Vancouver, Calgary, New Jersey

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NHL Power Rankings (3/25)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday March 25, 2008

Setting sail: Florida, Washington, Pittsburgh, Detroit
Sinking ships: Dallas, Boston, Colorado

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NHL Power Rankings (3/19)

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday March 19, 2008

Setting Sail: Minnesota, Washington
Sinking Ships: Calgary, Vancouver, Dallas

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NHL Power Rankings (3/15)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Saturday March 15, 2008

Setting sail: Colorado, San Jose, Detroit
Sinking ships: Boston, NY Islanders, Nashville

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The Pens at the 70-Game Mark

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday March 11, 2008

I break the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season into 5-game segments and compare them to where they stood last year. Here is how things look at the 70-game mark.

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Tracking Crosby's Absence

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday March 4, 2008

Sidney Crosby was injured on January 18. At the time, the Pens stood as follows:

Atlantic Division: Tied for first with New Jersey
Eastern Conference: Fourth place, 9 points behind Ottawa
Points ahead of ninth place team: 6

Since Crosby went down, the Pens are 11-6-4. How has that impacted their standings?

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NHL Power Rankings (3/4)

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday March 4, 2008

Setting sail: Chicago, Anaheim, Carolina
Sinking ships: Detroit, Colorado, Buffalo, Minnesota, Tampa Bay

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NHL Power Rankings (2/12)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday February 12, 2008

Setting Sail: Buffalo, Dallas, NY Rangers, Florida
Sinking Ships: Philadelphia, Montreal, NY Islanders

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How Have the Pens Fared Sans Sid?

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Monday February 11, 2008

Sidney Crosby was injured on Friday, January 18. A look at the numbers shows just how well this team has been playing without Crosby.

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Statistically, Playoffs A Near Lock For Pens

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday February 6, 2008

If statistics told the entire story, the season would end now and the Pittsburgh Penguins would be in the playoffs. But they don’t, and so the season must go on. Nevertheless, it’s interesting to see that the Penguins have just over an 89% chance at advancing to the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

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Interesting Stat Shows The Cost Per Save

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday February 5, 2008

“Cost per save” is a pretty good indicator of how valuable a goalie is to a team in terms of stopping power, as well as “bang for buck”…or “stop for buck”!

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Two Crosby-Less Weeks--Not TOO Bad

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Friday February 1, 2008

On this, the two-week “anniversary” of Sidney Crosby’s dreaded high ankle sprain, it is appropriate to take a look at how the Pens have fared since then.

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NHL Power Rankings (1/30)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Thursday January 31, 2008

Setting sail: Boston, Nashville, Montreal
Sinking ships: St. Louis, NY Islanders, Vancouver, Ottawa

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Interesting Evgeni Malkin Numbers

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday January 22, 2008

Evgeni Malkin has a very interesting home/road statistical split against the Flyers.

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Penguins Vs The Eastern Conference

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday January 22, 2008

The Pittsburgh Penguins now occupy first place in the Atlantic Division and second place in the Eastern Conference, but the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers are hot on their trail.

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Penguins Have 3 In "The Top 30 In 30"

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday January 16, 2008

James Mirtle put together a look at the NHL’s top 30 players — 10 forwards, 10 defensemen, and 10 goalies — over the last 30 days. Not surprisingly, the Pittsburgh Penguins are represented in all three categories.

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Penguins Vs. The Eastern Conference

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday January 15, 2008

Last week the Pittsburgh Penguins were in the midst of a six-game winning streak that had pushed them to second in the Atlantic and fourth in the East. Not much has changed.

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Penguins Vs. The Eastern Conference

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Monday January 7, 2008

The Eastern Conference playoff race is beginning to take shape, and the Pittsburgh Penguins quickly are becoming one of the top players.

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NHL Power Rankings (1/3)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Thursday January 3, 2008

Like many of you, we took a little hiatus over the holiday. But the Faceoff Factor Power rankings return today, and there has been a bit of a shakeup.

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The Pens At the 35-Game Point

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday December 26, 2007

I break the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season into 5-game segments and compare them to where they stood last year. Here is how things look at the 35-game mark, which occurred before the Boston game.

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Power Rankings (12/20)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Thursday December 20, 2007

Not a good week for the Atlantic, what with Phoenix running roughshod through the division.

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Special Teams Action Ratings

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday December 18, 2007

The updated Special Teams Action Ratings (STAR) show that the Pittsburgh Penguins have fallen from the top tier to the middle of the pack. See how the other teams rank inside.

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Penguins Vs. The Eastern Conference

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Monday December 17, 2007

The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to run with the big dogs despite a slow start and the loss of starting goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. See how the stack up inside.

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The Pens At the 30-Game Point

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday December 12, 2007

How do the Pens compare to last year after 30 games?

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NHL Power Rankings (12/12)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday December 12, 2007

Riding high: Detroit, Pittsburgh, Toronto
Flailing: Rangers, Montreal, Tampa Bay

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NHL Power Rankings (11/28)

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Wednesday November 28, 2007

Dallas has made a huge jump to the top, though Vancouver actually rose the most. Chicago also is red hot. Cold teams include Colorado, Columbus, and Los Angeles.

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Penguins Average Time On Ice Per Game

Matt Bodenschatz | Inside The Numbers

Friday November 9, 2007

Several Pittsburgh Penguins seem to be getting too much ice time, while others don’t seem to be getting enough.

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Week 5 Power Rankings

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Tuesday November 6, 2007

Today, we introduce the Faceoff Factor Power Rankings. Check out where your team ranks.

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Special Teams Action Ratings

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Monday November 5, 2007

The season is now a month old, so we can begin to look at some key statistics that have begun to stabilize. One of these is special teams proficiency. To look at this, I devised a formula that takes all special teams activity into account. I call it the Special Teams Action Rating, or STAR.

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Where Have All The Goals Gone?

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Saturday November 3, 2007

The lack of goal scoring by any Pittsburgh Penguins forwards not named Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, or Petr Sykora has been well-documented. Nobody other than those three has scored a goal since October 20. But was this something that could have been anticipated?

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How Statistics Can Indicate Success

Mike Adams | Inside The Numbers

Monday June 25, 2007

Can we look at statistics from this past season to possibly help in determining what areas are most important to success? Well, of course we can, and hopefully provide a little insight along the way into what areas of a team’s performance correlate most closely with success.

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