PLAYERS:
Tomas Vokoun,
Jamie McBain,
Bryan Allen,
Tim Gleason,
Eric Staal,
Anthony Stewart,
Andreas Nodl,
Tuomo Ruutu,
Brandon Sutter,
Jiri Tlusty,
Alexei Ponikarovsky,
Derek Joslin,
Justin Faulk,
Cam Ward,
Jussi Jokinen,
Tim Brent,
Brett Sutter,
Jay Harrison,
Jeff Skinner
TEAMS: Washington Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes, New Jersey Devils
TEAMS: Washington Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes, New Jersey Devils
I was not able to live-track the Hurricanes-Capitals game on January 15th because I was at the game and it's taken me longer than usual to get the scoring chances posted for this game because I was planning on doing something special with this. Remember my post where I tracked zone exits for certain shifts to see how effective certain defensemen were at completing breakout passes? Well, I decided to expand on it and track zone exits for an entire game and add it to my scoring chance reports to get an even deeper idea of how the game went. That's not the only addition I made. Broad Street Hockey has been tracking zone entries for the Flyers all season and I have finally decided to start tracking them for the Hurricanes. Thanks to Eric Tulsky and his awesome script, tracking zone entries is made simple. All you need is Microsoft Excel, a game to watch and some time to kill. This will give us an idea of who is winning the battles in the neutral zone and, when combining them wit...
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