Baseline

NHL · All time: Explained by quality

Bounce-back after a bottom-25% game

Season window

pp means percentage points: the difference between two rates. For example, 40% versus 62% is −22 percentage points. A minus means the rate was lower than the baseline; a plus means it was higher.

All time: 2023-24 to 2026-27 (4 seasons); 2026-27 in progress, through 2026-11-11.

Explained by quality

Checked: explained by team or player quality. Skaters reached 3+ shots on goal in 23.4% of games, vs 25.6%. The gap goes away once quality is accounted for (−0.2 pp vs each player’s own norm).

In the spot
23.4%
Baseline
25.6%
Sample
56,498 player-games
Adjusted
−0.2 pp vs each player’s own norm

See all 56,498 player-games behind this →Every one listed with its result, Hit or Miss

Explained by quality 2 measures

A raw gap exists, but it goes away once team or player quality is accounted for. Not a psychology edge.

MeasureIn spotBaselineDiff.nWhat it means
Skater 3+ shots on goalSee the games for Skater 3+ shots on goal →23.4%25.6%−2.2 pp56,498Skaters reached 3+ shots on goal in 23.4% of games, vs 25.6%. The gap goes away once quality is accounted for (−0.2 pp vs each player’s own norm).
Skater avg shots on goalSee the games for Skater avg shots on goal →1.61.7−0.156,498Skaters averaged 1.6 shots on goal, vs 1.7. The gap goes away once quality is accounted for (−0.0 vs each player’s own norm).

The games every game behind these numbers

Every game that counts toward the rates above, newest first. Hit (green) means the thing being measured happened in that game; Miss (red) means it didn’t. Averages (points, margin, totals) show the actual number with no color. Player and team-scoring lists can also be colored by a second method, picked with the “Hit or miss means” switch: did they go over their own season average entering that game (earlier games that season only, at least 3 of them; not a Vegas line). Click any game for the full breakdown. The list follows the season window above and adds up exactly to the published numbers.

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Definitions

The spot
Previous game (same season) at or below the player's own 25th percentile of all earlier stored games (10+ earlier games; no look-ahead)
Baseline
Same players after a game above their 25th percentile
All-time seasons
20232024, 20242025, 20252026, 20262027, through 2026-11-11
Sample rule
game/team grain: 200+ distinct games; league-wide player grain: 100+ player-games from 30+ games; player-specific: 30+ games; plays: 200+; and BH q<=0.1 for "published". The same rule applies inside every season window.
pp
Percentage points: the difference between two rates. For example, 40% versus 62% is −22 percentage points. A minus means the rate was lower than the baseline; a plus means it was higher. This is a description of the rates, not a betting instruction.

“X+” means the value reached X or more, so a push can’t happen. Intervals are the wider of a 95% Wilson interval and a game-clustered interval. Shorter windows are recomputed from the games in those seasons, never scaled from the all-time rate. See the methodology.