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Your theoretically-but-not-really-regular update of the Lightning's underlying #fancystats

We examine the statistics that new Lightning defensemen Sami Salo and Matt Carle put up in 2011-12 and compare them to the Lightning's 2011-12 defense corps.

Charting the season with Advanced Statistics

A look at which players the Cats got the most value from in 2011-12

New York Rangers' 2012 Goals Versus Salaries

New ways of evaluating goaltending are being developed all the time. We take a look at seven of these non-traditional stats.

Some advanced statistics analysis of the Sabres' 2012 Trade Deadline deals. Did the Sabres, Predators, or Canucks overpay yesterday? Or were their deals just right?

It has been a long time since I had posted to this site, and I apologize. Since my last posting, our fair Buffalo Sabres have accumulated a 9-18-4 record. Of course, this poses a few questions: I...

Is Thomas Vanek a top player in the NHL? Check out an in-depth analysis of your favorite Austrian that no Sabres fan should miss!

BN provides a critique of Hockey-Reference's new metric, Point Shares