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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.

Question of the week: If you could measure anything in hockey, what would it be and how would it work?

Time for another look at the Lightning's performance statistics, including the Lightning's playoff chances as of March 4.

PDO might be statistical jargon, but it's something that should give Lightning fans hope that things will improve.

Way back in mid-August I posted about some of hockey's 'new' stats, a piece that drew a ton of commentary from within the blogosphere. The follow-up was intended to be a list of "10 key new metrics...

Which stats do you often rely on in evaluating players (or settling message board arguments)? Which do you think are overlooked by bloggers in terms of their usefulness? Which are over-relied on or have potential weaknesses that aren't often accounted for?

What follows is the rankings for all 30 teams in six key categories: points percentage, goals for per game, goals against per game, special teams (power play and penalty killing) and goaltending (save percentage)

The battle of field position... in hockey?