Analysis

The Leafs have gone from painfully few goaltenders in their system to maybe just the wrong goaltenders.

Digging into Frederik Andersen’s first seven games for the Leafs.

At the approximate one-quarter mark into the season, the Leafs team statistics tell an interesting story of a brand new team in blue and white, unlike any that has gone before.

It’s gone from “pump and dump” to “dump and forget” around here.

Goals win games, but to get those, you have to shoot the puck. Not everyone does that at the same rate.

Some men are born to be shutdown centres, and some have the role thrust upon them.

Mike Babcock rarely uses the line blender, but is it the grinder settings that are wrong?

Now that the Leafs have played Mats Sundin number of games, what wisdom can we dig out of their results?

After 9 NHL games, the call has been made. Mitch Marner is an NHLer.

Dave Keon complains about too much hair on his statue and other cute things.

Beyond #34 and four goals, there were a lot of things counted in Wednesday’s game. The numbers tell a story.

What we can learn from examining how scoring is distributed on the player level in the NHL.

Is Nikita Zaitsev the best defender on his team? How is Morgan Rielly doing? And don't forget Martin Marincin, his results might surprise you.

How shot rates are distributed at the team level, and the relationship between suppression and generation.

Getting rid of offensive zone face-offs would speed up the game, reward attacking teams, and increase scoring.

The last-place Leafs are the worst team in the NHL. Right? Because the standing never lie, so they must be. Take a look under the hood at just how bad they really are.

Morgan Rielly's defensive play so far in his career has not been very good. Is that cause for concern?

How can we figure out which Leafs goalie is better when their performance fluctuates so much?

Editor's note: Please welcome Katya Knappe as the newest addition to the PPP staff!

What can simulating Kadri's goalscoring drought to start the year tell us about the probability of such an event occurring.

We take a look at the factors behind Phaneuf's rising penalty totals.

Player tracking technologies will give NHL teams dozens of new ways to learn about players, but teams will need to figure out what to do with all those numbers.

The world of competitive Magic: The Gathering is governed by the Metagame. What is the Metagame and what does a card game have to do with hockey? Read on and I'll explain. Fair warning though, it's about to get very nerdy.

Score-adjustments are a useful way of analysing larger sets of shot data, but they shouldn't be used within a single game.

We know some players are great (or terrible) at drawing more penalties than they take. Can we put a value on that?