Analyzing Passing Metrics in Ice Hockey using Puck and Player Tracking Data
David Radke,
Jaxin Lu,
Jackson Woloschuk
et al.
Abstract:Traditional ice hockey statistics are inherently biased towards offensive events like goals, assists, and shots. However, successful teams in ice hockey require players with skills that may not be captured using traditional measures of performance. The adoption of puck and player tracking systems in the National Hockey League (NHL) has significantly increased the scope of possible metrics that can be obtained. In this paper, we compute recently proposed passing metrics from 1221 NHL games from the 2021-2022 se… Show more
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