Forensic Hockey
The Forensic Files
The investigations. Every signature analysis lives here - each one answers a single question the box score can't. Start with the flagship, or follow the day's evidence.
The Goaltending Verdict
In the playoffs, the better goalie wins about 76% of series. See whose exit was really a goaltending story.
Action Impact
Every on-ice action valued by its effect on the next goal - a two-way player rating, with box-score blind spots, aging curves, and a backtested next-season projection.
Luck-Adjusted Standings
The table if results matched the underlying play - who it flatters, and who it robs.
Power Rankings
Every team on one scale, updated after every game. Rewards beating good teams, and winning by more.
Forensic Takes
The most striking things our models found - auto-surfaced, ranked, and refreshed every day.
More investigations
Game Score
PlayersOne number for everything a skater or goalie did in a game - the player-value currency.
Score-State Splits
PlayersWho produced while tied or trailing - the descriptive split vs each player's own baseline, not a clutch gene.
Special Teams
TeamsWhich power plays and penalty kills are real, and which ride a hot finish or a hot goalie.
Pulling the Goalie
CoachingDoes the extra attacker actually work? How often it forces overtime, and the empty-net cost.
Schedule Strength
ContextWho played the toughest slate - and who fades on the second night of a back-to-back.
Coaches
CoachingHead coaches judged by the numbers alone - Game Score impact, deployment, and results.