Odds stacked heavily in the New Jersey Devils favour, the Ottawa Senators upset the entire Atlantic division with a regulation win.
The statistics, not surprisingly, point in the home team’s favour. Shots were 30-23 to the Devils,faceoff percentage was 61-39 also for the Devils. As we constantly discuss, analytics is bringing us into the next age of hockey but cannot explain everything.
How have a heavily depleted Sens side, dominated in the stats, pulled off a somewhat comfortable victory?
The system! Oh please Conor, enough of the system. Seriously, this is one of the biggest reasons, if not the reason they pulled off the massive coup.