The Columbus Blue Jackets clinched a playoff spot after a thrilling OT victory over the New York Islanders. Well, I don’t know that it was thrilling, exactly. I can’t tell you what the score was or who scored the goal. Scratch that – I say it was a 1-0 OT shutout with Elvis Merzlikins in net and Pierre-Luc Dubois tipping a Zach Werenski shot into the net. That sounds good, no?
Your response is probably, “What the heck are you talking about?”
The Athletic’s Dom Luszczysyn (PAYWALL) employs a model that tries to calculate the overall chance of a team to win a game and how they are projected to do by season’s end based on a myriad of factors.