LA Kings (Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)
Diving into the numbers, these three LA Kings players exceeded their expected production metrics. Two will be restricted free agents.
In today’s NHL, players are evaluated beyond just goals, assists, and their plus-minus ratings. Sources like Natural Stat Trick, Top Down Hockey, and Money Puck, among others, have utilizing predictive modeling to convey advanced metrics that truly define whether a player is meeting their expected production rates.
While CorsiFor percentages are helpful in determining puck possession and therefore scoring chance, expected-goals-for percentage (xGF%) has become a popular advanced analytic to measure an individual’s performance.