Fansided · Jan 5, 2019
New York Islanders Don’t Pass Stats Test, Who Cares
The New York Islanders don’t have great underlying numbers, it’s true. But yet they’ve won seven of their last eight. Numbers aren’t everything.
Yahoo’s Ryan Lambert has a point. The New York Islanders underlying numbers aren’t very good. And if you prescribe to numbers dictating where teams should be in the standings then you might worry about the New York Islanders.
Lambert rightly points out that the Islanders have a terrible all-situations CF rating (seventh worst in the league) and their PDO in all situations is incredibly high at 101.9 (fifth highest in the league). The Islanders are outperforming metrics and are “lucky” in doing so. And the Islanders aren’t in a playoff spot.