Lies, Damn Lies and Data Viz on TV

Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty ImagesAt the All-Star Game this weekend, the NHL is going to give television viewers an opportunity to preview their new puck and player tracking data that will become available to their gambling partners and for some media use in the next season. There has been no clarification yet if any of the data will ever be public.

The broad strokes timeline of the introduction of tracking data was announced along with the partnership with MGM in October:

The preview of the tracking technology on display this weekend is described this way:

The technology will enhance the storytelling, bringing an unprecedented level of precision to description. For more than a century of…