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Using data visualization to analyze Flyers zone entries

With the help of Sean Tierney of Today's Slapshot, we now have a new way to visualize individual zone entries by the Philadelphia Flyers.

Over the past few years, the hockey analytics community has begun to embrace the usefulness of data visualization in presenting statistical concepts in user-friendly, easy-to-understand ways. Analysts like Micah Blake McCurdy, Carolyn Wilke and Sean Tierney have become essential follows on Twitter for their unique methods of presenting data.

Since the start of the season, I've been tracking offensive zone entries and defensive zone exits for the Philadelphia Flyers, and the most recent full set of entry data can be found here.