The use of microstats in hockey analysis has been a growing trend over the past few seasons, and thanks to CJ Turtoro’s study, we now have a direct link tying certain microstats to future results.
If you’re a long time reader of Broad Street Hockey you’re probably familiar with the term microstats and what the individual statistics mean, but if you’re not, here’s a very quick rundown of the main things that will be discussed in today’s piece:
Shot Contributions
- Shots /60: a player’s individual shot attempts per 60 minutes
- sA1 /60: the number of primary shot assists a player makes per 60 minutes
- sA2 /60: the number of secondary shot assists a player makes per 60 minutes
- sA3 /60: the numbers of tertiary shot assists a player makes per 60 minutes
- Shot contributions /60: the total number of all contributions listed above per 60 minutes
- Possession entries /60: the number of zone entries where the attacking player maintains control of the puck per 60 minutes
- Possession entry %: the percent of zone entries where the attacking player maintains control of the puck
- Dump-in /60: the number of zone entries where the attacking player throws the puck into the zone with the intent to retrieve it soon after per 60 minutes; an uncontrolled entry
- Dump-in %: the percent of zone entries where the attacking player throws the puck into the zone with the intent to retrieve it soon after
- Possession exits /60: the number of zone exits where the puck carrier maintains control of the puck per 60 minutes
- Possession exit %: the percent of zone exits where the puck carrier maintains control of the puck per 60 minutes
Turtoro found that Corsi is still a better predictor of future success for forwards, while transition stats may be the future of evaluating defensemen.