MICROSTAT PLAYER CARDS

WAR Data

• EV Offence: Projected Even Strength Offence WAR, meaning the wins a player provides to his team through his isolated impact on scoring chances (expected goals) for when he's on the ice at even strength.
• EV Defence: Projected Even Strength Defence WAR, meaning the wins a player provides to his team through his isolated impact on scoring chances (expected goals) against when he's on the ice at even strength.
• PP: Same as EV Offence but on the powerplay. If the player plays fewer than two minutes per game on the powerplay it is listed as NA.
• PK: Same as EV Defence but on the penalty kill. If the player plays fewer than two minutes per game on the penalty kill it is listed as NA.
• Finishing: The projected WAR a player provides by finishing his scoring chances, measured by goals scored above expected. This is a very important stat for forwards because it's the most direct ways they create goals and therefore wins for their team compared to a replacement-level player.
• Penalties: The projected wins a player provides through his penalty differential on non-offsetting penalties. If you draw more penalties than you take, you're helping your team and rank more highly.

AllThreeZones Tracked Data - Forwards

All microstats on the card are at 5v5 and per 60 minutes

• Goals: 5v5 goals per 60
• xGoals: Expected goals, from a model that adds AllThreeZones context (rush, cycle, forecheck, and the passes before the shot) to the NHL’s shot data
• Shots: Unblocked shot attempts
• In-Zone Shots: Shot attempts taken on in-zone possession plays, either off cycles or forechecks (before 2020-21: all other attempts)
• Rush Shots: Shot attempts taken off the rush, i.e. plays where a controlled entry has led directly and quickly to the attempt (before 2020-21, when rush plays were not tagged: attempts within 7 seconds of the team’s carry-in)
• Shots off HD Passes: Shot attempts off of high-danger passes, i.e. passes to the slot from behind the net or across the slot
• Primary Assists: 5v5 first assists per 60
• xAssists: Expected goals on shot attempts set up by the player’s primary pass
• Primary Shot Assists: Passes leading directly to a shot attempt
• In-Zone Shot Assists: Passes leading directly to shot attempts off in-zone possessions like cycles and forechecks (before 2020-21: all other attempts)
• Rush Shot Assists: Passes leading directly to shot attempts off the rush (before 2020-21, when rush plays were not tagged: attempts within 7 seconds of the team’s carry-in)
• High-Danger Passes: Passes to the slot from behind the net or across the slot
• Zone Entries: Entries into the offensive zone, either by carrying or dumping the puck in
• Entries w/ Possession: Entries into the offensive zone with possession, either by carrying the puck in or passing it across the blueline
• Zone Exits: Exits out of the defensive zone, either by carrying, passing, or clearing the puck out
• Exits w/ Possession: Exits out of the defensive zone that maintain possession of the puck, i.e. either by carrying the puck across the blueline or passing it cleanly to a teammate
• Skating Speed: A non-AllThreeZones stat, this is a metric based on the NHL’s own Edge Tracking Data. It’s a combination of top speed and the frequency of 20+ mile-per-hour bursts
• Forecheck Involvement: Recoveries of his team’s dump-ins + forecheck pressures on opponents trying to exit the zone
• Hits: Body checks
• D-Zone Puck Touches: Loose puck recoveries in the defensive zone + exit attempts out of the defensive zone

AllThreeZones Tracked Data - Defencemen

All microstats on the card are at 5v5 and per 60 minutes

• Goals: 5v5 goals per 60
• xGoals: Expected goals, from a model that adds AllThreeZones context (rush, cycle, forecheck, and the passes before the shot) to the NHL’s shot data
• Shots: Unblocked shot attempts
• Primary Assists: 5v5 first assists per 60
• xAssists: Expected goals on shot attempts set up by the player’s primary pass
• Primary Shot Assists: Passes leading directly to a shot attempt
• Zone Entries: Entries into the offensive zone, either by carrying or dumping the puck in
• Entries w/ Possession: Entries into the offensive zone with possession, either by carrying the puck in or passing it across the blueline
• Zone Exits: Exits out of the defensive zone, either by carrying, passing, or clearing the puck out
• Exits w/ Possession: Exits out of the defensive zone that maintain possession of the puck, i.e. either by carrying the puck across the blueline or passing it cleanly to a teammate
• Pass Exits: Exits out of the defensive zone by passing the puck cleanly to a teammate
• Carry Exits: Exits out of the defensive zone by carrying the puck across the blueline
• D-Zone Retrievals: Loose puck recoveries in the defensive zone
• Successful Retrievals: Loose puck recoveries in the defensive zone that lead to a successful exit
• Passes: Passes leading to a shot attempt, either as the primary, secondary, or tertiary pass
• Puck Management: Expected goals against a defender saves per 100 plays with the puck on entries, exits, and recoveries, compared to the league rate for the same plays under the same pressure (before 2021-22, when recoveries were not tracked: entries and exits only)
• Entry Denial %: The frequency with which attempts by opponents to gain the offensive zone against a defender are stopped at the blueline
• Poss. Entry Denial %: How often a defender is preventing possession entries in transition, i.e. forcing his opponent to either give up the puck or dump it in
• Hits: Body checks
• Shot Blocking: Blocked shots as a share of the shot attempts against while he’s on the ice

Microstat Team Cards

All stats are at 5v5 and shown as rankings among that season's teams (30 in 2016-17, 31 from 2017-18 to 2020-21, 32 since). Offence ranks the team's own events per 60; Defence ranks its opponents' events in the same games, with 1st the fewest. Goals come from all games; every other stat comes from the games Corey tracked.

• Goals: 5v5 goals per 60
• Chances: Shot attempts judged to be legitimate scoring chances
• Attempts: All shot attempts
• One-Timers: Shot attempts taken as one-timers
• Rush Shots: Shot attempts taken off the rush, i.e. plays where a controlled entry has led directly and quickly to the attempt (before 2020-21, when rush plays were not tagged: attempts within 7 seconds of the team’s carry-in)
• In-Zone Shots: Shot attempts taken on in-zone possession plays, either off cycles or forechecks (before 2020-21: all other attempts)
• Assisted Attempts: Shot attempts set up by a pass
• Assisted Chances: Scoring chances set up by a pass
• Cross-Slot Passes: Passes across the slot leading directly to a shot attempt
• Behind-the-Net Passes: Passes from behind the net leading directly to a shot attempt
• Centre Lane Passes: Passes from the middle lane of the offensive zone leading directly to a shot attempt
• Low-High Passes: Passes up to the point leading directly to a shot attempt
• Possession Entries: Entries into the offensive zone with possession, either by carrying the puck in or passing it across the blueline
• Possession Entry %: The share of zone entries made with possession, as opposed to dump-ins or failed entries
• OZ Recovery Success: The share of dump-ins recovered by the team that dumped the puck in
• Possession Exits: Exits out of the defensive zone that maintain possession of the puck, i.e. either by carrying the puck across the blueline or passing it cleanly to a teammate
• Possession Exit %: The share of exit attempts that maintain possession of the puck
• DZ Retrieval Success: The share of loose puck recoveries in the defensive zone that lead to a successful exit
• Goals For %: The team’s share of the 5v5 goals in its games
• Chances For %: The team’s share of the scoring chances in its games
• Rush Shots For %: The team’s share of the rush shot attempts in its games
• In-Zone Shots For %: The team’s share of the in-zone shot attempts in its games

Seasons and Tracking Changes

The cards go back to 2016-17. Corey's tracking grew over the years, so a stat shows NA in a season he did not track it.

• Retrievals: tracked from 2021-22. D-Zone Retrievals, Successful Retrievals, D-Zone Puck Touches and DZ Retrieval Success start then. Before 2021-22, Puck Management uses entries and exits only.
• Rush, cycle and forecheck: tagged from 2020-21. Before that, a rush shot is a shot attempt within 7 seconds of the team's carry-in, and every other attempt is in-zone.
• 2020-21 exits: tracked in 171 of the season's 443 tracked games, so some players have too few exit minutes for the exit stats.
• Skating Speed: from NHL EDGE, which starts in 2021-22.