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New York Rangers Stats: ESPN's Clutch Performance Indicator

Hockey sabermetrics are still in their infancy compared to their baseball equivalents. What that means is that every day, hockey sabermetricians are looking for new ways to evaluate what has happened on the ice. One such way is through a new metric introduced by Neil Greenberg via ESPN, called the

New York Rangers Stats: Shooting Trends

Fellow Banter author Rob L. has done an excellent job keeping fans updated on the performance of this Rangers team according to shot metrics. As a follow up to his work, I wanted to give a more visual look at those the season has trended thus far. For starters, let&

New York Rangers Stats: Individual Chances Update

At the last update, the New York Rangers were coming off their 7 game, Magellan-inspired road trip. Over that span, they were outchanced most every night, and the team sputtered along. Since then, shots on goal have still been an issue, as Rob updated us on Monday. However, the scoring

New York Rangers Stats: October Scoring Chances Summaries

One month is already in the books for the Rangers, and as I talked about in my summary of the road trip, things have not gone swimmingly. There I covered most of the individual chances, so this time around we'll look at the on ice chances for each

New York Rangers' Scoring Chances From the Trip That Was

The struggles of the team throughout the seven game, three country road trip have been well documented. Needless to say, the scoring chances picture does not paint any rosier a picture. The New York Rangers as a team last year averaged 16.5 chances per game last season, yet they

New York Rangers Scoring Chances For Game 2 Vs. Anaheim

In case you missed the summary for the game against the Kings, you can find the post here, along with the background on the scoring chance data. For this game, we start with the individual chances: Chances Assists Plays Chances Assists Plays BOYLE 3 3 6 RYAN 1 4 5

New York Rangers Scoring Chances for Game 1 Vs. Los Angeles

It's another season, and like last year, I'll be tracking scoring chances for the New York Rangers again. For the new Banter initiates, here's the definition of what a scoring chance actually is: A scoring chance is defined as a clear play directed toward