Wednesday, February 16, 2011  Shots, Fenwick and Corsi  From
time-to-time, I'll find myself surfing aimlessly throughout the
hockey blogging world in search of articles, discussions, and
other interesting stuff. In doing so, I'll occassionally find
that others have referenced or linked to my blog. Typically, the
link or reference will relate to the even strength data that
I've been publishing periodically throughout the season.  There
seems to be a decided preference for EV tied and EV close data
over the raw numbers. That makes sense - the raw data is subject
to score effects, which makes the information less valuable with
respect to distinguishing good teams from bad ones.
Interestingly, however, there doesn't appear to be a general
agreement as to which of shot, fenwick and corsi percentage
serves as the best metric to use once score effects have been
controlled for. While fenwick seems to be the most popular,
there are some who like corsi, and there are even a few prefer
shot percentage over both. This r