Category: Fancy Stats

Analysis: Heiskanen Wasn’t His Usual Self, and Bowness Didn’t Ask Him To Be

By David Castillo | May 13th 2021 | 11 min read |

When Miro Heiskanen first broke into the league, he was instantly regarded as Dallas’ great Finnish hope. It was like every single ‘reinforcements...

ANALYSIS: Stars Generate High Danger Shots, But It Comes At a High Cost

By David Castillo | Mar 15th 2020 | 15 min read |

There’s been no shortage of great non-hockey content here at DBD. But I’m not wired that way. Yea I love breweries. And yea, I love video games. I...

Usage for Gurianov, Hintz is Dull, Drab, Depressingly Dallas

By Taylor Baird | Mar 9th 2020 | 8 min read |

According to interim head coach Rick Bowness, Denis Gurianov would have gone fourth in their shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues on February 29. It d...

Systems analysis: ‘Attention to detail’ can’t just apply to defense if the Dallas Stars want to improve

By David Castillo | Mar 8th 2020 | 14 min read |

The Dallas Stars don’t score much. With a goals-for rate of 1.45 at even-strength (30th in the NHL), the breaks just aren’t there. Obviously, Dall...

Stars Have Defensive Options Entering 2019-20 Season

By Mark Zimmerman | Sep 20th 2019 | 5 min read |

Andrej Sekera played just under 25 minutes in his first action as a Dallas Star, and by the reaction of coaches and fans, his partnership with Miro He...

Roope Hintz — The X-Factor

By Cody Marcom | Aug 20th 2019 | 4 min read |

One of the best evolutions the Dallas Stars saw to improve their roster this past season was the emergence of Roope Hintz 2.0. The young Finnish forwa...

Alexander Radulov: The Stars’ Invisible Superstar

By Mark Zimmerman | Aug 10th 2019 | 4 min read |

When the Dallas Stars signed Alexander Radulov to a five-year, $31.25 million contract on July 3, 2017, the reviews were mostly positive. Radulov was ...

The NHL’s New Tracking Data Introduces More Ways for Teams to Get Analytics Wrong

By David Castillo | Mar 1st 2019 | 14 min read |

If you’re a Dallas Stars fan, you’ve likely been hearing a lot of dirty words lately. CEO Jim Lites’ infamous tirade might as well have been an ...

Nothing But The Best: Bishop and Khudobin Have Been Elite This Year

By Cody Marcom | Feb 14th 2019 | 4 min read |

The Dallas Stars have been getting very efficient goaltending this season. (Imagine hearing that in 2014-16. But nonetheless.) Ben Bishop and Anton Kh...

Julius Honka: Not A Prospect

By Taylor Baird Managing Editor | Jan 7th 2019 | 5 min read |

Julius Honka is not a prospect. Not right now. Not anymore, and he probably has not been for quite some time. With Dallas in need of roster help, trad...