Bystander or play-driver – Points scored when these players are on the ice

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comDec 19, 2023, 02:00 PM ET

CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard.

With access to play-by-play data from the NHL, it’s possible to adapt some of the traditional NHL analytics to our little corner of the hockey realm here in fantasy. This has taken a while to develop, but I’d like to introduce you this week to what I will call fantasy Corsi.

For those who need a quick refresher, Corsi is an analytics metric that essentially counts the shot attempts (on net, missing the net or blocked) that occur while a player is on the ice. It doesn’t have to be a shot attempt by the player; it just has to occur while the player is on the ice. By combining Corsi for and Corsi against, it gives a decent proxy for puck possession that is widely accepted and used. The NHL even adopted it — not by the Corsi moniker, but as “shot attempts” — on it’s official stat page in 2015.

So why not make our own fantasy version? Essentially, by using the NHL’s data we can figure out how many fantasy points were scored while a player is on the ice.

We have to make a few adjustments here, because for fantasy purposes a goal, assist, and the special teams bonus for them, all occur within the same moment. But here’s where I landed on the stats for fantasy Corsi:

Assist = Will be included in the goals total as 1.7 points, as there are 1.7 assists per goal so far this season.

Goal = 3.7 points (this is the standard two points for a goal, plus the 1.7 for assists).

Special-teams goal = 4.2 points (same as above, plus the 0.5 bonus).

Hit = 0.1 points (same as standard fantasy game).

Shot = 0.1 points (same as standard fantasy game).

Blocked shot = 0.5 points (same as standard fantasy game).

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Source link : https://www.espn.com/fantasy/hockey/story/_/id/39147641/bystander-play-driver-fantasy-hockey-corsi-points-scored

Author : Sean Allen

Publish date : 2023-12-19 19:16:10

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