Couldn't catch the presentation live? My LINHAC talk is up on YouTube now! youtu.be/duCplixzSmQ

⬣⬣⬣ WORLD CUP VIZ ⬣⬣⬣ Luke Benz (@recspecs730.bsky.social) made a model to measure the strengths of the teams in the Men's 2026 World Cup and I made viz from one million sims that shows the chances and the pathways for each team through the tournament. This thread updates (at least) daily.

on some bullshit today

uhhhhhh what?

holy shit the Jays this inning

Yep no complaints here

the hockey gods are dead

It was a close race in our data between Andrei Vasilevskiy and Logan Thompson for the Vezina. Thompson finished 1st by total Standings Points this season, but Vasi was close behind with a more consistent top-loaded game quality spread. Both would've been worthy winners!

On Jordan Spence's fit here in Ottawa. He played over 100 minutes with 3 other defencemen: Sanderson, Chabot, & Kleven. He sported a shot attempt share, expected goal share, and actual goal share of 61% or higher with all 3 of them. The one exception being GF% with Chabot (at 48%)

Absolutely crazy game 2 of the cup Finals last night. Also counted as a choke for Carter Hart

Bang

Aaron has been putting together some amazing work on league-wide shot trends over the last year, and he's continuing to do so here!

Dylan Larkin is coming off a bit of a down-year by his standards in the lb-hockey.com data this season. Still, he remains a super fast and talented 1C who can play tough minutes, contribute on the powerplay, and come up big in the clutch. What kind of package is Detroit looking for in return?

New tool up on LB-Hockey, the Post-Game Reports 🚨🏒 Analyze the flow of play within a game, key battle areas between the teams, and standout players who tilted the ice with impressive performances. Available for EVERY regular season & playoff game since 2020-21! 🔗: lb-hockey.com/post-game-re...

Wrote this one up on Zach Werenski and what he means to #CBJ open.substack.com/pub/pocketcb...

We are also unveiling a new tool tomorrow‼️ This one took a lot of time to cook up, so I hope you all enjoy! Here's a hint for what it's about: 📆⚔️📈🎯⭐️ Can you guess it?

Over the last couple months, we've been grinding away at some LB-Hockey improvements so here's a thread going over all the new stuff 🧵 First, we added 2025-26 data to our xG model fitting. All of our tools, especially the Steals & Chokes Log, are greatly benefitting from this!

I’m sorry that pass was made by Colton Sissons???

The Stanley Cup Finals begin tonight! Two of the best play-driving & special teams squads in the league face off. VGK will look to gain their edge by smothering the Canes' breakouts with their forecheck. While CAR's rush offence and blue line denials are sizeable advantages. 📈 lb-hockey.com

The updates have been made for Puckalytics.com. I am going to hold off on TheStanleyCap updates until tomorrow but those updates will be less significant. Some notes on the updates in this thread.

Our data valued Werenski as the worthy Norris winner this season 🔥 There are obviously some flaws in the model like Seider being just barely outside this list when he should be on here, EK65 placing a bit high, but we're pretty happy with where our list landed for 2025-26! 📈 lb-hockey.com

Unknowingly presenting to Rasmus Dahlin's father and brother while having a whole slide on him being an example for a top-end player in this study was a pretty fun twist haha

Yesterday evening, we were invited to the Ron Kolbus clubhouse for the cheque presentation from our Walk To The CTC. Always such a blessing to meet the crew and kids at BGC Ottawa that we fundraise for. What they are doing is amazing and so integral to our communities across the city.

A deep-ish dive into the 2026 Stanley Cup Finals between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights. sticksandsalvos.substack.com/p/into-the-w...

Very excited to announce that tomorrow I'll be presenting at the Linköping Hockey Analytics Conference for the 2nd year in a row! This time around, I'm diving into my work on defining physicality in the NHL and visualizing a skater's ability to play through contact 🏒💥

On the flight back from vacation in Vancouver so I'm easing back into some work and I gotta say, HUGE week coming up for LB-Hockey here 👀

alright folks it's still under construction but if you're interested I've made a mirror account on here for the canadian men's national soccer team, it should be up and (hopefully correctly) working within a day or so follow it here: @canmntbot.bsky.social

Bingo When I "use AI" for something, it is because some jackass has shoved it in somewhere it doesn't need to be, often in place of a non-AI version of the feature that worked just fine

Only six Canes started a 5v5 in their own zone the whole game, eesh.

was out all day so just checking up on the game now and EXCUSE ME??

I love Nikolaj Ehlers so much

Holy crap Stenberg

Charge losing the finals and Bungie announcing they're stopping content for Destiny 2 both within 24hrs You know what man sure wtv

I was born in 2001, since then Ottawa hockey teams have reached their respective league finals 6 times. Their records are - Senators: 0-1 - Charge: 0-2 - 67s: 0-3 Pain

“montreal looking to end it all tonight” same but for different reasons

really wish jenner had scored that empty netter in game 1

Rudolfs Balcers I will never not miss you

well well well frederik andersen. you come back to me in my time of need

LETS GO CHARGE WOOOOOOOO

Love how much respect Viggo Björck is finally getting thanks to this World Championship, kid is unreal and more than deserving of a top 5 (potentially top 3) pick next month

preposterous non-call on the OT winner

Site Update: New Archetypes and Player Cards. I have added a new Archetypes tab to the player pages on TheStanleyCap.com and also updated the player cards to use these archetypes. Archetypes provide a data driven evaluation of the various strengths and weaknesses of a players performance.

A great day for Montreal and therefore a terrible day for the rest of the world

evil will always prevail in the world and if you ever believe in anything good you are a fool and a mark

why is life so unfair

REBECCA LESLIE OMG WHAT A GOALLLLLLL

I believe in Ronja Savolainen rights and Ronja Savolainen wrongs

Rebecca "The Mayor" Leslie opens up the scoring in the Walter Cup Finals! #PWHL #OttawaCharge #OTTvsMTL