Prashanth Iyer
@prashanthiyer.bsky.social
Co-host of Expected By Whom with Sean Shapiro, produced by Winged Wheel Podcast| Formerly of The Athletic Detroit | Bourbon enthusiast
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Today's #LGRW game recap:
Another disappointing loss as Detroit's offense is still MIA. Outshot CHI 45-20 & Soderblom was great, sure, but too much volume from the perimeter & not enough in the hard areas or true quality chances.
Special teams were abysmal, too. Need to reset.
Another disappointing loss as Detroit's offense is still MIA. Outshot CHI 45-20 & Soderblom was great, sure, but too much volume from the perimeter & not enough in the hard areas or true quality chances.
Special teams were abysmal, too. Need to reset.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today's #LGRW game recap:
Another disappointing loss as Detroit's offense is still MIA. Outshot CHI 45-20 & Soderblom was great, sure, but too much volume from the perimeter & not enough in the hard areas or true quality chances.
Special teams were abysmal, too. Need to reset.
Another disappointing loss as Detroit's offense is still MIA. Outshot CHI 45-20 & Soderblom was great, sure, but too much volume from the perimeter & not enough in the hard areas or true quality chances.
Special teams were abysmal, too. Need to reset.
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🚨 IT'S HAPPENING: NATE DANIELSON HAS BEEN CALLED UP BY THE DETROIT RED WINGS! 🐙
The rookie will make his NHL debut today against Chicago! #LGRW
The rookie will make his NHL debut today against Chicago! #LGRW
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨 IT'S HAPPENING: NATE DANIELSON HAS BEEN CALLED UP BY THE DETROIT RED WINGS! 🐙
The rookie will make his NHL debut today against Chicago! #LGRW
The rookie will make his NHL debut today against Chicago! #LGRW
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November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Some exciting family news:
My father has put years into understanding how a broken system wrongly convicted a 17-year-old of murder.
It's an incredible story, and he's written a book about it that comes out in Feb.
The first review is in from Kirkus: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
My father has put years into understanding how a broken system wrongly convicted a 17-year-old of murder.
It's an incredible story, and he's written a book about it that comes out in Feb.
The first review is in from Kirkus: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Some exciting family news:
My father has put years into understanding how a broken system wrongly convicted a 17-year-old of murder.
It's an incredible story, and he's written a book about it that comes out in Feb.
The first review is in from Kirkus: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
My father has put years into understanding how a broken system wrongly convicted a 17-year-old of murder.
It's an incredible story, and he's written a book about it that comes out in Feb.
The first review is in from Kirkus: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
More good Wings content
On The Sheet with @jeffmarek.bsky.social, @shaynagoldman.bsky.social, and @wyshynski.bsky.social they give Dylan Larkin his flowers and Shayna says
“We should take the Red Wings seriously regardless of what happens in the Vegas game”
www.youtube.com/live/-nPDXkc...
On The Sheet with @jeffmarek.bsky.social, @shaynagoldman.bsky.social, and @wyshynski.bsky.social they give Dylan Larkin his flowers and Shayna says
“We should take the Red Wings seriously regardless of what happens in the Vegas game”
www.youtube.com/live/-nPDXkc...
Early NHL Awards Watch ft. Greg Wyshynski & Shayna Goldman | The Sheet
YouTube video by Daily Faceoff
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November 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
More good Wings content
On The Sheet with @jeffmarek.bsky.social, @shaynagoldman.bsky.social, and @wyshynski.bsky.social they give Dylan Larkin his flowers and Shayna says
“We should take the Red Wings seriously regardless of what happens in the Vegas game”
www.youtube.com/live/-nPDXkc...
On The Sheet with @jeffmarek.bsky.social, @shaynagoldman.bsky.social, and @wyshynski.bsky.social they give Dylan Larkin his flowers and Shayna says
“We should take the Red Wings seriously regardless of what happens in the Vegas game”
www.youtube.com/live/-nPDXkc...
Stonks 📈📈📈 (via @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... NHL Playoff Report: Mammoth on the rise, Wild and Maple Leafs falling off
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... NHL Playoff Report: Mammoth on the rise, Wild and Maple Leafs falling off
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Stonks 📈📈📈 (via @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... NHL Playoff Report: Mammoth on the rise, Wild and Maple Leafs falling off
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... NHL Playoff Report: Mammoth on the rise, Wild and Maple Leafs falling off
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The Wings are 10th in 5v5 xGF%, 11th in PP%, and 6th in PK%
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Wings are 10th in 5v5 xGF%, 11th in PP%, and 6th in PK%
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
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Let me write a short thread as it is of interest to many. I'll start off by saying that the landscape has changed from when I got into hockey analytics and when I got hired by the Calgary Flames.
Hey @hockeyanalysis.com, just saw a couple of your posts on X, and I was just wondering if you happened to have any advice for someone aspiring to work in the hockey analytics space or something along those lines
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Let me write a short thread as it is of interest to many. I'll start off by saying that the landscape has changed from when I got into hockey analytics and when I got hired by the Calgary Flames.
The Wings are 10th in 5v5 xGF%, 11th in PP%, and 6th in PK%
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Wings are 10th in 5v5 xGF%, 11th in PP%, and 6th in PK%
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
Over the last 10 years, teams that rank top 10 in all of those over the course of a season average 110 points/82 games.
The fewest points a team has earned is 95
All made the playoffs
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One thing I forgot to mention is in 23-24 the NHL started including "short" shots, broken sticks and "flubbed" shots and in 24-25 they started including "failed bank attempts" as types of missed shots in addition to wide, over the net, and off the post. I'm not sure how those were handled before
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One thing I forgot to mention is in 23-24 the NHL started including "short" shots, broken sticks and "flubbed" shots and in 24-25 they started including "failed bank attempts" as types of missed shots in addition to wide, over the net, and off the post. I'm not sure how those were handled before
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So, long story short, I don't know what is causing shooting percentages to rise, but I have my doubts that it is is caused by a higher percentage of shots being designated as missed shots due to player and puck tracking technology.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So, long story short, I don't know what is causing shooting percentages to rise, but I have my doubts that it is is caused by a higher percentage of shots being designated as missed shots due to player and puck tracking technology.
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Even if you look at USAT per 60 you also see a similar push towards the wings from up the middle. Again, these show 2023-24 to 2024-25 combine and 2021-22 and 2022-23 combined.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Even if you look at USAT per 60 you also see a similar push towards the wings from up the middle. Again, these show 2023-24 to 2024-25 combine and 2021-22 and 2022-23 combined.
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Even if we go back further and look at 2017-18 to 2020-21 combined data (prior to NHL Edge) we see similar data to 2021-22 and 2022-23.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Even if we go back further and look at 2017-18 to 2020-21 combined data (prior to NHL Edge) we see similar data to 2021-22 and 2022-23.
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Now, one might think that more shots from the wings and fewer shots up the middle might mean shooting percentages ought to drop, but maybe it means more teams are utilizing one timers from the 'Ovechkin zones' and more cross ice passing.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Now, one might think that more shots from the wings and fewer shots up the middle might mean shooting percentages ought to drop, but maybe it means more teams are utilizing one timers from the 'Ovechkin zones' and more cross ice passing.
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Looking up the middle from crease to the point, we see a slight uptick in shots from the crease (+1.2%) but a downtick out from there (-3.1%, -2.1%, -1.0%, -0.3%).
Now if you look towards the wings, outside the faceoff dots, there is a higher percentage of shots taken.
Now if you look towards the wings, outside the faceoff dots, there is a higher percentage of shots taken.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Looking up the middle from crease to the point, we see a slight uptick in shots from the crease (+1.2%) but a downtick out from there (-3.1%, -2.1%, -1.0%, -0.3%).
Now if you look towards the wings, outside the faceoff dots, there is a higher percentage of shots taken.
Now if you look towards the wings, outside the faceoff dots, there is a higher percentage of shots taken.
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There seems to be a shift in shot on goal locations out towards the wings from the center ice. These show the percentage of shots on goal from each shot zone, first for 2023-24 and 2024-25 combined and the second for 2021-22 and 2022-23 combined.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There seems to be a shift in shot on goal locations out towards the wings from the center ice. These show the percentage of shots on goal from each shot zone, first for 2023-24 and 2024-25 combined and the second for 2021-22 and 2022-23 combined.
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I looked at this last year and came away not convinced the increase in shooting %/drop in save% is due to shots being recorded differently.
Reason #1 is shooting percentage has steadily climbed up, there wasn't a jump from one season to the next as one would expect from a change in shot recording.
Reason #1 is shooting percentage has steadily climbed up, there wasn't a jump from one season to the next as one would expect from a change in shot recording.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I looked at this last year and came away not convinced the increase in shooting %/drop in save% is due to shots being recorded differently.
Reason #1 is shooting percentage has steadily climbed up, there wasn't a jump from one season to the next as one would expect from a change in shot recording.
Reason #1 is shooting percentage has steadily climbed up, there wasn't a jump from one season to the next as one would expect from a change in shot recording.
btw more people should check out Aaron’s substack. He does a terrific job with it
substack.com/@puckoverthe...
substack.com/@puckoverthe...
November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
btw more people should check out Aaron’s substack. He does a terrific job with it
substack.com/@puckoverthe...
substack.com/@puckoverthe...
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This might also interest you, in 23-24 the NHL started including shots blocked by teammates or "other" increasing raw blocks by about 0.3/60 at 5v5
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This might also interest you, in 23-24 the NHL started including shots blocked by teammates or "other" increasing raw blocks by about 0.3/60 at 5v5
he’s the best goalie in the league
So how do you explain Hellebuyck then? His save pct basically .910 to .925 consistently for 7 years now.
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
he’s the best goalie in the league
Revisiting this article of mine re: shots on goal/missed/blocked
Since the NHL reportedly moved to using chip tech for event recording (reportedly for 23-24), ~8% of shots that were previously recorded as on goal are now recorded as blocked or missed
prashanthiyer.substack.com/p/its-harder...
Since the NHL reportedly moved to using chip tech for event recording (reportedly for 23-24), ~8% of shots that were previously recorded as on goal are now recorded as blocked or missed
prashanthiyer.substack.com/p/its-harder...
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Revisiting this article of mine re: shots on goal/missed/blocked
Since the NHL reportedly moved to using chip tech for event recording (reportedly for 23-24), ~8% of shots that were previously recorded as on goal are now recorded as blocked or missed
prashanthiyer.substack.com/p/its-harder...
Since the NHL reportedly moved to using chip tech for event recording (reportedly for 23-24), ~8% of shots that were previously recorded as on goal are now recorded as blocked or missed
prashanthiyer.substack.com/p/its-harder...
Don’t call @mbultman.bsky.social a Corsi merchant, he’s pumping out serious quality with every article. Another must-read
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... What I’m seeing from the Red Wings: Moritz Seider’s strong start, Cam Talbot’s composure
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... What I’m seeing from the Red Wings: Moritz Seider’s strong start, Cam Talbot’s composure
What I’m seeing from the Red Wings: Moritz Seider’s strong start, Cam Talbot’s composure
The Red Wings have won three of their first four games on this swing out West.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Don’t call @mbultman.bsky.social a Corsi merchant, he’s pumping out serious quality with every article. Another must-read
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... What I’m seeing from the Red Wings: Moritz Seider’s strong start, Cam Talbot’s composure
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677... What I’m seeing from the Red Wings: Moritz Seider’s strong start, Cam Talbot’s composure
The Red Wings currently rank 10th in the league in 5v5 xGF% (via @evolving-hockey.com). This would be their best 5v5 xGF% since 2012-2013
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Red Wings currently rank 10th in the league in 5v5 xGF% (via @evolving-hockey.com). This would be their best 5v5 xGF% since 2012-2013