David Johnson
David Johnson now works for the Calgary Flames in their analytics department. He was well-known for his two hockey statistic database websites: hockeyanalysis.com and puckalytics.com
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop him an e-mail at david@hockeyanalysis.com and you can follow David on Twitter here
Toronto Maple Leafs Enhanced Stats through 23 games
A little past the quarter mark of the season, it seems like a good time to take a look at where the Toronto Maple Leafs stand...
A Statistical Look at the Maple Leafs Defence Entering the Rebuild
I have argued a few times in the past that I think Jake Gardiner may be the Toronto Maple Leafs' best overall defenceman.
When I...
Previewing the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Rebuild
The Toronto Maple Leafs front office and coaching staff have largely now been rebuilt, even though the team still lacks an official general manager (whoever...
Attempting to quantify Mike Babcock’s on-ice impact
There are potentially a number of impacts that the Mike Babcock signing could have on the Toronto Maple Leafs, including off-ice impacts such as...
The Bozak-Corsi Dilemma
A significant portion of modern hockey analytics revolves around Corsi (or SAT% as defined by the NHL), which is really nothing more than looking...
Carlyle vs. Horachek: WOWY Comparison for Tyler Bozak and David Booth
Last week, I took at look at zone start changes from Randy Carlyle to Peter Horachek and found some interesting differences.
Among them was a...
Zone Starts: Randy Carlyle vs. Peter Horachek
Under Randy Carlyle, the Maple Leafs were a test case as to whether a team can win despite being dramatically out shot largely through controlling...
Corsi, Shooting Percentage & The Carlyle Era
The other day, over at my hockey analytics blog, I wrote an article on the relationship between Possession/Corsi (CF%) and Shooting Percentage (Sh%) in 5v5...
Optimizing the Leafs Forward Lines
The last three games have really highlighted the Leafs defensive woes, but the problem has been an ongoing one and a significant portion of the...
JVR, PDO and the Leafs Defense
I didn't have any particular topic I wanted to write about this week, so yesterday morning I asked my twitter followers what they wanted me...
Tyler Bozak is back to his old self. Mostly.
In the summer, I wrote about Bozak's statistically-improved 2013-14 season.
In that post, I observed that Bozak had significantly improved his 5v5 offensive production last season,...
How are the Maple Leafs performing relative to past seasons?
The Maple Leafs just surpassed the quarter pole of their schedule with a win over the Detroit Red Wings in game #21 of the 2014-15 season....
An Advanced Stats Look at Leaf Players through 18 games
The Maple Leafs are now 18 games into the 2014-15 season, a decent enough sample size to take an early advanced stat look at the...
Which Leaf Players Pull Their Weight Defensively?
In my last post, I looked at which Maple Leaf players are producing their fair share of the offense. In the comments to that...
Which Leaf Forwards Contribute their Fair Share of Offense?
If you are not yet aware, I have recently launched a new hockey statistics website at Puckalytics.com. Long-term this will be the replacement for...
Dion Phaneuf – Leading vs Trailing Part II
In May of 2013, I wrote an article on Dion Phaneuf and his play when the team is leading vs when they are trailing. It...
A WOWY Analysis Guide
My first post here at MLHS was an Introduction to Advanced Hockey Statistics, which I recommend you go read if you have not done so...
Will Stephane Robidas and Roman Polak help reduce shots against?
This past off season, Maple Leafs management brought in two veteran defensemen to replace some combination of Paul Ranger, Carl Gunnarsson and John-Michael Liles/Tim Gleason,...
How will Maple Leafs forward moves impact team shooting percentage?
Over the past two off seasons, the Toronto Maple Leafs have made a fairly significant number of moves to their group of forwards beyond their...
A look at Tyler Bozak’s improved 2013-14 Season
Last week, I looked at a WOWY analysis of Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak, where we saw that Bozak had a much improved season...
Recent MLHS articles
Sheldon Keefe on the performance of the Tavares-Marner line through two...
On an off day on Tuesday, Sheldon Keefe discussed the contributions of John Tavares & Mitch Marner's line through the first two games of...
