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Puck Possessed #3

Version 3 of Puck Possessed looks at the standings in the NHL, but not just your typical points, but rather winning percentage. I like this much better as it considers the number of games played, so you get a clear idea of what team is actually doing well.

The dashboard first starts with the typical standings table and the winning percentage table, but in between them is a chart that shows both, points on the vertical axis and win percentage on the horizontal axis. As this dashboard updates nightly I have to work with a screenshot here but you can see for example that although the Devils are 4th in their division based on points, they are actually only behind theĀ Penguins when looking at the points they got compared to all points they could have gotten, aka their win percentage.

Playing less games than most of their competition, the Devils started quite well, but with their first game in Sweden they are just a bit behind in games played.

You can find a link to report on Tableau Public, where you can select your own favorite team, and explore other team. Have fun!