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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
Not to sound like a complete idiot, but when people talk about advances stats, what are they looking at?
It seems pretty easy for baseball, but what are they actually tracking in hockey?
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When people are talking about "advanced stats" (i.e. Corsi and Fenwick) they are using shots and/or shot attempts as an approximation of puck possession data.
The reason for this is the NHL doesn't currently record actual possession data (e.g. which player has the puck, where is the puck at a certain time). The NHL however does track and publicly share shot data, making it easy to use shots as an approximation.
However with this new technology, the elimination of using shots as an approximation to puck possession could open up some interesting possibilities. There are other interesting possibilities too.