NHL Player Performance Analysis: Vegas Golden Knights 2022-2023 Season

Key Insights: The chart reveals the variation in shooting efficiency in all the Vegas Golden Knights players, including non goal scoring focused positions. Reilly Smith is clearly a standout player at above 50%, much higher than the team average. The majority of players are between 5-20% shooting efficiency, with several key scorers like Ivan Barbashev (21.1%), Noah Hanifin (7.3%), and Tomas Hertl (17.0%) showing at the higher end. Some players like Alex Pietrangelo (3.4%) show minimal shooting percentage, likely based on their positions (he is in defense). This visualization identifies which players are most efficient with their scoring opportunities, which could inform coaching decisions about who should be encouraged to shoot more. Since this percentage is taken out of their attempts on goal, it is more representative of shooting skill than just total goal count.

Key Insights: This line chart reveals the correlation between ice time per game and goal-scoring. Players with more time on ice (15-27 minutes per game) generally score significantly more goals than those with limited ice time. While the line is far from even, the trend shows a dramatic decline in goal production for players as the time per game decreases. Interestingly, peak goal production occurs in the 17-21 minute range, suggesting that optimal goal scoring efficiency might not require the absolute maximum ice time. This could be partially due to exhaustion or inability to continue high energy performance for the maximum time on the field, as well as being partially attributed to position. Players with extremely low ice time (under 10 minutes) show minimal goal production. This analysis could help coaches optimize ice time distribution to maximize scoring potential.

Key Insights: This comparison chart highlights the distribution of power play goals (PPG) versus shorthanded goals (SHG) across the team. Power play goals indicate the team had an advantage in number of players on the ice, while shorthand is the opposite. As expected, power play goals significantly outnumber shorthanded goals, with several players showing notable success in power play situations. Tomas Hertl (3) and Pavel Dorofeyev (5) stand out as the most productive power play scorers with 12 and 11 PPG respectively, likely indicating their regular presence on the first power play unit, which is linked to their position as centers. Shorthanded goals are rare but players Jack Eichel (#1), Brett Howden (#8), Tanner Pearson (#11), and William Karlsson (#14) each were able to make 1. Many players record neither forms of goals. This visualization helps identify which players are most effective in specialized game situations, providing valuable information for coaching staff when deciding who to put on the team in certain situations.