Hockey Abstract Presents... Stat Shot

How do NHL teams evaluate players, build winning rosters, and make smarter decisions? What can shot-based metrics, save percentage, faceoff data, junior statistics, and trade analysis tell fans that the traditional box score cannot?

In Stat Shot, hockey analytics pioneer Rob Vollman makes advanced hockey statistics accessible, practical, and fun. Using clear explanations, engaging stories, historical examples, and hard-to-find statistical data, he shows readers how numbers can deepen their understanding of players, teams, coaches, trades, and front-office strategy.

Explore how hockey analysts measure offensive and defensive performance, evaluate goaltenders, assess player development, compare teams, identify one-sided trades, and test the conventional wisdom that shapes NHL coverage. From shot metrics and possession statistics to roster construction and player evaluation, Vollman explains both what the numbers mean and how to use them responsibly.

Designed for curious beginners, serious hockey fans, fantasy hockey players, aspiring analysts, coaches, and anyone who wants to understand the data behind the game, Stat Shot offers an engaging introduction to the ideas that helped transform modern hockey analysis.

Insightful, humorous, and packed with practical examples, this essential hockey statistics book gives readers the tools to look beyond goals and assists, challenge familiar assumptions, and see the sport through the eyes of an NHL analytics expert.