One player a day, the day before his team plays. How it works
One player a day per beat writer who gets little attention and whose team plays the next day: the numbers behind his role, what tomorrow's game means for him, and what to check afterwards. Each beat writer files at most one a day, about a player their box-score numbers say is worth a column, and says so when a day has none. Every piece closes on one thing to check afterwards and is graded on the piece itself.
Calgary has allowed 2.8 goals a game over its last 5, and Kaapo Kakko has more ice time and a 88th-percentile scoring rate to show for it.
The Detroit defenseman sits at the 85th percentile of 195 peers in points per 60 minutes on a usage that ranks at the 16th percentile.
Matvei Michkov's share of Flyers playing time is up 26 percent over his last 3 games, and his scoring rate says the minutes fit.