CSSI 2013-14

Red Wings CSSI Wrap-Up: The Centers

Previous looks The Defense The Wingers Finishing up the postseason CSSI look by position, today we'll go over how the centers did for the Wings this season. The center is generally the most-important forward on the ice and is potentially the most-important non-goalie out there. Oversimplifying, the center's job is

Red Wings Season CSSI Wrap-Up: The Wingers

On Tuesday, we looked at how the Wings' defensemen fared in the Common Sense Scoring Index rankings, showing how much the blueliners struggled with assignments that were pretty consistently over their heads. Today we're going to switch over to the forwards. As CSSI is largely context-dependent, I'm splitting the forwards

Red Wings Season CSSI Wrap Up: The Defense

With the season at an end and plenty of stuff left to talk about, I wanted to start tackling the CSSI numbers from this year. We talked last season about the overall purpose of CSSI and about how, at the high level, the numbers provided tend to agree with more-common

CSSI Analysis - Playoffs Game 4: Red Wings 2 - Bruins 3 (OT)

The Wings find themselves down 3-1 in their first round series after blowing a 2-0 lead and losing in overtime. Balls I didn't like the reffing in this game, so it held up to about 80% of games I've CSSI'd this year. At least the Wings finally scored a power

CSSI Analysis - Playoffs Game 2: Red Wings 0 - Bruins 3

The Wings came back to Detroit having successfully earned the road split over the first two games of the series in order to face a Boston team that hadn't won a game at the Joe in... [looks at notebook].... fuck it, who cares? Boston won 3-0 in a game that

CSSI Analysis - Playoffs Game 2: Red Wings 1 - Bruins 4

Game 2 in Boston didn't quite go as well as Game 1. Detroit made mistakes in the first period that they couldn't overcome and were all too willing to play Boston's style of game. The series will head back to Detroit for a Tuesday night tiebreaker after Boston made the

CSSI Analysis - Playoffs Game 1: Red Wings 1 - Bruins 0

Detroit finally got their playoff series underway in Boston on Friday night against a very tough Bruins team. At the end of 60 minutes, the Wings found themselves up 1-0 in the series thanks to a beautiful Pavel Datsyuk goal. Both teams were held off the scoreboard with the man

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Blues 0

Detroit pulled the chute roster-wise for their final game of the season which had no implications for them and still embarrassed the injury-depleted Blues 3-0, ensuring that either the Blues or the Blackhawks would be eliminated in the first round. Hahahaha. Those assholes thought they were free of us. Neither

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 1 - Hurricanes 2

After earning a point to clinch the playoffs on Wednesday, the Wings put up a stinker against the Canes, losing 2-1 on two first-period defensive failures and 60 minutes worth of bad passes, wasted opportunities, and half-skating. The refs let a ton of stuff go, giving each team just two

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Penguins 4 (SO)

Made the playoffs. Don't care about the loss. Woo! Shots were 37-24 for the Wings, but PIT went 2/4 on their power play and Detroit failed on their two chances. CSSI Methodology Explanation here Box score here Goaltending Can we put to rest the last of the implications that

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 4 - Sabres 2

With their magic number sitting at three points (earned or lose by their chasers), the Wings took on a very injured Buffalo Sabres team looking to build a bit of pride going into next season. The game was closer than it should have been, but ended in the good guys'

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Canadiens 5

Hey the Red Wings came back from a 3-0 deficit and then lost anyway. That makes me mad. The refs were bad, but so was the Detroit defense. I'm going to blame the second thing. Detroit went 2/5 on the power play and Montreal 0/3. The Wings outshot

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Sabres 2

The Wings went into a game against the Eastern Conference's worst team with a chance to pull two points closer to a playoff berth. After a dominant first period, they took their foot off the gas and... wait, sorry. This sounds like I'm recapping a loss. Detroit won 3-2. If

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Bruins 2

So the Wings welcomed the Bruins to Detroit for a late season battle in which Boston had an opportunity to take it a bit easy while still damaging the Wings' playoff chances. Through 45 minutes, they did a decent job of it, but the Wings' kids wouldn't be denied as

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Lightning 2

The Red Wings came into this weekend needing to earn points to help their playoff chances. After a big win in Toronto on Saturday, they followed that up with a good win (and their first of the season) against the Tampa Bay Lightning, holding on for a 3-2 victory. Detroit

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 4 - Maple Leafs 2

The Wings went into Toronto on Saturday looking to keep a leg up on the Wild Card race and potentially sweep a leg out from under the Leafs' own race. After a shaky start, the Wings found their legs and their system to win a 4-2 game. Neither team scored

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 4 - Canadiens 5

Intro goes here. Same complaints about awful reffing standards slowly sapping my enjoyment of hockey goes here. CSSI Methodology Explanation here Box score here Goaltending Goaltending opinions go here. Be sure to give an even-handed description of the play by the guy who won/lost the game. The Goals 1st

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 2 - Blue Jackets 4

I hate watching the Wings play the Jackets. Columbus is an annoying team that somehow both aggressively forechecks and effectively traps in the neutral zone. Once again, the Wings went into the third period tied and ended up losing by multiple goals as the Blue Jackets claimed one of a

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Wild 4 (OT)

The Wings had a chance to take a one-point lead in the top wild card spot with a victory, but unfortunately couldn't pull it off. Thankfully, they were able to steal a point from a game where they probably didn't deserve one and are now tied with Toronto in points

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Wild 2

Trying to build off an emotional overtime victory over the Penguins on Thursday, the Wings flew to Minnesota for a Saturday afternoon game to start off a home-and-home against the Wild. After 60 minutes of back-and-forth hockey, the Wings got the job done with a 3-2 victory. The refs called

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 5 - Penguins 4 (OT)

Detroit continued their playoff push on Thursday with a tough test against the Penguins that they... passed? Hell I don't know. This game was weird and had significant periods of ugliness, but I don't care because the Wings won the game thanks to scoring 60% of their goals off Penguins

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 3 - Maple Leafs 2

With the Wings in desperate need of a win and the injury situation so bad that Brendan Smith got time as a forward, Detroit found a way to hold on for a win against a Leafs team they're trying to chase down in the standings. Nyquist scored two and Alfredsson

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 1 - Blackhawks 4

As the Wings make their push to the playoffs, they find themselves on the outside looking in needing to earn points. Unfortunately, this game saw them facing a superior Blackhawks squad which played a solid system to take advantage of the skill offset. Detroit kept it close for a while,

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 2 - Oilers 1 (SO)

The Red Wing took a couple days off to get their heads right after falling apart against Columbus earlier in the week. They responded by winning a game, but in a much closer fashion than they should have, as it took a shootout to dispatch the Oilers. Neither team scored

CSSI Analysis: Red Wings 1 - Blue Jackets 4

Fuck CSSI Methodology Explanation here Box score here Goaltending In nine appearances (388.5 min), Petr Mrazek has allowed 13 goals (2.00 GA/60). In those same minutes, the Red Wings have scored 7 (1.08/60) — The Production Line (@TPLhockey) March 12, 2014 The Goals 1st Period 10: