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NHL 2022-2023 ratings through results of 2023 MARCH 29 WEDNESDAY


this output has three parts: (1) teams listed by RATING top-to-bottom
                             (2) DIVISION AVERAGES
                                 (listed top-to-bottom & by conference)
                             (3) teams listed by DIVISION
                                 (listed in order within divisions)

The SCHEDULE ratings represent what the rating would have to be for a
hypothetical team to have a mathematical expectation of winning precisely 50%
of their games against the schedule played by the team in question in the games
that it has played so far.  The schedule difficulty of each given game takes
into account the rating of the opponent and the location of the game. This
is the same concept that is used in computing the WIN50% conference ratings.

To make predictions for upcoming games, simply compare the RATINGS of
the teams in question and allow an ADDITIONAL  .50  goals for the home
team.  Thus, for example, a HOME team with a rating of 4.43 would be
favored by  .82  goals over a VISITING team having a rating of 4.11
Or a VISITING team with a rating of 4.56 would be favored by .17 goals
over a HOME team having a rating of 3.89

NOTE: Use whatever home advantage is listed in the output below.
      In the example just above, a home edge of .50 was shown for
      illustrative purposes. The home edge will vary during the season.
Several different home edges are shown, one for each of the several different type of ratings
directly over their respective columns.

The numbers to the right of a team's schedule strength are its rank of
schedule - (in parentheses) - and its record versus teams in these
rating's CURRENT top 10 and CURRENT top 16 respectively.

Teams that appear to be tied to two decimal places in a given column are actually
different when carried to more decimal places in the computer's internal arithmetic.
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The PREDICTOR, is such that the score is the only thing that matters.
PREDICTOR is also known as PURE_POINTS, BALLANTINE, RHEINGOLD, WHITE OWL
and is a very good PREDICTOR of future games.
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GOLDEN_MEAN also utilizes the actual SCORES of the games in a different way but is also completely SCORE BASED
and thus should be a good match for the PURE POINTS in terms of predictive accuracy for upcoming games.
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The RECENT, is score-based and weights RECENT play more heavily than earlier games. Its effect will become
more pronounced the longer a season goes if a given team happens to have an upward or downward trend.
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The overall RATING is a synthesis of the three different SCORE-BASED methods, PREDICTOR(PURE_POINTS), GOLDEN_MEAN,
and RECENT and thus should be a good predictor in its own right.


Predictions_with_Totals

just click on "Predictions_with_Totals" and it will take you to the daily predictions at bottom of file
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NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
   1  Boston Bruins           =   5.19   57  17    4.01(  15)   18   5  |   29   9  |    5.20    1 |    5.26    1 |    5.16    1  ATLANTIC
   2  Carolina Hurricanes     =   4.64   47  26    4.02(   9)    9  16  |   19  19  |    4.59    4 |    4.70    2 |    4.65    3  METROPOLITAN
   3  Toronto Maple Leafs     =   4.62   44  30    3.99(  23)   11  10  |   20  15  |    4.65    2 |    4.60    3 |    4.61    5  ATLANTIC
   4  New York Rangers        =   4.62   44  30    4.00(  18)   12  10  |   22  14  |    4.57    5 |    4.55    5 |    4.68    2  METROPOLITAN
   5  Colorado Avalanche      =   4.61   44  30    3.97(  27)   10  10  |   17  18  |    4.60    3 |    4.58    4 |    4.63    4  central
   6  Edmonton Oilers         =   4.56   43  32    3.98(  25)   10  11  |   20  17  |    4.55    7 |    4.49    7 |    4.61    6  pacific
   7  New Jersey Devils       =   4.47   46  28    4.02(  10)   11  12  |   19  18  |    4.56    6 |    4.50    6 |    4.41    9  METROPOLITAN
   8  Vegas Golden Knights    =   4.43   46  28    3.96(  30)   11   9  |   16  19  |    4.43   10 |    4.45    8 |    4.41    8  pacific
   9  Tampa Bay Lightning     =   4.42   43  32    3.99(  22)    9  13  |   18  17  |    4.46    9 |    4.42    9 |    4.39   10  ATLANTIC
  10  Minnesota Wild          =   4.39   44  31    3.95(  32)    7  12  |   15  21  |    4.34   11 |    4.39   10 |    4.42    7  central
NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
  11  Dallas Stars            =   4.38   40  34    3.97(  28)    7  17  |   16  21  |    4.48    8 |    4.34   11 |    4.34   12  central
  12  Los Angeles Kings       =   4.31   43  31    3.97(  29)   11  11  |   18  18  |    4.21   12 |    4.32   12 |    4.36   11  pacific
  13  Florida Panthers        =   4.16   37  38    4.05(   3)   12  15  |   15  23  |    4.16   14 |    4.18   13 |    4.15   13  ATLANTIC
  14  New York Islanders      =   4.12   39  37    4.00(  17)   11  13  |   14  21  |    4.08   16 |    4.15   14 |    4.13   14  METROPOLITAN
  15  Seattle Kraken          =   4.12   40  33    4.03(   8)    9  15  |   16  21  |    4.16   13 |    4.12   15 |    4.09   16  pacific
  16  Calgary Flames          =   4.08   34  41    4.01(  14)    9  16  |   18  21  |    4.11   15 |    4.03   18 |    4.09   15  pacific
  17  Pittsburgh Penguins     =   4.03   36  38    4.05(   2)   10  16  |   15  26  |    4.06   17 |    4.10   16 |    3.98   20  METROPOLITAN
  18  Ottawa Senators         =   3.97   36  38    4.02(  12)    6  18  |   13  24  |    3.95   20 |    3.90   21 |    4.02   17  ATLANTIC
  19  Winnipeg Jets           =   3.95   41  34    3.99(  24)    9  14  |   17  21  |    4.00   19 |    4.07   17 |    3.88   21  central
  20  Nashville Predators     =   3.95   37  36    3.96(  31)    7  14  |   16  20  |    3.85   21 |    3.97   19 |    3.98   19  central
NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
  21  Washington Capitals     =   3.92   34  41    4.00(  21)    8  16  |   13  24  |    4.01   18 |    3.94   20 |    3.86   22  METROPOLITAN
  22  Vancouver Canucks       =   3.91   34  40    4.00(  19)    6  18  |   15  23  |    3.85   22 |    3.82   22 |    3.98   18  pacific
  23  Buffalo Sabres          =   3.76   35  38    4.04(   5)    9  15  |   15  23  |    3.77   23 |    3.80   23 |    3.74   24  ATLANTIC
  24  St. Louis Blues         =   3.76   34  40    3.98(  26)    8  15  |   14  23  |    3.75   24 |    3.76   24 |    3.77   23  central
  25  Detroit Red Wings       =   3.65   32  41    4.01(  13)   10  14  |   13  24  |    3.65   25 |    3.71   25 |    3.61   25  ATLANTIC
  26  Philadelphia Flyers     =   3.55   29  44    4.05(   1)    6  21  |   11  29  |    3.55   26 |    3.47   26 |    3.59   26  METROPOLITAN
  27  Arizona Coyotes         =   3.32   27  48    4.04(   4)    9  17  |   14  25  |    3.28   27 |    3.22   28 |    3.39   27  central
  28  Montreal Canadiens      =   3.32   30  45    4.04(   6)    6  19  |   10  28  |    3.25   28 |    3.30   27 |    3.36   28  ATLANTIC
  29  Columbus Blue Jackets   =   3.03   23  50    4.04(   7)    5  18  |   10  27  |    3.02   30 |    3.05   29 |    3.03   29  METROPOLITAN
  30  San Jose Sharks         =   3.00   20  54    4.00(  20)    6  15  |    9  28  |    3.11   29 |    2.97   30 |    2.95   30  pacific
NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
  31  Chicago Blackhawks      =   2.88   24  50    4.02(  11)    5  18  |   11  27  |    2.86   32 |    2.94   31 |    2.86   32  central
  32  Anaheim Ducks           =   2.88   23  51    4.01(  16)    7  15  |   10  27  |    2.88   31 |    2.91   32 |    2.86   31  pacific
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Divisional Rankings


There are three group ratings, the "central mean", the
"simple average" (also known as the "arithmetic mean",)
and the WIN50%.
The "central mean" gives the most weight to the middle team(s)
in the group and progressively less weight to teams as you go
away from the middle in either direction, up or down.
This tends to smooth out the effect of anomalous teams that are rated
much higher and lower than the middle team(s) in the group.  The
"simple average" ("arithmetic mean") weights each team equally
no matter where they are relative to the middle.
Here are a few examples of how the "central mean" is computed.
  4-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-2-1
  5-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-2-1
  6-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-3-2-1
  7-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-3-2-1
  8-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1
  9-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
 10-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-5-4-3-2-1
 11-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2-1
 12-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3-2-1
 13-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
This is an expanded version of the "tri-mean".

The WIN50% is the rating required to win 50% of the games if playing an
infinite number of round-robins in the given group at a neutral location.
      DIVISION            CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS      WIN50%

   1  ATLANTIC                =   4.11       4.14  (  1)      8       4.13  (  1)
   2  METROPOLITAN            =   4.09       4.05  (  2)      8       4.05  (  2)
   3  pacific                 =   3.99       3.91  (  3)      8       3.92  (  3)
   4  central                 =   3.95       3.91  (  4)      8       3.91  (  4)


      DIVISION            CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS      WIN50%

   2  METROPOLITAN            =   4.09       4.05  (  2)      8       4.05  (  2)
   1  ATLANTIC                =   4.11       4.14  (  1)      8       4.13  (  1)
   4  central                 =   3.95       3.91  (  4)      8       3.91  (  4)
   3  pacific                 =   3.99       3.91  (  3)      8       3.92  (  3)
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By Division

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   2  METROPOLITAN            =   4.09       4.05  (  2)   TEAMS=  8       4.05  (  2)
NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
   2  Carolina Hurricanes     =   4.64   47  26    4.02(   9)    9  16  |   19  19  |    4.59    4 |    4.70    2 |    4.65    3  METROPOLITAN
   4  New York Rangers        =   4.62   44  30    4.00(  18)   12  10  |   22  14  |    4.57    5 |    4.55    5 |    4.68    2  METROPOLITAN
   7  New Jersey Devils       =   4.47   46  28    4.02(  10)   11  12  |   19  18  |    4.56    6 |    4.50    6 |    4.41    9  METROPOLITAN
  14  New York Islanders      =   4.12   39  37    4.00(  17)   11  13  |   14  21  |    4.08   16 |    4.15   14 |    4.13   14  METROPOLITAN
  17  Pittsburgh Penguins     =   4.03   36  38    4.05(   2)   10  16  |   15  26  |    4.06   17 |    4.10   16 |    3.98   20  METROPOLITAN
  21  Washington Capitals     =   3.92   34  41    4.00(  21)    8  16  |   13  24  |    4.01   18 |    3.94   20 |    3.86   22  METROPOLITAN
  26  Philadelphia Flyers     =   3.55   29  44    4.05(   1)    6  21  |   11  29  |    3.55   26 |    3.47   26 |    3.59   26  METROPOLITAN
  29  Columbus Blue Jackets   =   3.03   23  50    4.04(   7)    5  18  |   10  27  |    3.02   30 |    3.05   29 |    3.03   29  METROPOLITAN
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   1  ATLANTIC                =   4.11       4.14  (  1)   TEAMS=  8       4.13  (  1)
NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
   1  Boston Bruins           =   5.19   57  17    4.01(  15)   18   5  |   29   9  |    5.20    1 |    5.26    1 |    5.16    1  ATLANTIC
   3  Toronto Maple Leafs     =   4.62   44  30    3.99(  23)   11  10  |   20  15  |    4.65    2 |    4.60    3 |    4.61    5  ATLANTIC
   9  Tampa Bay Lightning     =   4.42   43  32    3.99(  22)    9  13  |   18  17  |    4.46    9 |    4.42    9 |    4.39   10  ATLANTIC
  13  Florida Panthers        =   4.16   37  38    4.05(   3)   12  15  |   15  23  |    4.16   14 |    4.18   13 |    4.15   13  ATLANTIC
  18  Ottawa Senators         =   3.97   36  38    4.02(  12)    6  18  |   13  24  |    3.95   20 |    3.90   21 |    4.02   17  ATLANTIC
  23  Buffalo Sabres          =   3.76   35  38    4.04(   5)    9  15  |   15  23  |    3.77   23 |    3.80   23 |    3.74   24  ATLANTIC
  25  Detroit Red Wings       =   3.65   32  41    4.01(  13)   10  14  |   13  24  |    3.65   25 |    3.71   25 |    3.61   25  ATLANTIC
  28  Montreal Canadiens      =   3.32   30  45    4.04(   6)    6  19  |   10  28  |    3.25   28 |    3.30   27 |    3.36   28  ATLANTIC
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   4  central                 =   3.95       3.91  (  4)   TEAMS=  8       3.91  (  4)
NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
   5  Colorado Avalanche      =   4.61   44  30    3.97(  27)   10  10  |   17  18  |    4.60    3 |    4.58    4 |    4.63    4  central
  10  Minnesota Wild          =   4.39   44  31    3.95(  32)    7  12  |   15  21  |    4.34   11 |    4.39   10 |    4.42    7  central
  11  Dallas Stars            =   4.38   40  34    3.97(  28)    7  17  |   16  21  |    4.48    8 |    4.34   11 |    4.34   12  central
  19  Winnipeg Jets           =   3.95   41  34    3.99(  24)    9  14  |   17  21  |    4.00   19 |    4.07   17 |    3.88   21  central
  20  Nashville Predators     =   3.95   37  36    3.96(  31)    7  14  |   16  20  |    3.85   21 |    3.97   19 |    3.98   19  central
  24  St. Louis Blues         =   3.76   34  40    3.98(  26)    8  15  |   14  23  |    3.75   24 |    3.76   24 |    3.77   23  central
  27  Arizona Coyotes         =   3.32   27  48    4.04(   4)    9  17  |   14  25  |    3.28   27 |    3.22   28 |    3.39   27  central
  31  Chicago Blackhawks      =   2.88   24  50    4.02(  11)    5  18  |   11  27  |    2.86   32 |    2.94   31 |    2.86   32  central
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   3  pacific                 =   3.99       3.91  (  3)   TEAMS=  8       3.92  (  3)
NHL 2022-2023 through games of 2023 March 29 Wednesday                                                                                          
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  0.12]                                               [  0.11]       [  0.12]       [  0.12]
   6  Edmonton Oilers         =   4.56   43  32    3.98(  25)   10  11  |   20  17  |    4.55    7 |    4.49    7 |    4.61    6  pacific
   8  Vegas Golden Knights    =   4.43   46  28    3.96(  30)   11   9  |   16  19  |    4.43   10 |    4.45    8 |    4.41    8  pacific
  12  Los Angeles Kings       =   4.31   43  31    3.97(  29)   11  11  |   18  18  |    4.21   12 |    4.32   12 |    4.36   11  pacific
  15  Seattle Kraken          =   4.12   40  33    4.03(   8)    9  15  |   16  21  |    4.16   13 |    4.12   15 |    4.09   16  pacific
  16  Calgary Flames          =   4.08   34  41    4.01(  14)    9  16  |   18  21  |    4.11   15 |    4.03   18 |    4.09   15  pacific
  22  Vancouver Canucks       =   3.91   34  40    4.00(  19)    6  18  |   15  23  |    3.85   22 |    3.82   22 |    3.98   18  pacific
  30  San Jose Sharks         =   3.00   20  54    4.00(  20)    6  15  |    9  28  |    3.11   29 |    2.97   30 |    2.95   30  pacific
  32  Anaheim Ducks           =   2.88   23  51    4.01(  16)    7  15  |   10  27  |    2.88   31 |    2.91   32 |    2.86   31  pacific
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Predictions_with_Totals

These are the "regular method". _ HOME or CLOSEBY (c) team in CAPS _ both teams in lower case _ means "n" for NEUTRAL location Rating Favorite _ MONEY=odds to 100 _ FAVORITE Rating Predict Golden Recent UNDERDOG ODDS PCT% TOTAL _ ====================================================================================================== BOSTON BRUINS 2.28 2.29 2.34 2.25 columbus blue jacket 444 82% 6.43 florida panthers 0.72 0.79 0.76 0.67 MONTREAL CANADIENS 165 62% 6.63 new york rangers 0.03 -0.10 -0.07 0.16 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 102 51% 6.19 OTTAWA SENATORS 0.54 0.51 0.55 0.55 philadelphia flyers 146 59% 6.44 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 0.20 0.32 0.24 0.12 nashville predators 115 54% 5.31 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 0.62 0.56 0.60 0.66 washington capitals 154 61% 6.42 carolina hurricanes 0.87 0.82 0.86 0.91 DETROIT RED WINGS 183 65% 5.99 st. louis blues 0.76 0.78 0.70 0.79 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 170 63% 6.08 EDMONTON OILERS 0.37 0.45 0.29 0.36 los angeles kings 130 57% 7.56 vegas golden knights 1.31 1.22 1.35 1.35 SAN JOSE SHARKS 243 71% 6.95 SEATTLE KRAKEN 1.36 1.40 1.33 1.35 anaheim ducks 252 72% 6.43 EIGENVECTOR Analysis eigen MONEY=odds to 100 EPCT%=confidence EFAVORITE ESPREAD EODDS EPCT% EUNDERDOG 1 @ Boston Bruins 3.50 883 90% Columbus Blue Jacket 2 Florida Panthers 0.77 171 63% @ Montreal Canadiens 3 @ New Jersey Devils 0.19 114 53% New York Rangers 4 @ Ottawa Senators 0.72 165 62% Philadelphia Flyers 5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 0.29 123 55% Nashville Predators 6 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 0.79 173 63% Washington Capitals 7 Carolina Hurricanes 1.20 227 69% @ Detroit Red Wings 8 St. Louis Blues 0.72 165 62% @ Chicago Blackhawks 9 @ Edmonton Oilers 0.40 133 57% Los Angeles Kings 10 Vegas Golden Knights 1.83 338 77% @ San Jose Sharks 11 @ Seattle Kraken 1.99 372 79% Anaheim Ducks endfile

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