Weekly Series: Within the Numbers
Check out our weekly series entitled Within the Numbers, which are a combination of posts, Instagram carousels/reels and YouTube shorts – all to find the story in the stats.
Are the Top NHL Teams Actually the Best Teams?
Standings tell you who's winning. But are they actually the best? We dig into the indicators that reveal future Cup contenders hiding in plain sight.
Read the story →Women's Hockey Didn't Just Arrive. It's Been Building for Decades.
The PWHL didn't emerge overnight. We trace the data behind women's professional hockey's rise into one of the fastest-growing leagues in the world.
Read the story →Who's Driving the Game at Both Ends in the PWHL?
Which players are making the biggest impact on both sides of the puck? We find the PWHL's most complete two-way performers using data.
Read the story →How to Spot a Stanley Cup Winner
We take this year's NHL playoff field through heatmaps and radar charts to show which metrics separate the real contenders from the pretenders.
Read the story →Who's Built to Survive the PWHL Playoffs?
We profile the four PWHL playoff teams and use data to build a soft prediction on who has what it takes to go all the way.
Read the story →How Well Did Our Drive Score V4 Predict the Miami Grand Prix?
We put our Drive Score V4 metric to the test at Miami — walking through the tweaks we made and how well it held up against the real results.
Read the story →Did Drive Score V4.0 Get the Canadian Grand Prix Right?
Canada is a race of attrition and unpredictability. We revisit our Drive Score model and score its performance at one of the most volatile races of the season.
Read the story →Did Drive Score V5.0 Prove History Matters More Than Form in Monaco?
Monaco rewards track history over current form. We upgraded to V5.0 and tested whether weighting past Monaco results made our predictions sharper.
Read the story →Will Spain Conquer the 2026 World Cup? The Data Says Yes.
Spain is among the favourites for 2026. We spotlight the data behind their case — and explore whether the numbers back up the hype.
Read the story →Did Drive Score 6.0 Confirm Antonelli's Dominance?
Drive Score 6.0 is our most refined version yet. We put it to work at the Spanish Grand Prix and break down how well it captured Antonelli's rise.
Read the story →What the Numbers Reveal: The Hidden Prospects of the 2026 Draft
We built a model to predict what NHL draft prospects possessed the traits to be drafted first — you'll be surprised at what we found.
Read the story →Did Drive Score 7.0 Detect Antonelli's First Signs of Vulnerability?
Explore the latest version of our F1 predictive metric called the Drive Score to see how it's holding up in the 2026 race season.
Read the story →Did Drive Score 8.0 Underestimate Charles LeClerc?
See how our DPM Drive Score, a predictive F1 metric, continues to evolve.
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