Putting Up Numbers· NHL

Dylan McIlrath’s points vs a division opponent and vs a team outside the division

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed defensemen, Dylan McIlrath was 0.00 points over vs a division opponent and 0.00 points over vs a team outside the division in 2026-27, 2 games against 2. The plain averages are 0.00 and 0.00, a difference of 0.00.

2 games vs a division opponent is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points a game over expected

A 0.00 difference in points over expected vs a division opponent and vs a team outside the division is about what you’d expect.

A 0.00 difference in points vs a division opponent and vs a team outside the division is about what you’d expect.

The games

vs a division opponentvs a team outside the division
Dylan McIlrath’s games, 2026-27, each marked vs a division opponent or vs a team outside the division
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Oct 7, 2026vsPITW00.00
Oct 9, 2026vsNYRW00.00
Oct 11, 2026vsSEAL00.00
Oct 24, 2026vsBUFW00.00

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed defensemen in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.00 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for defensemen that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s defensemen’ points in his games, 0%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 98% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut into stretches, one a 15 games, where the dates leave the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.