Putting Up Numbers· NHL

Tomas Hertl’s points at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed forwards, Tomas Hertl was 0.46 points under at home and 0.70 points over away in 2026-27, 9 games against 8. The plain averages are 0.11 and 1.25, a difference of 1.14. Both back-to-backs were away.

8 games away 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 −1.16 difference in points over expected at home vs away is unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up once in 100.

A −1.14 difference in points at home vs away is unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 2 times in 100.

The games

at homeaway
Tomas Hertl’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 29, 2026vsCHIW00.63
Oct 2, 2026vsANAL10.68
Oct 4, 2026@VANW00.78
Oct 6, 2026@SEAW40.58
Oct 8, 2026vsTORW00.53
Oct 10, 2026vsLAKW00.61
Oct 12, 2026@MINL10.37
Oct 13, 2026@NSHW10.49
Oct 15, 2026vsCGYW00.53
Oct 17, 2026vsPITW00.58
Oct 20, 2026vsTBLL00.52
Oct 22, 2026@STLL00.56
Oct 24, 2026@CBJL10.58
Oct 27, 2026vsOTTW00.52
Oct 30, 2026vsNJDL00.49
Nov 2, 2026@BOSL10.41
Nov 3, 2026@PITW20.61

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed forwards in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.00 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for forwards that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s forwards’ points in his games, 9%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 97% 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.