Hit Weather Map
Every hit this season on one storm radar. Each team is shown attacking to the right, so you can see where the weather rolls in: the boards, the corners, and the end you'd rather not go into.
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Who brings the weather
The players throwing the most hits, and the lightning rods: the ones getting hit most. Per game counts games dressed, from 5 games up.
Storm makers hits thrown
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Lightning rods hits taken
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The stormiest games
The games with the most hits, both teams together, and the biggest one-man nights.
All 32 teams
Hits thrown and taken per game. Pick a team to put its map on the radar.
Thrown per gameTaken per game
How the radar works
Every hit in the NHL's play-by-play has a spot on the ice. Teams switch ends each period, so each hit is turned to show the hitting team attacking to the right. Then the rink is cut into a grid of 10-foot squares and each square is coloured by how many hits landed in it.
The boards and end walls light up because that's where hits happen: the NHL records most of them right at the wall. Zones are the NHL's own, from the hitter's side. Only finished regular-season games count, and a game is added once it's final.
Hit counts are recorded by off-ice scorers in each arena, and some count more generously than others. Treat the forecast accordingly.