MS1 - Advanced Visualizations: Shot Maps (30%)

[JakeColor]

Directions

The final set of visualizations that you will create are shot maps for a given NHL team, for a given year and season.

• [x] colors make sense for negative value (Tim)
• [x] Export the plot to HTML (Sara)
• [x] plot must allow users to select any season between 2016-17 and 2020-2021, as well as any team during the selected season
• [x] discussion
• [x] Colorado Avalanche over time commentary
• [x] Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay Lightning commentary

See Google doc for more context

[TimkLee]

Notes:

• Shot maps.
  • For a given team.
  • For a given year and season.
• Reference (https://hockeyviz.com/howto/shotMap)
• Create from scratch.
• Event coordinates note.
  • Check correct side of the rink.
  • Check physical to pixel coordinates transformation.
• League averages, compute using shot locations across the entire league.
• Group shots by team.
  • Compute excess shots per hour, represent using raw difference or percentage.
• Bin choice.
  • Can use smoothing techniques (e.g. kernel density estimation with gaussian kernel).
• Make plot interactive.
  • Options to select Team and Season.
  • Can use plotly or bokeh.
  • Reference: https://plotly.com/python/dropdowns/

Q1.

• (Blog) Embed HTML plot to blog.
• Allow users to select season between 2016-17 and 2020-2021.
• Allow to select any team.

Q2.

• (Blog) Discuss information that can be interpreted from plots.

Q3.

• (Blog) Discuss Colorado Avalanche's 2016-2017 shot map. Discuss Colorado Avalanche's 2020-2021 shot map. Compare and discuss. (Hint, standings).

Q4.

• (Blog) Compare and discuss Buffalo Sabres's and Tampa Bay Lightning's 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 shot maps. Observations and insight in team's success and struggles. The completeness of the conclusion based solely on shot map.

[TimkLee]

Graphs Updated!