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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Yes, more goals are scored in the 2nd period than other period. Goal scoring by period from 97/98 (that is as far back as NHL.com went) until now is broken down as follows:
1st Period: 29.700%
2nd Period: 34.691%
3rd Period: 33.809%
Overtime: 1.800%
Edit: to add to this, 7-8% of all 3rd period goals are empty netters as well. So realistically the 2nd period shows significantly higher scoring with the 3rd period actually being the lowest scoring.
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If you weighted this as a per minute value (OT is only 5 mins), it becomes
1st: 28%
2nd: 33%
3rd: 32%
OT: 6.8%
So yes, it is still low for OT after factoring in 'per minute' scoring. Just working off the numbers that Alberta_Beef provided.