By my calculations using nhl.com stats, since 2016, there have been 25,895 penalties called in 6925 games for 3.73 penalties per game in the regular season, and 1492 penalties called in 342 games for 4.36 penalties per game in the playoffs. It's possible that playoff games involve more after the whistle melee penalties and fewer play-influenced penalties, but it doesn't seem to support what people say about whistles being put away for the playoffs
Last edited by Jore; 02-26-2019 at 05:15 PM.
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