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Originally Posted by gvitaly
It doesn't take into account that the teams played an uneven amount of games. Nashville for example has 5 games in hand on Vegas. So while at the moment the Pacific has 5 teams in the playoffs, all the teams in the central are in the playoffs picture. Meanwhile, 3 of the teams in the Pacific are out of it. Also St. Louis and Colorado are locks to make it. Which is more than I can say about any team in the Pacific.
Edit: Also since 3 point games are throwing you off - The central has 145 regulation wins in 345 games (42%). The pacific has 139 regulation wins in 399 games (35%).
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I should have qualified in the EXAMPLE, St. Louis and Winnipeg have played 55 games each, Calgary and Vegas have played 55 games each. Central teams have 120 pts in 110 games, Pacific teams have 112 pts in 110 games. PPG favours the central teams but playoff position favours the Pacific teams.
All stats are not equal. The teams don't play a balanced schedule and if the top 3 teams in the central are killing all the other ####ty teams then the division shows a higher ppg. The only stat that matters is total points after 82 games PER TEAM, not PPG by division.
Currently the Pacific division has 5 playoff teams, so by that reasoning alone, they have a better division.
Lets use player scoring as an EXAMPLE. If Crosby leads the scoring race with 82 points in 82 games and Connor has 81 points in 79 games, then Crosby wins the scoring title. Doesn't matter that Connor has more PPG he doesn't have as many points.
Counting stats are the ones that matter in both examples. Most points = in the playoffs, most points = Art Ross Trophy.