[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by dino7c

5 of the top 10 scorers in the league last year where in the Canadian division

McDavid had 40 more points than MacKinnon...he is by far the hardest player to face for a goalie in the league

Ok, but the 30 mins where those guys aren't on the ice are the easiest...6 teams scored more goals.

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Goals scored in the West Division: 1,311. Average goals per game: 5.85
Goals scored in the Central Division: 1,288. Average goals per game: 5.75
Goals scored in the East Division: 1,334. Average goals per game: 5.96
Goals scored in the North Division: 1,163 (by 7 teams). Average goals per game: 5.93

If you factor out the Flames and their 156 GF (since Markstrom never had to play against his own team), his opponents averaged a hair under 3 GF/GP, or 5.99 goals per game total. It's not a large difference, but enough to make Markstrom look a little worse than if he had played elsewhere in the league.

To find this information, I only had to look at last year's standings instead of making a WAG and hanging it on ‘I doubt’.

That said, what mostly made Markstrom's stats worse was the stretch following his injury. He was excellent to start the year, and excellent again after he was fully recovered. But other posters have gone into that in detail already.

What's a WAG?