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Originally Posted by butterfly
Winning a hockey game requires scoring one more goal than what is allowed. Any marginal goals above that are superfluous. Hence the 40% increase in empty net goals in nine years as teams realize the stupidity of the past and try to, you know, tie the game. And that number is from March 31; it will only increase from now to the end of the season.
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Are you arguing that goal differential being inflated by ENGs is a reason to not use it? Who scores ENGs? Teams that are winning or teams that are losing?
I think you're going to have a hard time proving that teams with a 40+ goal differential aren't winning more games than teams in the negative.