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Originally Posted by #-3
This year being the third lowest year is the most surprising thing to me. Maybe there is a strange flamescentric bias for me. But scoring just seemed high this year.
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Scoring is *very* high this year. It is the highest goals per game since 2005-06
Interesting to me is when you look at scoring not including power plays.
The two numbers shown for each year are total goals per game and PP goals per game. If you take the difference between the numbers, that is essentially the goals not scored on the PP (so mainly even strength, plus the shorties). Let’s assume shorties are a minor contribution, and a wash over the years.
Then even strength numbers this year are very, very close to 90-91 through 92-93 numbers. So the 5 on 5 game is arguably as high scoring as it has been since about when the Flames won the Cup.
(The difference in overall scoring is mainly due to fewer power play goals). I wouldn’t have thought that!
I think the NHL may have really gotten some things right!