This week someone took a big giant dump on He-Man and he is not too pleased. With the playoffs just getting into full swing (hey its only Day 3)…we decided to take a look back at the season that was and toss some numbers up on the board then see what sticks!
Best Road Records
- Detroit 24-12-5
- Boston 24-13-4
- New Jersey 23-15-3
- San Jose 21-13-7
- Anaheim 22-15-4
- Chicago 22-15-4
Largest Goal Differential
- Boston +78
- San Jose +53
- Detroit +51
- Chicago +48
- New Jersey +35
Worst Home Records
- Tampa Bay 12-18-11
- Colorado 18-21-2
- Atlanta 18-21-2
- NY Islanders 17-18-6
- Toronto 16-16-9
Worst Goalie’s GAA (Min. 45 games)
- Joey MacDonald (NYI) 3.37 GAA
- Vesa Toskala (TOR) 3.26 GAA
- J.S. Giguere (ANA) 3.10 GAA
- Chris Osgood (DET) 3.09 GAA
- Kari Lehtonen (ATL) 3.06 GAA
Most Shorthanded Goals Allowed
- Calgary — 15
- NY Rangers — 14
- Pittsburgh — 13
- Columbus — 12
- Washington — 11
- San Jose — 11
- Montreal — 11
A random oddball stat…….did you know that Marty Biron and Antero Niitymaki (both play for Philly) have the same identical GAA at 2.76???? That deserves a wow.
Now one last ranking………
Worst Face-off Percentage
- Phoenix — 44.8%
- NY Islanders — 45.7%
- Buffalo — 47.4%
- Dallas — 47.8%
- Colorado — 47.8%
Next week we will have some playoff power rankings as hopefully some series are drawing to a close or maybe they won’t. See you next Friday!!!