A) Crosby beats up on inferior first round teams and there is where his only advantage over Zetts lies.
B) Zetterberg's production in rounds 2, 3 and 4 is slightly above Crosby's
Round 1:
Crosby (1.36) over Zetterberg (0.96)
Round 2:
Crosby (1.14) over Zetterberg (1.10)
Round 3:
Crosby (1.07) over Zetterberg (1.05)
Round 4:
Zetterberg (0.923) over Crosby (0.69)
Total:
Crosby (1.23) over Zetterberg (0.92)
Zetterbergs production is only better than Crosby's in round 4. Every other round Crosby is ahead.
Zetterberg has lost in the 1st round 4 times in his career in 11 post-seasons, despite his team winning their division 7 times. Crosby has lost only 2 times in the first round in his career in 7 post-seasons, while his team has won their division 3 times. It's almost like the 1st round counts and winning isn't automatic. If Zetterberg had produced at a 111 point pace in the 1st round like Crosby has his team may have advanced to the 2nd round more frequently.
So to recap:
-Zetterberg's production does not actually increase as he goes deeper into the playoffs.
-Crosby's production in rounds 1-4 is consistent with other HHOF players like Yzerman.
-Ovechkin has never playerd in rounds 3 or 4 and has been worse in the first 2 rounds than Crosby has.
-Crosby produces better than Zetterberg does in 3 out of 4 rounds, and in all 4 rounds combined by a lot.
-If you exclude first round stats for Crosby for some insane reason, his ppg is almost identical to Ovechkin's. Despite Ovechkin never playing in a 3rd or 4th round series and getting to keep his 1st round stats.
So again how is post-season play not in favor of Crosby by a large margin?