My reaction to high scoring in the nhl (NHL Scoring Talk)

BlueBull

Habby Man
Oct 11, 2017
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"goals against average according to nhl.com: League Average: 2.96
sv% according to nhl.com: League Average: .911
what?
how?
Shots against average according to hockey reference: 33.4, highest in nhl history by 2 shots"
-Blue Bull, 2017
3.15. that's how many goals that have been scored on average by one team per game according hockey-reference.com in the 2017-18 season so far.
That would be the highest scoring in the nhl since the new jersey devils revolutionized defensive tactics in the 1995 lockout shortened season. It would easily be higher than anything we have seen since the 2004-05 lockout (with the exclusion of the 2006 season, 3.08). the scoring isn't going away yet either. Last night, New Jersey beat Toronto 6-3 (9 Goals) and Colorado beat Boston via the same score. Anaheim beat New York (the islanders) 3-2 last night and the same goes for Pittsburgh beating Washington, and finally, Calgary beat Los Angeles 4-3 in Overtime. 33 goals in 5 games, or about 6.60 goals by two teams per game (3.3 by one). If youre wondering why it's like this, well the shots against are on nhl record pace this year. 33.4, 2.4 ahead of 1985-86 with 31.0.
 
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lifelonghockeyfan

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If the referees continue to call slashing on the hands, more power plays....more goals. If the players stop impeding by slashing, more offensive changes, therefore more goals.
 

Tage2Tuch

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Nick Kypreos twice in the last week has said he thinks there will be at least twelve 50 goal scorers (because of the slashing calls) and wisely Darren Millard asked him to name them.

He said,

Mcdavid
Crosby
Matthews
Stamkos
Laine
Ovechkin
Mallon
kucherov
Scheifle
Seguin
Benn
Pacioretty (this one got a funny look from Millard)



I think he's reaching but analysts always get excited early, can't forget Darren pang predicting tarasenko to get fiftyin fifty two years ago after two weeks.
 

hi

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