Gustav Nyquist, 75 points, better than ever at age 34

[QJL]

SV% also was lower than it was the past 2 seasons. Still it may be slightly lower than the last 2 seasons, but it’s still way up from what it was before that. You have to go back to the early 90s to find scoring rates at the level they have been the past 3 years, and that was when teams had 1-2 more PPs and per game.

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I didn’t know 05-06 was in the early 90s. That season had .03 less points per game with a save percentage that was .02 lower. Almost identical.

I am arguing that Nyquist’s career year isn’t due to the scoring levels because of his jump from the previous 2 seasons. Obviously scoring has been higher the past 3 seasons.

 

[FissionFire]

2005-06 was the post lockout year and was clearly an aberration, with nearly 6 PP chances per game and over 1 PPG per game. Only 4 times in the entire history of the NHL has their been an average of 1.00+ power play goals per game. Even then despite near unprecedented PP goal scoring it was still lower scoring than the last 3 years. Plus it’s a one-off season as opposed to a 3 year trend.

 

[majormajor]

We have what nine 100 point players this year? And we are seeing guys hit 140, it's extremely high to me if you look at 2008 or even just 10 years ago. Jamie Benn top scorer with 87 points compared to now is absolutely up by a lot.

From the low point (2015-16) to today the league scoring went from 2.74 goals per game to 3.11 goals per game. That's a 13.5% increase, which doesn't explain very much of Nyquist's explosion. This player is more interesting than that.