Pittsburgh has the 5th most points in the league and 4th worst goal differential

[1967th Heaven]

Pretty crazy stat!

Guess they've been blown out a bunch

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[iamjs]

ummm... ok.

 

[moose3322]

They’ve also played more games than anyone else in the league, so of course they have a higher than average point total.

Their overall record is actually pretty average, and they have been blown out a few times, which explains the low goal differential

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Getting absolutely spanked in 2 games probably has slightly skewed there goal differential. Maybe anyways who knows!

 

[Captain Mountain]

They've been simultaneously really lucky and really unlucky in a ton of different ways.

 

[StaalForOne]

Getting absolutely spanked in 2 games probably has slightly skewed there goal differential. Maybe anyways who knows!

3 games.

Jets, Hawks, Tampa

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Getting absolutely spanked in 2 games probably has slightly skewed there goal differential. Maybe anyways who knows!

uh.. 3 games.

Chicago 10-1
Tampa 7-1
Winnipeg 7-1

 

[Del Preston]

 

[1967th Heaven]

Getting absolutely spanked in 2 games probably has slightly skewed there goal differential. Maybe anyways who knows!

I mean yeah, that is what I said.

 

[Agalloch]

Letang is -14

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Yeah he was really bad, but can't put it all on him. The team played like utter shit in-front of him. And Sully only played him on the 2nd of back to backs when the team is already fatigued from the night before. Also played him against Tampa.. TWICE!

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Check out their PDO lol

93.7%

I kid you not. Their 5v5 on ice sh% is 5.0%!

 

[1967th Heaven]

Check out their PDO lol

93.7%

I kid you not. Their 5v5 on ice sh% is 5.0%!

Lol that's actually insane

 

[daver]

Rope-a-dope

 

[PenguinSpeed]

Pretty crazy stat!

Guess they've been blown out a bunch

-The Pens have already played 9 road games including 4 back to back road game series and tonight will be the 5th back to back again and 10th road game.

-Pens schedule gets easier in the future. We have played twice as many games on the road as home and 4 of our next 5 are all on the road. Toughest opening schedule in the league maybe ever. The Pens will get to play at home at some point too.

 

[1967th Heaven]

-The Pens have already played 9 road games including 4 back to back road game series and tonight will be the 5th back to back again and 10th road game.

-Pens schedule gets easier in the future. We have played twice as many games on the road as home and 4 of our next 5 are all on the road. Toughest opening schedule in the league maybe ever. The Pens will get to play at home at some point too.

Lol to be clear this wasn't supposed to be a thread making fun of the Pens. The Pens are my second favourite team and I've hopped right on the bandwagon the past 8 years. Just thought it was a funny stat.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Getting absolutely spanked in 2 games probably has slightly skewed there goal differential. Maybe anyways who knows!

3 games. All three on the second half of a back to back on the road.

Their GF/GA differential is actually okay in the other 11 games if you remove those three blowouts that have a combined GF-to-GA of minus-21.

 

[IPS]

Kris Letang looks absolutely horrific this year. I'm really starting to wonder if injuries are catching up to this guy. Which would suck, because he's a heck of a player and athlete.

 

[Extra Texture]

I like the line "guess they've been blown out a bunch" because it sounds like its some kind of unconfirmed theory. There are vague rumors of these blowouts, but nobody has actually seen them.

But yeah, its a crazy stat and that actually is the reason. -21 differential in those three games (as the poster above me stated)

 

[TheBluePenguin]

They are good at winning and loosing really bad ..... its pretty simple

 

[Trade]

Pretty crazy stat!

Guess they've been blown out a bunch

Wow that's a great observation. It's almost like we didn't cut Niemi for being a human piece of Swiss cheese

 

[1967th Heaven]

Wow that's a great observation. It's almost like we didn't cut Niemi for being a human piece of Swiss cheese

Once again, just observed the stat. Not trying to insult Pittsburgh here, they're my cup favourite again this year. Painfully obvious this doesn't mean shit, just thought it was kinda funny.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Giving up those 24 goals over 3 games will definitely mess with the stats. It'll normalize eventually.

 

[Rebels57]

Getting blown out 3 times and being pretty good otherwise will do that.

 

[ijuka]

Very good goal economy. Win the close games barely and when you lose, get destroyed. That way, you don't waste too many of your goals on losses.