Power Rankings: Some Random Numbers!

BallHype: hype it up!

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

  1. Detroit 24-12-5
  2. Boston 24-13-4
  3. New Jersey 23-15-3
  4. San Jose 21-13-7
  5. Anaheim 22-15-4
  6. Chicago 22-15-4

Largest Goal Differential

  1. Boston +78
  2. San Jose +53
  3. Detroit +51
  4. Chicago +48
  5. New Jersey +35

Worst Home Records

  1. Tampa Bay 12-18-11
  2. Colorado 18-21-2
  3. Atlanta 18-21-2
  4. NY Islanders 17-18-6
  5. Toronto 16-16-9

Worst Goalie’s GAA (Min. 45 games)

  1. Joey MacDonald (NYI) 3.37 GAA
  2. Vesa Toskala (TOR) 3.26 GAA
  3. J.S. Giguere (ANA) 3.10 GAA
  4. Chris Osgood (DET) 3.09 GAA
  5. Kari Lehtonen (ATL) 3.06 GAA

Most Shorthanded Goals Allowed

  1. Calgary — 15
  2. NY Rangers — 14
  3. Pittsburgh — 13
  4. Columbus — 12
  5. Washington — 11
  6. San Jose — 11
  7. 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

  1. Phoenix — 44.8%
  2. NY Islanders — 45.7%
  3. Buffalo — 47.4%
  4. Dallas — 47.8%
  5. 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!!!

About Chris Wassel

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