The ending NHL Regular Series has included incredible individual splendor and absolutely exceptional paint delight. The biggest treat for the followers has been the toughest goals in the 21st century.
17.4. 17: 02 • Updated April 17. 17:10
Each NHL season has its own story, but the regular season ending in a couple of weeks has been entertaining and exceptional in every way.
The era of the dead puck at the turn of the millennium has been just a distant memory of a period in which the gaming device has been hacked at a faster pace than ever before in the 21st century.
The continuous development of skating and individual skills has been reflected in the number of goals and as the number of goals in the cake has only grown, it has also been distributed to more and more people.
This, in turn, has also been reflected in the statistics of individuals.
Sports NHL journalist Tommi Seppälä bought the toughest statistical shots in the regular season.
Number of goals
Ultimately, the people want to see the goals and the youthful NHL has responded to this call in a great way.
The teams ’average goal per match of 3.12 has been the highest in the regular season in the 21st century. In fact, we have to go back as much as 26 years (1995-1996) to find a similar figure.
It is also noteworthy that, at the same time, there have been significantly fewer refrigerators distributed than in previous years.
Thus, the number of goals has not been pumped up through games of force, such as after the closure in 2005-2006, when more ice pans were distributed than ever before.
This season, the teams have recorded a 2.89 chance of superiority per match. Last season, the reading was the same, but otherwise the drop in the past 3 to 5 years of chances of superiority is large.
The increase in goals is, of course, also reflected in the players’ personal statistics.
There are as many as 48 players in the NHL this season with at least one point per match. The limit is 30 games played. By way of comparison, the reading for the previous two periods was 22.
For example, in the 2014–2017 seasons, the number reached only eight three times in a row. The last time a larger reading is found is for the period 1992–1993, when as many as 67 players exceeded the surface average.
Five players have already crossed the 100-point mark. Up to 7-9 players have a realistic chance of reaching a hundred levels. Such readings may also be applied for the period after the closure in 2005–2007, when the number of goals was increased with the help of force majeure games.
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Toronto Auston Matthews is arguably one of the most interesting players in the regular season.
While one of the top players in the summer 2016 booking event, Matthews was supposed to be a more comprehensive package and Patrik Laine paint sprayer, the American striker has begun to hit the puck at the finish line at a terrible, even historic pace.
Matthews had hit 58 hits by a long Friday night. The reading is the second highest in the 2010s and an exceptional success by any measure.
While it is still noticed that Toronto still has eight matches to star, a season of over 60 hits is full of realism. At least Steven Stamkosin The 2010 record (60) is within reach of Matthews with normal performance.
The Leafs Centers ’average goal per match for the previous 30 seasons is seventh the hardest. In a word, a mute go!
Even crazier was that Matthews was able to score 50 goals in 50 matches. Although the performance was split into two seasons, the trick in today’s NHL can be considered completely incomprehensible.
Many – including the undersigned – imagined that not Wayne Gretzkyn the last trick he would do would be repeated at this level by anyone ever.
Kreider-50
New York Rangers Chris Kreider will be remembered for this season as it is one of the most surprising 50 goal players in the NHL ever.
The last time one of the shots was surprised was in the 2005-2006 season at San Jose Jonathan Cheechoo hit 56 hits. Four years after his trick, Cheechoo was out of the NHL.
Kreider is a long-range reliable NHL player, but no one expected 50 goals from this player. Why wait, since the player had never even reached 30 hits before. The combined balance of the previous two periods reached 44.
All the credit to a man who operates a lot in the vicinity of the paint, near the edges and at the corners.
By the way, there are already three players in the NHL this season. Four, too, is full of realism before the basic set is completed. The last time four was surprised was in the 2005-2006 season, when as many as five players crossed the magic line.
Like a Swiss watch
Nashville Roman Josi goes into the same category as Auston Matthews in terms of defenders: an incredible season is at hand.
Josi used to be up to over 100 points, and the possibility of reaching the three-digit number can still not be ruled out.
The Swiss talent swung to 96 points on Friday. In order for the incomprehensible puck dominance and operation as an intermediate striker to go into context, a comparison must be sought again in history.
Similar readings were last reached in 1992-1993, when Winnipeg Phil Housley whipped Teemu Selänteen 76 newcomer.
Like a Swiss watch.
Tight lines in Florida
Exceptional spending has also been seen at the team level in the goal-making sector.
One of the Finnish teams in the NHL, the Florida Panthers, has stacked well above four per game. The Panthers’ 4.11 hits per match is the hardest going in the league since 1995-1996 in Pittsburgh.
Those who remember how Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Ron Francis and Sergei Zubov at that time subjugated others, know how to put Florida in the context of offensive game quality. We are talking in every way about an exceptional attack.
Alexander Barkovin led by Florida has a whopping six 50-point players and ten 40 surface players.
In the goals, six have been reached by six and 10 by eleven – this is to say that there is not only movement but also skill in any part of the line-up.
Power statistics okay
If the NHL were to award the come back prize of the year, it would go with an unparalleled avalanche of Calgary Johnny Gaudreaulle.
The Flames star, who has played without passion and real dedication for the past couple of seasons, has put an incredible clinic on top this season – the 100-point mark has already been broken.
Be that as it may, Gaudreau has flung himself to the toughest flight of his career under the free agency of the summer.
One way or another, the center has also seen a central striker committed to the overall game in a completely different way.
Gaudreau’s power statistic +59 is also an amazing reading in every way. In fact, the quotation for the previous 30 years is the second highest in Detroit Vladimir Konstantinov After (+60).
In the case of Gaudreau, it must also be remembered to mention the chain friends Elias Lindholm and Matthew Tkachuk. The chain has been one of the best number one chains in the league this season – if not the best. Lindholm’s +55 is also a pretty rough reading.
The Colorado defender has achieved the same Devon Toews (+52), which with Lindholm reaches the top ten in power statistics for the previous 30 years.
A wall on Broadway
At a time when the NHL has hit goals harder than ever before in the 21st century, the New York Rangers Russian Igor Shostjorkin has been able to set up a magnificent goalkeeper clinic.
Although the millers have been generally tough, Shostjorkin’s statistics are incomprehensibly harsh in a broader perspective.
For example, the rebound rate of 93.4 is the fourth highest in the previous ten years at the limit of 30 matches played. The last time the corresponding readings were taken in the 2012 season Brian Eliottin and Cory Schneiderin through the agency of.
Even worse is the Russian expenditure in the GSAA statistics. The statistics measure how many goals the goalkeeper saves in relation to the league average. Shostjorkin’s reading is a whopping +39.4.
Shostjorkin is an unsurpassed favorite as the goalie of the year, and even the prize for the most valuable player in the league would not go to the wrong address in his case.