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Playoff Stats are up!
It took a little while, but all of the Behindthenet stats are available for the playoffs. I'm hoping to update at least every other day.One sad note: the NHL isn't going to post shift charts from last...
Playoff Offensive Levels 1968-2008
One unsurprising result here: there are fewer goals scored in the playoffs than during the regular season. If you're down by three in the second during the regular season, you'll probably rest your be...
Playoff Performance by Age
There's no question that scoring rates drop during the playoffs, but James Mirtle wonders if it's fair to count "every game as being equal, whether those postseason games were played as an 18-year-old...
Swallowing the Whistle?
Since the early 1990s, many fewer penalties have been called in playoff games than during the regular season, with the ratio dropping as low as 74%. But for the vast majority of seasons before 1990, m...
Odds? Not in Pittsburgh's favor
The Vegas line for the Pittsburgh Penguins winning Game Seven tomorrow night in Detroit has been edging ever slowly against them. Twenty-four hours ago, a six-sports book average had them at 37.4% to ...
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