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Before tonight, Buffalo and Vancouver had the same goal differential. 1 his dead last in his conference while the other has a WC spot.

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HabsCode

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Kind of a random thread I will conceide, but how do you explain this. Before tonights game they were both at -12.

Do Sabres lose all their game in a terribly close manner? Or vice and versa do Vancouver wins a lot of really close games?

They have similar PK efficiency (only 2.2% difference) but Vancouver has a considerably better PP at 22.5 vs 16.2.

Buffalo has 5 players with 40 or more points. Vancouver has one and it's a defenseman.

Vancouver has goaltending of .904 (Lankinen) from their more frequent start, .889 from Demko. Buffalo most frequent starter Lukkonen is at .897 and second is Reimer at 0.908.

Is the east bottom half teams just stronger than the west bottom half teams?
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HabsCode said:
Kind of a random thread I will conceide, but how do you explain this. Before tonights game they were both at -12.

Do Sabres lose all their game in a terribly close manner? Or vice and versa do Vancouver wins a lot of really close games?

They have similar PK efficiency (only 2.2% difference) but Vancouver has a considerably better PP at 22.5 vs 16.2.

Buffalo has 5 players with 40 or more points. Vancouver has one and it's a defenseman.

Vancouver has goaltending of .904 (Lankinen) from their more frequent start, .889 from Demko. Buffalo most frequent starter Lukkonen is at .897 and second is Reimer at 0.908.

Is the east bottom half teams just stronger than the west bottom half teams?
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Yes the Eastern bottom feeders are much better. The oddest goal differential is the Lightning.
 
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Weird stat to compare, Sabres have a better goal differential than the Habs (-29), Pens (-37) and Flyers (-30), but are behind all in the standings.
 
I think that the difference is that Buffalo had some blowout wins against so called wildcard teams in East (Islanders, Sens, Bruins), they won those three games by a combined +15.
 
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Bizzare said:
Canucks and Wings have the same GD now (-11) and are in the same spot in the standings..

What a weird thread
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It would be better, when comparing goal differential to acknowledge engs against, as wildcard teams tend to pull the goalie more often for points, understandably.
 
Kind of what you'd expect from a team with significant injury problems. Good enough to win when healthy, but getting blown out when a bunch of key guys are on the shelf. I'm not sure if that's actually what happened, but why let facts get in the way of a fun hypothesis.
 
The Canucks have lost a lot of one goal games.

They've lost so many OT games (they're 3-11 as of this post) that it's a statistical outlier. That, coupled with locker room drama and whack-a-mole injuries to their core, and it kind of feels like this season is cursed.

Fortunately there's no 3-on-3 in the playoffs, so if the Canucks manage to squeeze into a wildcard spot with everyone relatively healthy they could be a dangerous floater in the postseason.

I wouldn't bet on it tho.
 
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