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

[HabsCode]

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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[Pablo El Perro]

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?

Yes the Eastern bottom feeders are much better. The oddest goal differential is the Lightning.

 

[Rowlet]

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.

 

[NVious]

We tried to tell the Sabres fans to plant the palm trees, they just wouldn't listen.

 

[nturn06]

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.

 

[HabsCode]

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.

Yes odd stats too.

 

[LevelingSolo]

Would help if Buffalo had a goalie

 

[Bizzare]

Canucks and Wings have the same GD now (-11) and are in the same spot in the standings..

What a weird thread

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Canucks and Wings have the same GD now (-11) and are in the same spot in the standings..

What a weird thread

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.

 

[HabsCode]

Canucks and Wings have the same GD now (-11) and are in the same spot in the standings..

What a weird thread

What a random comment. Makes both of us.

 

[Rubi]

Strange comparison.

 

[Three On Zero]

East > West

 

[coolboarder]

The Canucks is starting to be like NJ Devils of 90's with the way they are playing. Their PK is vastly improved when compared to the start of the season.

 

[Coldnwindy]

East as a whole is much stronger than the west this year but fans of the top western teams keep trying to gaslight otherwise.

 

[StrompTroller]

East > West

Puts on a bandana and throws 2pac-esque W's.....

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

We tried to tell the Sabres fans to plant the palm trees, they just wouldn't listen.

They got plenty of face palms, though

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

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.

 

[Sykur]

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.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

They got plenty of face palms, though

Instead of palm trees Buffalo has palm threes:

 

[Grub]

Because Buffalo’s gm is a p***y at making trades and Rutherford is rambo.

 

[sr edler]

Vancouver plays a very defensive style and grinds out a lot of one-goal wins. Buffalo at times blows out opponents, but also lose tons of one-goal games. Dahlin (their best player) was also out injured for I think half of that long losing streak. They're not a particularly deep or well-balanced team, but they're also not necessarily worst-in-the-conference bad.

 

[Oilslick941611]

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?

Easily. Points aren’t based on goal differential and every game is different. There are many ways to get to the same number.

Goal differential is about a relevant to position in the standings as the roster limit of players allowed to dress per game, which they are also tied in!