Saw this on Reddit:
That’s crazy to think about.
"They have been within a goal for at least one second in the third period"
That's a weirdly tortured way to phrase it, since there was no game where we were within a goal for
only one second of the third period.
Here's what I have as our 3rd period "close loss" record:
1/16 @ DET - tied for 8:40, one goal game for 9:24
2/4 @ CHI - tied for 9:38, one goal game for 10:09
2/8 @ CBJ - tied for 15:24, one goal game for 4:36
2/22 vs TBL - tied for 8:04, one goal game for 11:16
2/24 @ TBL - were behind 2+ the entire period
2/25 vs TBL - tied for 6:22, one goal game for 12:22
3/15 @ DET - one goal game for 19:34
3/30 @ CHI - one goal game for 20:00
4/3 vs DAL - tied for 2:52, one goal game for 17:08
4/12 vs DET - tied for 0:24, one goal game for 7:24
So out of a total of 200:00 3rd period minutes that we have played
in losses (which is the mind blowing part of this) we have been:
- tied for 51:34
- within one goal for 111:53
- Therefore,
within 1 shot of a tie or a lead for 163:27 (82%)
Now here's the even crazier part... 7 of those games ended up being multi-goal losses., and in
all 7 of those games, the opponent scored an ENG. We have only lost one game all season by multiple non-ENGs, the 2/24 game against Tampa which was 2-0 going into the third period and ended 3-0.
Which means (and this is the kicker) that
not one single time this season has an opponent scored on a guarded net to extend a lead on this team in the 3rd period. Not once in 47 games.
