Obscure hockey facts/stats (Part 2)

[MarkusKetterer]

Not long after he was out of the NHL and spent five years in the minors before resurfacing.

And tossed around before he reappeared with Boston (with the Rangers, Sharks, and Oilers).

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Would not be surprised if this had been shared before, but I was browsing game logs and thought this a bit interesting.

Prior to the Thornton trade (November 30, 2005) Jonathan Cheechoo's statline was 7-8-15 -9 in 24 GP, or roughly a pace of 24-27-51 on an 82 game schedule.

After the Thornton trade, Cheechoo went 49-29-78 +32 in 58 GP. Extrapolated over a full season, he'd get a statline of 69-41-110.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Here's a trivia question. There's a statistical feat that Corey Perry has accomplished three times in his career. Here's a partial list of (loosely defined) peers who have done that more:

10 times - John Tavares
9 times - Eric Staal, Bernie Federko
8 times - Ryan Getzlaf, Nicklas Backstrom, Keith Tkachuk, Claude Giroux, Jeremy Roenick
7 times - Blake Wheeler, Joe Mullen, Ray Whitney, Vincent Damphousse, Bernie Nicholls, Alexander Mogilny, Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza
6 times - Garry Unger, Phil Kessel, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dany Heatley, Joe Pavelski, Dino Ciccarelli, Doug Weight, Lanny McDonald
5 times - Markus Naslund, Jamie Benn, Brad Marchand, Mike Gartner, Vincent Lecavalier, Patrick Marleau, Rod Brind'Amour, Joe Nieuwendyk, Brad Richards, Peter Bondra
4 times - Dave Andreychuk, Jason Allison, Alex Tanguay, Thomas Vanek, Pavol Demitra, Kirk Muller, Rick Nash, Tony Amonte, Marian Gaborik, Milan Hejduk

Any guesses as to what that statistical feat is? (Hint: I think about this whenever someone says Perry will be in the Hall of Fame).

 

[Hynh]

Here's a trivia question. There's a statistical feat that Corey Perry has accomplished three times in his career. Here's a partial list of (loosely defined) peers who have done that more:

10 times - John Tavares
9 times - Eric Staal, Bernie Federko
8 times - Ryan Getzlaf, Nicklas Backstrom, Keith Tkachuk, Claude Giroux, Jeremy Roenick
7 times - Blake Wheeler, Joe Mullen, Ray Whitney, Vincent Damphousse, Bernie Nicholls, Alexander Mogilny, Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza
6 times - Garry Unger, Phil Kessel, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dany Heatley, Joe Pavelski, Dino Ciccarelli, Doug Weight, Lanny McDonald
5 times - Markus Naslund, Jamie Benn, Brad Marchand, Mike Gartner, Vincent Lecavalier, Patrick Marleau, Rod Brind'Amour, Joe Nieuwendyk, Brad Richards, Peter Bondra
4 times - Dave Andreychuk, Jason Allison, Alex Tanguay, Thomas Vanek, Pavol Demitra, Kirk Muller, Rick Nash, Tony Amonte, Marian Gaborik, Milan Hejduk

Any guesses as to what that statistical feat is? (Hint: I think about this whenever someone says Perry will be in the Hall of Fame).

I'm going to guess "lead his team in points".

 

[crobro]

5 points in a game

 

[MadLuke]

I'm going to guess "lead his team in points".

With Hejduk at 4 considering the Avalange franchise, I would go for goals,.

 

[kaiser matias]

With Hejduk at 4 considering the Avalange franchise, I would go for goals,.

Not with Spezza at 7 times.

 

[MadLuke]

Not with Spezza at 7 times.

Hum maybe that a clue, lead their teams in something ?

Spezza if we add the numbers of time he did lead is team in assist + lead is team in points, it could go to about 7 I think if it can repeat in the same season.

 

[cupcrazyman]

In the 2013-14 season , the Buffalo Sabres dressed a record 9 goaltenders for games.

1. Ryan Miller
2. Jhonas Enroth
3. Ryan Vinz
4. Jaroslav Halak
5. Michal Neuvirth
6. Nathan Lieuwen
7. Andrey Makarov
8. Matt Hackett
9. Connor Knapp

 

[Hockey Outsider]

The answer to the trivia question isn't leading their team in points (or any single or combined stat).

 

[ecemleafs]

As does Mickey Redmond, Danny Gare, Dany Heatley and all the 46 players who’ve had multiple 50 goal seasons.

Sweden hasn’t been too prolific in exporting goal scorers. For its greatest goal scorer of all time, I’d suppose Håkan Loob whose record 50 goal season would be as good a pick as anyone, however he didn’t even lead his own team in goals that time since Nieuwendyk managed 51. Sven Tumba, Daniel Sedin, Markus Näslund and Tomas Sandström were also decent goal scorers.

For close calls, five times Swedes had 45-49 goals on a season. Kent Nilsson had seasons of 46 and 49 goals, and Mats Sundin netted 47 goals once.

Tomas Sandström is arguably the most probable to reach 50 barring injury: he had seasons where he scored 40 in 64 and 45 in 68 games. Mika Zibanejad in 2019-20 was also scoring at a very high clip, although he’d missed games even before the season was cut short. He finished with 41 goals in 57 games.

Markus Näslund’s 48 goals in 2002-03 is the highest finish by a Swede in the scoring race, being second to only Hejduk that time.

zibby was on an absolute heater when covid ended that season. he scored 23 in his last 22 and 11 in his last 6.

 

[The Panther]

Here's one: Of all NHL goalies who appeared in 20 or more games in any season since 1993-94, the two worst save percentages are both from 1999-00 season (weirdly, a very low-scoring season):

.856 Kevin Hodson - Tampa Bay
.856 Grant Fuhr - Calgary

I don't think I had ever heard of Hodson until now... but he apparently got a Cup-ring with Detroit in 1998.

 

[alko]

 

[LightningStorm]

Interesting coincidence from the NHL on ESPN/ABC original run (1992-2004) and revival which began this season:

Final broadcast in 2004? In Tampa when the Lightning beat the Flames on home ice to win their first cup.

First broadcast of the 2021 revival? Also in Tampa when the Lightning raised their 2021 cup banner on opening night.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Here's a trivia question. There's a statistical feat that Corey Perry has accomplished three times in his career. Here's a partial list of (loosely defined) peers who have done that more:

10 times - John Tavares
9 times - Eric Staal, Bernie Federko
8 times - Ryan Getzlaf, Nicklas Backstrom, Keith Tkachuk, Claude Giroux, Jeremy Roenick
7 times - Blake Wheeler, Joe Mullen, Ray Whitney, Vincent Damphousse, Bernie Nicholls, Alexander Mogilny, Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza
6 times - Garry Unger, Phil Kessel, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dany Heatley, Joe Pavelski, Dino Ciccarelli, Doug Weight, Lanny McDonald
5 times - Markus Naslund, Jamie Benn, Brad Marchand, Mike Gartner, Vincent Lecavalier, Patrick Marleau, Rod Brind'Amour, Joe Nieuwendyk, Brad Richards, Peter Bondra
4 times - Dave Andreychuk, Jason Allison, Alex Tanguay, Thomas Vanek, Pavol Demitra, Kirk Muller, Rick Nash, Tony Amonte, Marian Gaborik, Milan Hejduk

Any guesses as to what that statistical feat is? (Hint: I think about this whenever someone says Perry will be in the Hall of Fame).

The answer - the list shows how many times each player placed 30th or higher in scoring. As I've said before, I have no doubt that Perry will end up in the Hall of Fame, but you'd think a HOF forward would be able to finish higher than 30th more than three times in his career.

 

[frisco]

The answer - the list shows how many times each player placed 30th or higher in scoring. As I've said before, I have no doubt that Perry will end up in the Hall of Fame, but you'd think a HOF forward would be able to finish higher than 30th more than three times in his career.

How many top 30's for Pierre Turgeon and Mats Sundin?

My Best-Carey

 

[Hockey Outsider]

How many top 30's for Pierre Turgeon and Mats Sundin?

My Best-Carey

12 times for Sundin (every season from 1993 to 2008 except 2001 and 2007), and also 12 for Turgeon (11 years in a row from 1989 to 1999, plus 2001).

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Only nine players have scored 1,400 points with a single franchise:

1. Gordie Howe - 1966
2. Stan Mikita - 1978
3. Wayne Gretzky - 1987
4. Mario Lemieux - 1996
5. Raymond Bourque 1998 - (15 days ahead of Yzerman)
6. Steve Yzerman - 1998
7. Joe Sakic - 2004
8. Alex Ovechkin - 2022 (4 days ahead of Crosby)
9. Sidney Crosby - 2022

 

[frisco]

Only eight players have scored 1,400 points with a single franchise:

1. Gordie Howe - 1966
2. Stan Mikita - 1978
3. Wayne Gretzky - 1987
4. Raymond Bourque 1998 - (15 days ahead of Yzerman)
5. Steve Yzerman - 1998
6. Joe Sakic - 2004
7. Alex Ovechkin - 2022 (4 days ahead of Crosby)
8. Sidney Crosby - 2022

Mario-1996.

My Best-Carey

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Mario-1996.

My Best-Carey

Not sure how I forgot him - thanks, correction made.

 

[The Panther]

It came up in another thread, but it's diamond, so I repeat it here:

From 1979-80 to 1991-92 (thirteen seasons in a high-scoring era), the Edmonton Oilers had 22 player/seasons of 45 goals or more. The Vancouver Canucks had 1.

 

[Mohar Ikram]

From all doubled-numbers Stanley Cup Winners, Only Montreal Canadiens possessed at least one HOF goalie in each championships they won.

1916: Georges Vezina
1924: Georges Vezina
1930: George Hainsworth
1931: George Hainsworth
1944: Bill Durnan
1946: Bill Durnan
1953: Jacques Plante (Gerry McNeil is the starter this year but Plante's name is on the cup. So he is an official winner)
1956: Jacques Plante
1957: Jacques Plante
1958: Jacques Plante
1959: Jacques Plante
1960: Jacques Plante
1965: Lorne Worsley
1966: Lorne Worsley
1968: Lorne Worsley, Rogatien Vachon
1969: Rogatien Vachon, Lorne Worsley
1971: Ken Dryden, Rogatien Vachon
1973: Ken Dryden
1976: Ken Dryden
1977: Ken Dryden
1978: Ken Dryden
1979: Ken Dryden
1986: Patrick Roy
1993: Patrick Roy

Although Maple Leafs and Red Wings also won more than 10 times (13 and 11 respectively), they do not always have HOF Goalie during their championship years.

Non-HOF Goalies for both clubs during those championships years.

Maple Leafs:
1921 (as St. Pats): John Ross Roach, Ivan Mitchell
1932: Lorne Chabot, Benny Grant
1945: Frank McCool

Red Wings:
1936: Normie Smith
1937: Normie Smith, Earl Robertson
1943: Johnny Mowers
1997: Mike Vernon, Chris Osgood
1998: Chris Osgood, Kevin Hodson

 

[The Panther]

In 1983-84, Wayne Gretzky led the NHL in
- goals
- ES goals
- SH goals
- PP goals

My question is: Has any other player ever done that?


Wayne Gretzky (in 1983-84) and Mario Lemieux (1988-89 and 1995-96) each led the NHL in PP goals and SH goals in the same season (twice in Lemieux's case).

Has any other player ever done that?

 

[Kahvi]

Flames scored 9 unanswered goals to win 9-1 against Arizona after Arizona scored the first goal of the came. 9 unanswered goals has to be a record

 

[The Panther]

Flames scored 9 unanswered goals to win 9-1 against Arizona after Arizona scored the first goal of the came. 9 unanswered goals has to be a record

No, there are several historical games where teams scored more than that to close out the scoring in a given game.

For example:
New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings Box Score — January 23, 1944 | Hockey-Reference.com

Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers Box Score — November 8, 1985 | Hockey-Reference.com

Unless what you mean is, a game where the losing team scores at least one goal before the winning team reels off a bunch of consecutive scores. In that case, I don't know what the record would be.