[nhwingut]

Look at this stat. Only once has the Stanley Cup winner not been ranked #1 in goal differential. Even then they (Chicago) were #2. Vancouver is #12, not even in the black. I feel more confident than ever. Go B's!!

[C. Edmund Wright]

Wow. Hockey fan and Hurricanes ticket holder — and I never knew this stat was this indicative. I also would have thought the Lightning would have won this stat this year.

[TomGuy]

Looks like they sent the 3rd string to Boston. They have been pathetic.

Of course, they just barely won the first two games in Vancouver. Game 1 was 0-0 until they scored with 18 seconds left. Game 2 was even at 2-2 until they scored at the opening of the OT period.

Boston walked/skated all over them in Games 3 and 4.

[Charles Henrickson]

Only once has the Stanley Cup winner not been ranked #1 in goal differential. Even then they (Chicago) were #2.

I think you mean Pittsburgh in '09.

[Christian4Bush]

I’m rooting for Boston in the Finals. (Kings fan) After Game 2’s Vancouver win, I told a friend on Twitter, “I need to change strategy...seems like every team I’ve pulled for this postseason, hockey and basketball, has lost.” She said that I was a “cooler” and I said, “Yeah, but without Maria Bello.”

So I started pulling for the Canucks. Boston has outscored them 12-1 since, in tying the series.

So....GO CANUCKS!!!!!!!! (Boston, see you at your parade...erra erra ahhhhhh)

[jeffc]

I know I will get flamed for this but, I won't watch any more NHL games. I wanted to watch a hockey game last night, but all I saw the Bruins wanting more to fight than play hockey. The officiating was terrible: Bruin player hits at a Canuck player when he's hurt and down on the ice and AFTER the whistle blows, and the referee does nothing?

Both of my teams are out, and I really care nothing about either the Canucks or Bruins, but the officiating in these playoffs has been at the level that made me stop watching hockey back in the late 70's, that and the league seemed made up of fighters and not hockey players. Why doesn't the NHL just melt the ice, put twelve guys on the rink and have them fight it out - forget about pucks and scoring goals, heck, they half do that now.

[Alberta's Child]

That's a very interesting statistic, but in some cases it can be extremely deceptive if heavily influenced by a couple of lopsided games. The Canucks' 8-1 loss in Game 3 gave them a -7 in goal differential for one game, but it was still just one loss.

I'm pleased to see how well my 1995 Devils grade out on that table. They were easily among the most underrated teams of the last few decades, mainly because that was a strike-shortened season and they were the #5 seed in the Eastern Conference during the playoffs that year.

[airborne]

Hockey Ping!

(let me know if you want on or off the ping list)

[wiggen]

1980 +23
1981 +49
1982 +33
1983 +41
All the NY Islanders.

[discostu]

Friday night the statistics said Vancouver had already won. Now they say they already lost. That’s the funny part about stats, especially when using them to try to predict the future.

[Varda]

Interesting! I thought this was going to be about Conference winners in a seven game series always winning the Stanley Cup. This is another good omen. Go Bruins! Bobby Orr is watching.

[cowboyway]

Go Wings!

:~)

[Alberta's Child]

And now we have this bizarre scenario right now where Boston has outscored Vancouver by a 14-6 margin in these finals, yet Vancouver leads the series, 3-2.

Just goes to show you how statistics can sometimes be so misleading.