[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.

[nhwingut]

I agree with the “one game” argument but the stat is based on entire playoffs, a pretty solid sample... These things tend to even out. I don’t think you can call it “deceptive” when every winning team has been #1 (other than one year, and they were #2) and I’m sure each had a blowout along the way.