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Once a game's winning goal is scored, we stop counting goals and assists — so our stats include only what actually mattered.
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Articles
Matthew Schaefer's Calder Season Is Even More Unprecedented Than You Think
Matthew Schaefer won the Calder with 59 points, and every one of them came while the game was still in doubt. No Calder winner has done that, and almost no rookie of any kind.
The Scoring Title, Re-Counted
Remove the goals scored after a game was decided and a different player leads the league in points in 30 of 108 seasons. Here are the champions who lose their titles, and what they have in common.
Are There Real Stat Padders?
Some players seem to come alive once a game is already decided. We compared more than a thousand careers against their own teammates to see if that's real, and who it is.
Is Killer Instinct Real?
Some teams, the saying goes, bury you once they have you down. We measured what teams do after a game is decided across 98 seasons, and found no sign that it is a trait.
Counting What Mattered
About one in five NHL goals was scored after the game was already decided. Here is why we stopped counting them, and the kind of statistic we think sports have been missing.