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Oilers goal totals by game situation(in Gretzky's games):
Regular Season
Playoffs
Based on the numbers I have during the 4v4 era of Gretzky's peak seasons the Oilers scored 101 4v4 goals in 320 games, which is an average of 0.32 per game. Over the next two seasons the team scored just 9 4v4 goals in 160 games, an average of 0.06
Here's the TOI break down of 4v4 time for each season. The numbers were rounded to the nearest 5 second interval for each opportunity, adding up exactly every second was a bit too time consuming. I didn't go through and add up the minutes for the 79-80 or 80-81 seasons either, as I was more interested in the other seasons. "CM" means Coincidental minors:
Regular Season
Playoffs
* total number of coincidental minors, did not add up the actual mins for 80 & 81 but the number of 4v4 mins closely correlates to the total number of CM's
4 on 4 opportunities is simply total 4v4 minutes divided by 120 seconds(2 minutes). A 120 second 4 on 4 opportunities is essentially equal to a powerplay opportunity because even though the average powerplay only lasts about 100 seconds(give or take a couple seconds at about 20% efficiency) it ends after a goal is scored where as four on four play does not end after a goal is scored. Approximately 86% of 4v4 goals came during coincidental minors; 87 of the Oilers 101 (85 of 99 in Gretzky's games). These are the type of goals that were no longer being scored between 1985 and 1992.
Here are the individual season by season game logs of their coincidental minors and 4 on 4 ice time(TOI #'s from 1981 to 87)
Apparently "too many characters" to post all the seasons in one post
Regular Season
| Gm | Total | 5v5 | PP | 4v4 | SH |
1979-80 | 79 | 300 | 223 | 61 | 5 | 11 |
1980-81 | 80 | 328 | 221 | 77 | 20 | 13 |
1981-82 | 80 | 417 | 301 | 87 | 17 | 12 |
1982-83 | 80 | 424 | 290 | 86 | 26 | 22 |
1983-84 | 74 | 427 | 289 | 76 | 29 | 35 |
1984-85 | 80 | 401 | 275 | 74 | 27 | 25 |
1985-86 | 80 | 426 | 315 | 78 | 6 | 27 |
1986-87 | 79 | 372 | 266 | 69 | 3 | 27 |
Playoffs
| Gm | Total | 5v5 | PP | 4v4 | SH |
1979-80 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1980-81 | 9 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
1981-82 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
1982-83 | 16 | 80 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 10 |
1983-84 | 19 | 94 | 57 | 17 | 12 | 4 |
1984-85 | 18 | 98 | 57 | 15 | 14 | 6 |
1985-86 | 10 | 41 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
1986-87 | 21 | 87 | 58 | 17 | 2 | 5 |
Based on the numbers I have during the 4v4 era of Gretzky's peak seasons the Oilers scored 101 4v4 goals in 320 games, which is an average of 0.32 per game. Over the next two seasons the team scored just 9 4v4 goals in 160 games, an average of 0.06
Here's the TOI break down of 4v4 time for each season. The numbers were rounded to the nearest 5 second interval for each opportunity, adding up exactly every second was a bit too time consuming. I didn't go through and add up the minutes for the 79-80 or 80-81 seasons either, as I was more interested in the other seasons. "CM" means Coincidental minors:
Regular Season
Year | Gm | CM | CM 4v4 G | Other 4v4 G | Total 4v4 | Against | 4v4 mins | 'Actual' 4v4 Opp | O/gm |
79-80 | 80 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | | | 1.3 |
80-81 | 80 | 108 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 7 | | | 1.4 |
81-82 | 80 | 98 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 221:05 | = 110.5 | 1.4 |
82-83 | 80 | 144 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 313:05 | = 156.5 | 2.0 |
83-84 | 74 | 103 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 224:50 | = 112 | 1.4 |
84-85 | 80 | 120 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 241:00 | = 120.5 | 1.5 |
85-86 | 80 | na | na | 6 | 6 | 5 | 59:55 | = 30 | 0.4 |
86-87 | 79 | na | na | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33:45 | = 17 | 0.2 |
Year | Gm | CM | 4v4 For | 4v4 Against | 4v4 mins | Actual 4v4 Opp | 4v4 O/gm |
1979-80 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | | 4* | 1.3 |
1980-81 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | | 17* | 1.9 |
1981-82 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 27:25 | =13.7 | 2.7 |
1982-83 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 90:15 | = 45.1 | 2.8 |
1983-84 | 19 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 98:25 | = 49.2 | 2.6 |
1984-85 | 18 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 97:00 | = 48.5 | 2.7 |
1985-86 | 10 | na | 0 | 0 | 4:10 | = 2.1 | 0.2 |
1986-87 | 21 | na | 2 | 2 | 14:05 | = 7.0 | 0.3 |
4 on 4 opportunities is simply total 4v4 minutes divided by 120 seconds(2 minutes). A 120 second 4 on 4 opportunities is essentially equal to a powerplay opportunity because even though the average powerplay only lasts about 100 seconds(give or take a couple seconds at about 20% efficiency) it ends after a goal is scored where as four on four play does not end after a goal is scored. Approximately 86% of 4v4 goals came during coincidental minors; 87 of the Oilers 101 (85 of 99 in Gretzky's games). These are the type of goals that were no longer being scored between 1985 and 1992.
Here are the individual season by season game logs of their coincidental minors and 4 on 4 ice time(TOI #'s from 1981 to 87)
Gm | Date | | | For | Against | 4v4 Opp |
1 | CBH | L | | | 2 | |
2 | DET | T | | | 1 | |
3 | VAN | T | | | 1 | |
4 | QUE | W | | | | |
5 | MNS | T | | | | |
6 | NYI | T | | | 5 | |
7 | NYR | L | | 2 | 1 | |
8 | ATL | L | | | 1 | |
9 | WSH | L | | | | |
10 | SLB | L | | | 1 | |
11 | NYI | W | | | 1 | |
12 | BOS | L | | | | |
13 | DET | L | | | 2 | |
14 | BOS | L | | | 1 | |
15 | TOR | L | | | 1 | |
16 | WSH | W | | | | |
17 | PHI | L | | | 1 | |
18 | HAR | L | | | 1 | |
19 | BUF | L | | | | |
20 | TOR | T | | | 1 | |
21 | PHI | T | | | 4 | |
22 | CBH | W | | | 1 | |
23 | NYI | W | | 1 | 2 | |
24 | MNS | L | | | 1 | |
25 | WIN | L | | | | |
26 | HAR | W | | | | |
27 | ATL | T | | | 1 | |
28 | MTL | W | | | 1 | |
29 | WIN | L | | | 4 | |
30 | DET | L | | | | |
31 | CLR | L | | | 1 | |
32 | LAK | L | | 1 | | |
33 | CLR | W | | | | |
34 | VAN | W | | 1 | 1 | |
35 | QUE | L | | | 1 | |
36 | HAR | T | | | 1 | |
37 | LAK | T | | | | |
38 | MTL | L | | | 3 | |
39 | QUE | L | | | | |
40 | NYR | L | | | | |
41 | BUF | W | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
42 | WSH | W | | | | |
43 | BOS | L | | | | |
44 | PIT | W | | | 2 | |
45 | BUF | T | | 1 | 3 | |
46 | PIT | W | | | 2 | |
47 | TOR | W | | | | |
48 | PHI | L | | | 2 | |
49 | STL | L | | 1 | 1 | |
50 | LAK | W | 1 | | 1 | |
51 | WIN | W | | | | |
52 | LAK | W | | | 1 | |
53 | STL | L | | | 3 | |
54 | ATL | L | | | 2 | |
55 | WIN | T | | | 2 | |
56 | MNS | W | | | 3 | |
57 | WSH | W | | | 3 | |
58 | STL | T | | | | |
59 | HAR | L | | | 1 | |
60 | NYR | L | | | | |
61 | CLR | L | | | 2 | |
62 | BOS | L | | | | |
63 | CBH | W | | | 1 | |
64 | BUF | L | | | 1 | |
65 | VAN | L | | | | |
66 | NYI | L | | 1 | 2 | |
67 | MTL | L | | | 1 | |
68 | PIT | L | | | 5 | |
69 | PHI | L | | | 3 | |
70 | QUE | W | | | | |
71 | CBH | W | | | 1 | |
72 | MTL | L | | | 2 | |
73 | NYR | W | 1 | | 1 | |
74 | PIT | W | 1 | | 4 | |
75 | ATL | W | 1 | | 1 | |
76 | DET | W | | | | |
77 | TOR | W | | | | |
78 | VAN | L | | | 3 | |
79 | MNS | T | | | 1 | |
80 | CLR | W | | | 1 | |
| | RS Totals | 5% | 5 | 9 | 101 |
Gm | Date | | | For | Against | 4v4 Opp |
1 | PHI | L | | 1 | 2 | |
2 | PHI | L | | | 2 | |
3 | PHI | L | | | | |
| | PO Totals | 0% | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Gm | Date | | | For | Against | 4v4 Opp |
1 | Nordiques | L | | | 1 | |
2 | Rockies | L | | | 1 | |
3 | Sabres | L | | | 2 | |
4 | Islanders | T | 1 | | 2 | |
5 | Rangers | W | | | 1 | |
6 | Flames | W | | | | |
7 | North Stars | L | | | 2 | |
8 | Kings | T | | | | |
9 | Leafs | T | | | | |
10 | Capitals | T | 1 | | 2 | |
11 | Penguins | T | | | 2 | |
12 | Canucks | L | | | 1 | |
13 | Jets | W | | | 1 | |
14 | Blues | L | | | | |
15 | Flyers | L | | | | |
16 | Leafs | L | | | 1 | |
17 | Hawk | W | | | 1 | |
18 | Canucks | L | | | 1 | |
19 | Sabres | W | | | | |
20 | Rockies | L | | | | |
21 | Hawks | W | | | 1 | |
22 | Whalers | L | | | 1 | |
23 | Bruins | L | | | 1 | |
24 | Rangers | L | | | 1 | |
25 | Whalers | W | | | 2 | |
26 | Islanders | L | | | | |
27 | Canadiens | L | 1 | | 2 | |
28 | Nordiques | L | | | 1 | |
29 | Wings | L | | | 1 | |
30 | Capitals | L | | | 3 | |
31 | Canadiens | W | | | | |
32 | Kings | L | | | | |
33 | Wings | T | 1 | | 3 | |
34 | Flyers | L | | 1 | 2 | |
35 | Flames | L | 1 | | 2 | |
36 | Bruins | W | | | 1 | |
37 | Leafs | W | 1 | | 3 | |
38 | Capitals | W | | | 1 | |
39 | Whalers | T | | | | |
40 | Nordiques | W | 1 | | 6 | |
41 | Canadiens | L | | | 3 | |
42 | Leafs | W | | | 3 | |
43 | Sabres | T | | 1 | 1 | |
44 | Blues | L | | | | |
45 | Canucks | W | | | 2 | |
46 | Rangers | L | | 1 | 2 | |
47 | North Stars | L | | | 2 | |
48 | Canadiens | W | | | 1 | |
49 | Hawks | W | 1 | | 2 | |
50 | Capitals | L | | | | |
51 | Blues | T | 2 | | 3 | |
52 | Hawks | L | | 1 | 1 | |
53 | Jets | W | | | | |
54 | Flames | L | | | | |
55 | Nordiques | L | | | 1 | |
56 | Sabres | T | | | 2 | |
57 | Blues | W | 2 | | 3 | |
58 | Bruins | L | | | 3 | |
59 | Jets | W | | | 1 | |
60 | Kings | L | | | | |
61 | Flyer | W | 2 | | 2 | |
62 | Wings | W | | | 2 | |
63 | Rockies | L | | | 4 | |
64 | Islanders | T | | | | |
65 | Rangers | T | 1 | | 1 | |
66 | Flyers | W | | 1 | 3 | |
67 | Penguins | L | 1 | | | |
68 | Islanders | L | | | 1 | |
69 | Flames | T | | 1 | 3 | |
70 | Penguins | W | | | 1 | |
71 | North Stars | W | | | | |
72 | North Stars | T | | | 1 | |
73 | Kings | T | | | 1 | |
74 | Bruins | L | | | | |
75 | Whalers | W | | | | |
76 | Wings | W | 2 | | 4 | |
77 | Penguins | W | | | 1 | |
78 | Rockies | T | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
79 | Canucks | W | | | 2 | |
80 | Jets | W | 1 | | 1 | |
| | RS Totals | 18.5% | 20 | 7 | 108 |
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Gm | Date | | | For | Against | 4v4 Opp |
1 | Canadiens | W | 2 | | 5 | |
2 | Canadiens | W | | | 1 | |
3 | Canadiens | W | 1 | | 2 | |
4 | Islanders | L | | | 3 | |
5 | Islanders | L | | | 1 | |
6 | Islanders | W | | | 1 | |
7 | Islanders | L | | | 1 | |
8 | Islanders | W | | 1 | 2 | |
9 | Islanders | L | | 1 | 1 | |
| | PO Totals | 17.6% | 3 | 2 | 17 |
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