Around the NHL — Episode XLXVI

[Golden_Jet]

Steve Simmons makes a great point in his column today



… If AFL statistics count for NFL players, and now Negro League statistics will be counted alongside MLB stats, why not have WHA statistics count along with NHL stats? If those stats were connected, Gordie Howe, not Wayne Gretzky, would be the career goal scoring leader at 975, followed by Gretzky at 940 and Bobby Hull at 913. Then Alex Ovechkin, well back at 853 …

That’s hard to red with the dark background setting.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Ceci and Nurse still play prominent roles on that team, and much like he was when he was playing in 2017, Ceci has a substantially negative goal differential when on the ice compared to the better defensive pairing.

The trick seems to be that if the Edmonton forwards have the puck and keep it in the Dallas zone, it can't go in the Edmonton net. It's working so far.

It could also be the forwards that Ceci is oftentimes playing with in the situations where goals against happen. When Dallas was getting their ideal matchups during the first two games, I noticed their goals were coming against the third and fourth lines. Mostly the fourth line.