Questions tagged [nhl]
Questions about the National Hockey League (NHL), a league physically located in North America that houses many of the top international players. Generally respected as the 'top-tier' of hockey, in terms of salary and talent. Please also use the [ice-hockey] tag.
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Do postseason games count against the NHL games played limit for rookie status?
Adding to the question here, do NHL postseason games count towards the current 25 game limit for a player to maintain rookie status?
The wording of the current NHL rules seem a bit ambiguous as to ...
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Why is the Sport Equinox taking place more frequently?
Today, October 20th, 2022 is the 27th time in history that the "Big Four" leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB) are all in action on the same day.
I've read that there was a 16-year period (1985–2001)...
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How many times in NHL history has a team *almost* come back from a 3-0 deficit in a playoff series?
The Edmonton Oilers currently trail the Colorado Avalanche by 3–0 in the Western Conference series. We know that there is a small amount of precedent for an NHL team to come back from such a deficit. ...
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Bare minimum criteria to have name engraved on the Stanley cup
I became curious what the bare minimum requirements are to have one's name engraved on the Stanley cup.
Below is what I found here.
The official rule is that for a player to have their name engraved
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In NHL, can an attacking player possess the puck without touching it during delayed offside?
Consider the segment from 1:22 to 1:28 of the video at https://twitter.com/sportsnet/status/1469495840079327233
These events occurred in this order:
An attacking player A0 is in the attacking zone.
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Why does the NHL not feature red and blue in their logo, as opposed to the other three major sports leagues in the US?
I was casually browsing the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL websites today, and realized that even though they are separate governing bodies the websites look quite similar, most notably the scores at the top, ...
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Has any NHL team ever won a game after being down 0-5?
Has any NHL team ever won a game after being down 0-5? It would clearly be quite difficult and arguably miraculous.
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NHL forfeit shutouts
In the NHL, if a game is forfeited the loser gets score 0 and the winner gets 1 or higher if the game was forfeited after it started already and the winner scored more than 1 goal. All personal stats ...
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Why will the Knights not have any of their players picked by the Kraken?
I find it weird that for some reason, the Knights are not included in the list of teams that will have to sacrifice a player to the Kraken.
What is the reasoning with this? Is it that they are too new ...
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How were the Tampa Bay Lightning 18 million over the cap?
I'm trying to understand how the Tampa Bay Lightning were $18 million over the salary cap when they won the Stanley Cup in 2021.
I would guess if theres a salary cap and you try to sign a contract or ...
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History of reverse sweeps in the Stanley cups finals?
I tought the habs being 0-3 in the stanley cups finals would make every sport news site in Montreal dig up every time a stanley cup reverse sweep happened to show there is still hope; but nobody seem ...
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How many times has an NHL team completed a playoffs sweep without trailing?
The Montreal Canadiens swept the Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the 2020-21 playoffs. The Canadiens pulled off the sweep without ever trailing in the series.
How many times an NHL team swept a ...
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What is the longest streak of a team being in playoffs, and what is the current ongoing streak?
With teams slowly but surely qualifying for playoffs, I'm wondering:
What is the longest streak of being in playoffs in the NHL? And what is the current, still running, longest streak?
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Game misconduct at the end of the NHL match
At the end of the Winnipeg Jets vs the Edmonton Oilers match on March 20th 2021, the Jets captain Nikolaj Elers threw the puck in frustration and got a game misconduct penalty.
Since the game was over ...
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How will the end season playoffs work for 2020-21 season?
Usually, the end of season playoffs are top 8 from each conference, but since this year, because of the pandemic, there's the North division and not really a east vs west conference, how will the end ...
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Ice-hockey penalty reasons
Is there a list of all possible penalty reasons in ice-hockey/NHL?
Like High sticking, Holding, Hooking... but all of possible reasons. I would like to have the complete list for statistical purposes, ...
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First overall draft picks getting traded for one another
The Detroit Lions traded away their quarterback Mathew Stafford, in exchange for LA Ram's quarterback Jared Goff, 2 first round picks and a third round pick on January 30th 2021. The most interesting ...
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Ice-hockey 6v5 situation
I am curious how are situations with extra player in ice-hockey handled statistically.
For example, team A is loosing 2:3 and there is one last minute of the match. They switch goalie for an extra ...
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Ice-hockey forfeit goals
I want to ask, in ice-hockey general or in NHL, if a game is forfeited before it starts or at score 0:0, the winning team automatically wins by 1:0. Is this one goal counted in teams statistics in ...
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Has an NHL or NBA champion ever won all playoffs series with the same record?
After losing game 3 of the 2019-20 NBA finals, the Los Angeles Lakers lead the Miami Heat 2-1 in the series. The Lakers got to the finals after beating the Portland Blazers, the Houston Rockets, and ...
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What are all the single game records broken in the 5OT game between Blue Jackets vs Lightning?
The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning played a marathon 5 overtime long game on their series opener of the round of 16 of the 2019-20 Stanley Cup playoffs. At a total length of 150:27 ...
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Has the Stanley Cup playoffs games ever been held on neutral ice?
The NHL resumed the 2019-20 season post COVID shutdowns in Edmonton and Toronto as hosts to the western and eastern conferences respectively. With the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs both ...
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How many times a team has won a playoffs series without scoring a power play goal?
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 1 in their best of 5 series of qualifying round of the 2019-20 Stanley Cup playoffs. The heavy underdogs pulled of the upset without scoring a ...
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How many times has a team trailing by at least 3 goals won a Stanley Cup playoffs game?
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 3 on the third game of their best of 5 Stanley Cup qualifier of the 2019-20 season.
The Blue Jackets did so after trailing 3 - 0 in the ...
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What differentiates a check from interference?
...more specifically, when a puck carrier dumps it in the zone and chases, this regards when contact is made by the defenseman covering him.
It seems to be a judgement call by the referee whether to ...
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How does a body check affect the ruling on Delay of Game penalty call?
In the NHL (and other leagues and levels I'm sure), a 2 minute minor penalty is assessed when a defender in his own zone clears the puck over the high boards.
This penalty is waived if the clearing ...
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What was this NHL match, possibly in 1999, where the National Anthem was sung by Christina Aguilera?
I'm trying to identify a game on which Christina Aguilera sang the National Anthem, as appears on this video.
I've got 3 leads:
The video title says it was on 1999.
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Which of these situations is a new shift?
In the NHL, when tracking the relevant statistics (ice time, number of shifts, time per shift, etc) for player a on team A, while team A is playing team B, does a shift officially end in the following ...
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Waivers and loans in NHL
I have three related questions that concern NHL trading jargon.
Waiver
Wikipedia reports "Once an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the ...
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How many times NHL all top seeds have been eliminated in the first round?
In the 2018-19 season's playoffs, all top seed teams were eliminated in the very first round.
The Atlantic division winners, Tampa Bay Lightnings who tied the most number of wins in a season were ...
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How many times has an NHL player scored in every game of a playoff series?
With the Islanders' Jordan Eberle having accomplished this against the Penguins during the 1st round of the 2018-2019 NHL playoffs, how many players have ever gotten a goal (not just a point) in every ...
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How much does an NHL power play improve chances of scoring?
How much does being on a power play improve an NHL team's chances of scoring a goal? I know the likelyhood of a team scoring on a power play is about 20%. But what is the likelihood of a team scoring ...
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What was the worst result for a president's trophy winner in the playoffs?
The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in a sweep in the 1st round of the 2018-2019 NHL playoffs. Outside of this occurrence, what was the worst result for a President's Trophy ...
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Why do NHL referees relax their penalty calls in the playoffs?
It seems that in NHL playoffs, referees tend to be a lot less likely to call a penalty. What is the reason and is this an official rule in the referee handbook or is it more of an unspoken rule?
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Greatest percentage of breakaway goals scored: location of goal
For all goals scored in the NHL of the one-on-none variety (whether in-game breakaways or shootout goals), what location of the goalie getting beaten is the highest occurence?
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In NHL hockey games decided in regulation time, in which period are the most winning goals scored?
This is an old question, in my mind. I have always believed the answer is the third period, but others disagree.
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How to clean and frame an autographed jersey?
I recently bought my dad an autographed Colorado Avalanche jersey for his birthday. I am wondering what the next steps are with the jersey to get it cleaned and framed. Are there places that handle ...
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Biggest opening game wins by Stanley Cup defending Champions
The Washington Capitals dominantly beat the Boston Bruins 7 to 0 on their opening game of 2018 season. The Capitals won the Stanley Cup the previous season for the first time in their team history.
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Who comes out of the penalty box after goal?
Suppose that Team 1 has players Adam and Bob. Adam takes a double minor penalty, and during the powerplay, Bob takes a 2 minute minor. Then, on the 5-on-3 powerplay, Team 2 scores a goal. Assuming ...
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How many players in the 2018 Stanley Cup finals have won a finals game before?
The Washington Capitals and the Las Vegas Golden Knights have made it to 2017-18 Stanley Cup finals. Neither team has won a Stanley cup final game before. Of all the NHL players in the 2018 Finals ...
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Fastest power play goal in the history of the NHL
Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals scored 2 seconds in the power play, late in the first period of game 1 of Eastern Conference finals of the 2017-2018 Stanley Cup playoffs.
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How many times the top 2 teams in the NHL have met in the playoffs?
The Winnipeg Jets and the Nashville Predators have faced against each other in the second round of 2017-2018 season of NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Nashville finished the season with 117 points and won ...
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Worst shot differentials for a winning NHL team in the playoffs
The Winnipeg Jets were outshot 48 to 19 against the Nashville Predators in the series opener of the second round of the 2017-2018 NHL Stanly Cup playoffs. Despite the -29 shot differential, the jets ...
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Most distinct goal scorers in a team to start the NHL playoffs
The Las Vegas Golden Knights Swept the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the 2017-2018 Stanley Cup playoffs. In those 4 games, the Golden Knights scored 7 goals, by 7 different players.
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Why do centres take face offs in hockey?
I almost always see the centres take the face offs in the NHL. Is this part of the rulebook?
If not, why isn't more common to see other players take face offs. I can understand why defensemen don't ...
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Longest time between goals in NHL playoffs
Eric Staal of the Minnesota Wild scored a goal against the Winnipeg Jets on April 15th of the 2017/18 NHL season. The last playoffs goal he had scored came 9 years before that for the Carolina ...
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Why don’t they scrape/clean the ice with a zamboni after the 3rd period during the playoffs?
During the playoffs of NHL hockey, after the 3rd period, they don’t scrape/clean the ice with a zamboni. I figure this would cause players to perform less efficiently and potentially be dangerous due ...
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Is there any rule forcing a team to try to win?
The Montreal Canadiens have been eliminated from the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoff contention, but now I cheer against them so they finish at the bottom of the standings, and might get first pick in the ...
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What proportion of NHL hat tricks are natural?
In sports such as football and hockey, a hat trick is an event where a player scores 3 goals in a game.
In the NHL, a hat trick is said to be a natural hat trick, when a player scores 3 goals in a ...
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Statistical Indicators for Defensive Forward
Other than a forward's plus-minus rating, what are some other indicators that he is an asset to his team for being a defensive forward? I imagine hits would be one. PIM seems like it would be a ...
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