This is a feature that will run about every two weeks with improbable stats and situations in the National Hockey League.
Teams:
- The Saint Louis Blues would be the first team to 100 points
- the New York Rangers would be first in the NHL in points with the 29th ranked powerplay
- the Pacific Division team (The Los Angeles Kings) with the best goals differential, would also be the team in the division with the least goals scored
- the Florida Panthers would have a winning road record at 16-15-5 and the Detroit Red Wings would at 16-20-3 would not
- the NHL’s best powerplay would be owned by the Nashville Predators
- only eight teams would have a winning record in the shootout
- one team the Carolina Hurricanes would be winless in that gimmick
- the Nashville Predators would lead the league in wins when giving up more shots than their opponent with 28
- the Boston Bruins would have the best winning percentage when being outshot by their opponent at .690%
- the ‘clean’ playing Vancouver Canucks would have spent the 6th most time killing penalties on the season
Players:
- Rookie defenseman Jared Cowen would be two hits away form 200 hundred on the season and have more than 70 blocked shots
- Chris Kelly would enter the stretch run with more PIMS than Matt Cooke
- Rene Bourque would be suspended more than Raffi Torres
- Alex Ovechkin would enter the last two weeks of the season with less points than Blake Wheeler
- John Tavares and Phil Kessel would both be in the top ten in scoring and on non playoff teams
- Ray Whitney would lead the entire Pacific Division in scoring at 39 years old
- of the top 10 scoring defensemen Erik Karlsson would be one of only two with more than 55% offensive zone starts
- with two weeks left in the regular season no one would be sure if there would be three 40 goal scorers this season
- after back to back Art Ross wins neither Daniel Sedin nor Henrik Sedin would be in the top ten in the NHL for scoring
