NHL 2019-20 (Non Caps)

[1995hoo]

Recently watched the Flyers 5OT win over the Pinguins in 2000.  Getting close to that one.

Another 12:01 to equal that.

They just said CAR v. BOS postponed to tomorrow morning.

[imref]

Another 12:01 to equal that.

They just said CAR v. BOS postponed to tomorrow morning.

The @canes twitter account is a goldmine.

[varoadking]

Canes/Bruins has been postponed it seems...11:00 tomorrow.

That seems to be a legit move...

[imref]

Winner of this should go up 2-0

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Did some players shave during intermission??   

[varoadking]

Did some players shave during intermission??

Danny Espinosa would have had to shave at least twice by now...

Dumb penalty...

[varoadking]

crap...

[1995hoo]

Seattle just held their expansion draft. One player for each team must leave.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

I'm exhausted from just watching that.  I don't like either team, but well done for just staying on their feet. 

[Natsinpwc]

Need that to be a best of 7 so both teams can be really tired.

[Natsinpwc]

Just send them home and tell them they play in the morning.

Finally someone listened to me.

[1995hoo]

Prior to today, the last time Tampa won a playoff game, the Capitals went on to win the Stanley Cup. Just saying.

[bluestreak]

4th longest game in NHL history. Wow.

[1995hoo]

4th longest game in NHL history. Wow.

What’s really astonishing is to think about how much longer the longest game was. This game ended at 90:27 of overtime. The longest game ended at 116:30 of overtime (so more than 20 minutes more)....and back then they didn’t resurface the ice between periods. The Zamboni wasn’t invented until after World War II and the idea of "flooding" the ice and then using a squeegy hadn’t occurred to them yet. I doubt the Montreal Forum was air-conditioned yet, either, although I suppose that was less important for a game in March than it would be for an August game like today’s!

[Natsinpwc]

Phil never was awe-inducing, but he put up huge numbers before big numbers became common.

Funny that you guys talked about Phil Esposito and Chris Chelios. Listened to Phil today as he was doing color on the TB radio broadcast. Between periods Chris Chelios’ daughter Caley did commentary. 

[OldChelsea]

I disagree with Milbury that they should eliminate these. Statistically, it’s uncommon for a game to make it to a third overtime, and four overtimes are exceptionally rare—as they noted on TV, this is only the 14th game ever to make it this far. Of the other 13, nine ended in the fourth overtime. You don’t change the rules over something that unusual.

What was that intellectual lightweight calling for - the shoot-out in the playoffs?  Sounds like something he'd say.

[1995hoo]

What was that intellectual lightweight calling for - the shoot-out in the playoffs?  Sounds like something he'd say.

He didn't specifically say. He said they have to "find some way to deal with this."

By my count, there have been over 4,000 playoff games in league history (recognizing the number grew massively due to playoff expansion following league expansion), yet only 52 of them have ever made it even to a third overtime. Maybe this weekend I'll get around to updating that spreadsheet I used to keep tracking the percentages of games that went to overtime and how many overtime periods. I find that stat very interesting for whatever reason, but I just haven't had the time nor the inclination to update it.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

What was that intellectual lightweight calling for - the shoot-out in the playoffs?  Sounds like something he'd say.

Would you prefer Golden Goal again in the World Cup, because that is essentially the NHL system?  PKs decide the World Cup, so why not penalty shots in the Stanley Cup?  IF you can't do complete replays like I think they still do in the FA Cup, would you prefer more extra time periods (or whatever the term is for the 2 15 minute add on periods after 90)? 

[imref]

Would you prefer Golden Goal again in the World Cup, because that is essentially the NHL system?  PKs decide the World Cup, so why not penalty shots in the Stanley Cup?  IF you can't do complete replays like I think they still do in the FA Cup, would you prefer more extra time periods (or whatever the term is for the 2 15 minute add on periods after 90)? 

how about 4-4 for period 1, 3-3 for period 2, and so on until it's down to the goalies?

[Natsinpwc]

He didn't specifically say. He said they have to "find some way to deal with this."

By my count, there have been over 4,000 playoff games in league history (recognizing the number grew massively due to playoff expansion following league expansion), yet only 52 of them have ever made it even to a third overtime. Maybe this weekend I'll get around to updating that spreadsheet I used to keep tracking the percentages of games that went to overtime and how many overtime periods. I find that stat very interesting for whatever reason, but I just haven't had the time nor the inclination to update it.

Yea. The last really long one was 20 years ago. It’s only an issue because of the bubble and it impacted Milbury’s (and JCA’s) beloved team. 

It might end up being more of an issue this year. With more games on one ice surface.  They are already having issues with the ice.  Makes it harder to complete passes and such.

[1995hoo]

^^^^

You could carry it further than that. There were NO games that reached a fourth overtime from 1951 until the legendary Caps–Islanders Game 7 in 1987. None. Since then, including that Caps game, there have been eight games that went four or more overtimes (of a total 14 in league history). Statistically, you might expect there would be more simply because there are so many more playoff games each year than there were in the six-team era, but that hasn't been the case. There was the one 4OT game in the 1980s, two in the 1990s, two in the 2000s plus two 5OT games, and none since 2008 until yesterday's 5OT game. Incidentally, other than the Caps–Islanders 4OT game, no game in the 1980s even made it to 3OT.

[imref]

It’s Deja Vu all over again.

[Natsinpwc]

Mrazek got himself way out of position on that game winner.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Yea. The last really long one was 20 years ago. It’s only an issue because of the bubble and it impacted Milbury’s (and JCA’s) beloved team. 

It might end up being more of an issue this year. With more games on one ice surface.  They are already having issues with the ice.  Makes it harder to complete passes and such.

Hold on partner! Their only my 3rd or 4th favorite hockey team in the greater Boston area (behind BC, Harvard outside the ECAC, and maybe Northeastern).  I honestly didn't watch them much this year since I stopped traveling up to New Hamster.  I'm a Marchand fan the same way I was a Rowdy Roddy Piper fan (and a Raudy Read fan).

[JCA-CrystalCity]

^^^^

You could carry it further than that. There were NO games that reached a fourth overtime from 1951 until the legendary Caps–Islanders Game 7 in 1987. None. Since then, including that Caps game, there have been eight games that went four or more overtimes (of a total 14 in league history). Statistically, you might expect there would be more simply because there are so many more playoff games each year than there were in the six-team era, but that hasn't been the case. There was the one 4OT game in the 1980s, two in the 1990s, two in the 2000s plus two 5OT games, and none since 2008 until yesterday's 5OT game. Incidentally, other than the Caps–Islanders 4OT game, no game in the 1980s even made it to 3OT.

Some of this may be due to equipment advancements.  I'm going to guess that the curved stick had a lot to do with increases in scoring from the 50s through the 80s, and that lighter goalie pads and butterfly positioning (in contrast to stand up goaltending) brought the scores back down.  I think you are likely to get longer periods of no scoring in OT with lower GAA and better goaltending equipment.