The Stanley Cup Playoffs, as is their way, kicked off with a wild fortnight that gave us surprise performances, harmful injuries, the end of some memorable runs, and the beginning of some new ones. We recount hockey’s Sweet 16 through 66 statistics. Do the math.
0 Canadian teams in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, for the first time in 46 years
5 playoff teams (31.2 per cent) based in Florida and California
73 times, guesstimate, Don Cherry will respond with, “Yeah, but look at all the good Canadian boys on the American teams”
47 percentage of the playoff rosters made up by Canadian-born players, who represent a total of 110 Canadian communities
27% profit increase this quarter by Delta Airlines, which offers priority seating to LAX passengers wearing L.A. Kings gear
XVI Roman numeral emblazoned on hats worn by the Capitals, symbolizing how many wins it takes to hoist the Cup
25 years, to the day, since a Penguins goaltender won his playoff debut (Frank Pietrangelo, 1991), as surprise starter Jeff Zatkoff did in Game 1
26 Germans to ever play in the NHL, a list that includes Tom Kuhnhackl, the Penguins rookie who scored the OT winner in Game 1
124 playoff games coached by Chicago’s Joel Quenneville, who passed Bill Reay (117) for the most in franchise history
7 roughing penalties handed out in a Game 2 fracas between the Islanders and Panthers
38 hits thrown in the first period of the Kings-Sharks series
490 calories in Bismark doughnut by Dunkin’ Donuts, whose St. Louis franchise was accidentally shipped Blackhawks coffee cups
$19.94 price of the King Henrik Soup Bowl at Hobby’s in Newark:
20-30 seconds Lundqvist did not know if he might go blind after taking teammate Marc Staal’s stick in the eye:
5 seconds it takes Texas Rangers star Prince Fielder to tear off his jersey in a bid to motivate the Dallas Stars:
6 consecutive years of missing the post-season for Eric Staal, who ended his slump after being traded to New York
1 player in Panthers history to record three consecutive multi-point games in a single post-season, Reilly Smith
2 teams that traded away Smith before his 25th birthday
20 playoff goals scored by Brent Seabrook, moving him past Doug Wilson and Bob Murray for the most by a defenceman in Blackhawks history
70-0-4 Chicago’s record when leading after two periods, dating back to a loss in the 2014 Western Conference final, before losing Game 3 to St. Louis
$4,050 winnings by the Wheel of Fortune contestant who stole the attention of Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman prior to Game 2:
101 feet away from which Jason Chimera tipped a puck past Philadelphia’s Steve Mason:
1? 2? 3? teeth lost by Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk and recovered by pal Henrik Zetterberg:
4 wing flaps required to perform the “Chicken Dance,” as demonstrated by Brian Boyle after Justin Abdelkader opted not to fight him:
48 playoff wins for Corey Crawford, who hopped over Tony Esposito (45-53) for the most in Blackhawks history
66 to 68 million years ago that the mighty Tarasenkosaurus roamed the earth:
18,000 electronic bracelets given to Flyers fans on a night honouring Ed Snider.
100 bracelets chucked onto the ice (drawing a Philly delay-of-game penalty) and at injured Capital Dmitry Orlov:
1 Flyers player, Ryan White, who said, “Whatever. I love the Philly fans. I’d be doing it too.”
75 playoff points for Alex Ovechkin, now the most in Washington Capitals history
5 power-play goals scored by Washington in Game 3’s 6-1 blowout in Philly
0 goals 5-on-5 and 0 goals by a forward for Minnesota before Game 3’s five-goal explosion:
21 age of Pittsburgh’s Matt Murray, the youngest Penguins goalie to ever start a playoff game
1 team in NHL history to have multiple goalies win their playoff debut in the same series, the 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins
16 games with which to spare, when Nikita Kucherov passed Steven Stamkos for the most playoff games with three or more points for the Tampa Bay Lightning:
1 game, length of suspension for Chicago’s Andrew Shaw for using a homophobic slur in Game 4
201 playoff points, career, for Florida’s Jaromir Jagr, putting him fifth all-time and first all-time among those who did participate in the Oilers dynasty
37 consecutive playoff games without a goal for Jagr
$0 price to gear up your Washington-born baby in Capitals gear:
19 consecutive playoff series victories captained by Denis Potvin, who had beer and pop tossed on him while broadcasting for Florida in Brooklyn:
9:20 length, in minutes, of the game delay while Florida challenged a non-goal that had already undergone official review in Game 4:
0 seconds in Game 4 played by Florida defenceman Jakub Kindl, who got all dressed up for nothing
5 playoff teams that changed their starting goalie in Round 1
5 replacement goalies that won their first start in relief
11 shots on goal by the Flyers in their Game 5 win over Washington, the fewest in a playoff game in franchise history; Washington had 44 shots
.981 save percentage by Philadelphia’s Michal Neuvirth, in a series the Flyers lost
7-1 Chicago’s record in multiple-overtime games under Coach Quenneville
0 points for Pavel Datsyuk, his first doughnut in the playoffs since 2003
11 times Henrik Lundqvist was pulled this season, including the playoffs, more than any other goaltender
34 seconds remaining in Game 6 when Kari Lehtonen made this series-saving stop on the goal line:
14-1 Blackhawks’ record in Game 6 since the start of the 2009 playoffs
0-3 record of players in NHL history to receive a penalty shot in playoff overtime. Jagr played in all three games:
3 of the four Islanders’ Round 1 wins that required overtime; 2 required double OT
25 years since a team won consecutive games in multiple overtime periods within a single playoff series (1991 Oilers)
23 years, length of the playoff series win drought snapped by the Islanders
20 years, length of the new longest active playoff series win drought, held by the Panthers
0.71 most post-season goals per game (minimum 15 games played) in NHL history: Mario Lemieux
0.7 second-most post-season goals per game in NHL history: Vladimir Tarasenko
XLI Super Bowl halftime show performed by Prince, who was honoured with a purple-hued moment of silence before the Stars-Wild game in Minnesota:
5 years the NHL has waited to crown a champion other than Chicago or Los Angeles
6 of the last seven Game 7’s lost by the defending champion
2 posts hit by this Game 7 Brent Seabrook shot, which came this close to tying the game and ruining the Blues:
33 years since games featuring two separate NHL playoff rounds have taken place on the same day, which they will on Wednesday
42 goals that will be scored in the Cup Final, according to Snoop Dogg, who predicts a ton of offence:
99 problems
(Numbers pilfered with love from SN Stats, Elias, Twitter, NHL.com, and sometimes just counting things old school.)