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Penguins - Redwings : Stats Review

If you look at stats, it's pretty easy to tell why the Penguins and Redwings are in the Stanley Cup Finals.


  • The Penguins and Redwings have the top 5 players in points with Crosby and Zetterberg tied in 1st with 21 points, and Hossa, Datsyuk and Malkin tied at 3rd with 19 points each.
  • Redwings have 3 of the top 5 in goals with Franzen in 1st with 12, Zetterberg 2nd with 11 and Datsyuk in 4th with 9, tied with the Penguins only top 5 goals guy in Hossa.
  • Crosby leads all players in assist during the playoffs with 17 with the redwings having Kronvall (12, T-3rd) and Zetterberg(10, 5th) making the top 5 as well.
  • The Red Wings have 1-4 on the list of +/- with Zetterberg(+15), followed by Datsyuk(+12), Franzen(+9), Lidstrom(+9) and followed by the only Penguin in the top 5 of Whitney(+8)
  • Detroit dominates Pittsburgh in Face off % with Draper leading all at 63.4% and Zetterberg 3rd at 57.9%. You have to go to 21st out of all playoff players to find the 1st Penguin in Jordan Staal at 52% and 29th in Crosby at 49%
  • Marc-Andre Fleury of the Penguins leads all goalies in the playoffs in Save %(.938), Wins(12) and Shutouts(3). Osgood leads in GAA of just 1.60 with Fleury in 2nd at 1.70. Osgood is 3rd in Save %(.931), 2nd in Wins(10) and T-3rd in Shutouts(1)
  • Pittsburgh Leads all teams in Goals per game at 3.64 with Detroit being 2nd at 3.44
  • Pittsburgh also leads all teams in goals against at 1.86 with Detroit in 2nd at 1.94
  • Detroit and Pittsburgh were T-3rd in PK% during the playoffs at 87.3%
  • Pittsburgh was 2nd in PP% at 24.6% with Detroit being 5th at 21%
  • Pittsburgh was 1st in the playoffs with at 1.71 in goals for/against while playing 5 on 5 with Detroit in 2nd at 1.48
  • Detroit has 3 players(Franzen, Zetterberg and Datsyuk) who have scored 5 goals or more in the playoffs. Pittsburgh has 5(Malkin, Hossa, Malone, Staal and Sykora). Crosby has only scored 4 times, but he has 17 assist.

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Even more impressive

Is that both teams have played some of the least amount of games than the other teams before them. The Flyers played 12 games by the time they met the Pens, who had only played 9.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on May 20, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Impressive!

Great stats round-up, thanks!

This is a finals I am really keen to watch, should be a classic.

Hockey in June!

by LeafFanInVan on May 20, 2008 7:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for stopping by

Now that the new 2.0 format allows people to jump from blog to blog easier, I hope to see ya round these parts.

Good luck in…the draft?

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on May 20, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice!

Nice collection of stats! Feel free to post a similar FanPost over at Winging It In Motown (the Wings SBN blog) if you’d like!

I’m looking forward to this series – it should be close and hopefully very exciting!

by Christy on May 20, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This series is going to be intense. Good luck at the Joe; they’re gonna work you to death.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on May 21, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Almost here!

Saturday is coming!!! To bad I have to suffer at work from 7AM to 3:30 PM, it will take forever. Good luck and Go WINGS!

NHL BLOG: http://nhlhockeycentral.blogspot.com/

Please check it out, I love to write.

by adamgreuel on May 24, 2008 1:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wings?

Bah – don’t worry; you’ll get to watch a real team play.

Just messin of course. Really looking forward to it. At least the game isn’t on while you’re at work.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on May 24, 2008 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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