NHL Stats - After a Touchdown

In my opinion, 7 is the magic number of goals allowed when it becomes embarrassing. Sure a 7-4 game is a lot closer than a 6-0 game but scoring 7 or more is a lot more rare 2% of games over the last 4 years.

How do teams who eventually make the playoffs react the next game to this embarrassment.

Of the total 197 games where at least 7 goals were scored by one team, 75 of them involved teams who made the playoffs the same year.

The record of those teams in these games are 44-31 59% Winning Percentage.

Teams who miss the playoffs lose more often by allowing 7 or more. There were 122 games in this situation.

The record in the next game for non-playoff teams are 51-71 42% Winning Percentage.

Good teams are able to bounce back from bad losses and also avoid giving up a touchdown during a game.

Lets see how the Flames do Wednesday night in Detroit.