The NHL‘s 2026-27 season is closer than you think, thanks in part to just the second-ever September start in league history.
A new season means new opportunities for players, coaches and entire teams. For some, these new opportunities mean a fresh start, right?
Here are five surprising stats that NHL teams would, mostly, prefer aren’t repeated next year.
This can’t possible happen for a sixth year in a row, right? The Blackhawks have finished 32nd in the NHL in five consecutive years in Natural Stat Trick’s expected goal model. That’s not percentage, that’s actual generation. For five straight years , Chicago has finished last in expected goals generated per 60 minutes at five-on-five. This has been true under five different coaches (Jeremy Colliton, interim Derek King, Luke Richardson, interim Anders Sorensen and Jeff Blashill).