Obscure hockey facts/stats (Part 2)

[pnep]

Pat Quinn played in 11 NHL playoff games, and was never on the winning side in a single one of them.

I say this a lot, but... That's gotta be a record, right?

In fact, I bet the player with the next highest number is not even that close. Probably 6, maybe 7.

@pnep? Players with most career playoff games without a win?

Alain Daigle Career Playoffs Game Log | Hockey-Reference.com

Gamelogs for Alain Daigle for Career Playoffs

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17 Games

 

[Matsun]

Makar has 80 points in 72 playoffs games, Bobby Orr had 88 in his first 72.

 

[pnep]

Alain Daigle Career Playoffs Game Log | Hockey-Reference.com

Gamelogs for Alain Daigle for Career Playoffs

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17 Games

most PO Games without L: 7

Dave Michayluk Career Playoffs Game Log | Hockey-Reference.com

Gamelogs for Dave Michayluk for Career Playoffs

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[seventieslord]

Alain Daigle Career Playoffs Game Log | Hockey-Reference.com

Gamelogs for Alain Daigle for Career Playoffs

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17 Games

Jesus Christ...

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Jesus Christ...

Poor guy was actually part of a few teams that won playoff rounds, but only iced in what would be losses. With a regular role on the roster, his teams were swept repeatedly. Incredible record.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

I’m curious as to who had the most playoff losses before their first win?

Has someone been swept five times in a row before squeaking out a win?

 

[reckoning]

I thought Bill Derlago's 1-12 record was bad. But 0-17??

Teams that got swept two years in a row are rare, but even 2 straight 4 game losses isn't halfway to 17.

 

[reckoning]

On the topic of players having bad luck with playoff win-loss records, starting with the 1979 QF against Montreal to the end of his career, Darryl Sittler was 1-21.

 

[Staniowski]

I read today that Ken Dryden, in the third-to-last game of his NHL career, became the first goaltender to record a point in the Stanley Cup Finals in NHL history.

Lemaire (Shutt, Dryden).

Does anybody know if this is accurate?

 

[reckoning]

I read today that Ken Dryden, in the third-to-last game of his NHL career, became the first goaltender to record a point in the Stanley Cup Finals in NHL history.

Lemaire (Shutt, Dryden).

Does anybody know if this is accurate?

Yes. Only others to do it are Casey, Vernon, Brodeur, Giguere, Osgood and Kuemper. All after Dryden.

 

[Staniowski]

Yes. Only others to do it are Casey, Vernon, Brodeur, Giguere, Osgood and Kuemper. All after Dryden.

Thanks. I was a bit surprised it hadn't happened before '79.

 

[frisco]

Tony Esposito lost 16 straight playoff games from 1975-1980. Wasn't at the start of his career but notable for a goalie of his quality.

My Best-Carey

 

[pnep]

I’m curious as to who had the most playoff losses before their first win?

Has someone been swept five times in a row before squeaking out a win?

Mattias Norström Career Playoffs Game Log | Hockey-Reference.com

Gamelogs for Mattias Norström for Career Playoffs

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13 L

 

[ES]

Top four teams have at least 25 years since their last Stanley Cup which is a record. Dallas Stars is the most recent champion, having won in 1999. Rangers last won in 1994, Oilers in 1990. Panthers hasn't won yet but they have one more year without Cup than Rangers.

1994 had a maximum drought of 20 years (20th season for Scouts/Rockies/Devils franchise) while Canucks, Leafs and Rangers had droughts of 24, 27 and 54 years.

A year later, Flyers had 20, Devils 21, Blackhawks 34 and Red Wings 40 years from their first season or most recent Cup.

 

[The Panther]

Here's one:

October 15, 1986 Quebec @ Edmonton:
(Final four Oiler goals scored):
Esa Tikkanen (3) Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri
Esa Tikkanen (4) Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri
Glenn Anderson (2) Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier
Glenn Anderson (3) Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier

October 17, 1986 Detroit @ Edmonton:
(All four Oiler goals scored):
Steve Smith (1) Wayne Gretzky, Esa Tikkanen
Jari Kurri (3) Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey
Jari Kurri (4) Wayne Gretzky, Jeff Beukeboom
Jari Kurri (5) Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey

October 19, 1986 Edmonton @ Los Angeles:
(first Oiler goal scored):
Esa Tikkanen (5) Wayne Gretzky
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Thus, Wayne Gretzky had the primary assist on 9 consecutive Oiler goals.

 

[frisco]

The last two seasons, no goaltender played 65 or games. In 2001-02, there were 13 goalies that met that threshold.

My Best-Carey

 

[The Panther]

Esa Tikkanen never scored more than 78 points in a season. Yet from November 4th to December 19th 1988, Tikkanen scored 45 points in 23 games and went +21. (He was no longer playing with Gretzky at this point.)

Gary Roberts finished top-10 in NHL goals only once in his career. Yet from 1989-90 to 1993-94, Roberts was third NHL in even strength goals (well behind Brett Hull but only 5 goals behind Yzerman). And Roberts played 15 fewer games than Yzerman.

 

[The Panther]

It's late May 2024 and the Oilers are still alive in the playoffs. Currently, their player plus/minus results include the following:

+12 Evan Bouchard
-12 Darnell Nurse

Twenty-four goals different at ES is a pretty huge difference for two players playing the same position over a 15-game sample.