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      <image:caption>Plots are ordered by average points %</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Colorado Avalanche’s Historic Start to the Regular Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The four teams in NHL history that went 22 or more games with only one regulation loss</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Colorado Avalanche’s Historic Start to the Regular Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>How long it took each of these four teams to lose by two or more goals</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Colorado Avalanche’s Historic Start to the Regular Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - First Quarter Report Card for Every NHL Team - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Red Wings regressed last season after improving for four consecutive seasons</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Philadelphia Flyers’ games have the lowest shot totals on average</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Aleksander Barkov May Miss the 2025-2026 NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gabriel Landeskog has not yet played in the regular season since returning to the NHL from his injury</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Every Team’s Priority for the 2025-2026 NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Every Team’s Priority for the 2025-2026 NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Every Team’s Priority for the 2025-2026 NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Red Wings improved for four season in a row until declining last season</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Every Team’s Priority for the 2025-2026 NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Maple Leafs lost 3-2 in the 2020 play-in series against the Blue Jackets</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Every Team’s Priority for the 2025-2026 NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Connor Hellebuyck’s Career Performance in the Playoffs by Save Percentage</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Slapshot Bets Head-to-Head Data Product - Overview and Instructions - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Summary of how best to interpret the stats in this product for betting</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left to right, the buttons are: general filtering buttons, “multi-select” button, and “clear filter” button</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mitch Marner’s significant difference in production based on the game in the series</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Leon Draisaitl Sets a New NHL Record for Most Overtime Goals Scored in One Playoff Year - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Leon Draisaitl’s four overtime goals in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Most overtime goals in a single NHL post-season</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Most Lopsided Games in Stanley Cup Finals History - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Summary of the top 5 most lopsided games in Stanley Cup Finals history</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - History of 3-0 Series Comebacks in the NHL - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>All occurrences of 3-0 series leads that were either lost, or needed seven games to win.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pete DeBoer’s Teams on the Left</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Some of the largest trade deadline acquisitions in recent years of rental players who signed with a new team in the off-season</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Last five trade deadlines for the last five Stanley Cup Champions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Greatest Ending to an NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Standings at the end of Apr. 4, 1970. Source: NHL Stats</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Greatest Ending to an NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Box score of game between the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks on Apr. 5, 1970. Source: Hockey Reference</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Greatest Ending to an NHL Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Top 10 longest playoff appearance streaks. Source: NHL Records</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jan. 24, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Largest Mid-Season Trades in the Salary Cap Era - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jan. 31, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Largest Mid-Season Trades in the Salary Cap Era - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nov. 4, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Largest Mid-Season Trades in the Salary Cap Era - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jan. 23, 2021</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nov. 5, 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jan. 6, 2016</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Feb. 4, 2010</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jan. 31, 2010</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Largest Mid-Season Trades in the Salary Cap Era - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nov. 30, 2005</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Key Notes of All Goalie Goals</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Recent Stanley Cup Champions and Significant Players from Previous Rebuild</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The History of NHL Goalie Goals (Outdated) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Key Notes of all Goalie Goals</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-10-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Finals MVP Winners in the NHL - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Martin Jones' impressive save percentage despite high shot differential (Shot differential and final score from Penguins' perspective)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Finals MVP Winners in the NHL - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fewest goals allowed in a seven game playoff series</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Finals MVP Winners in the NHL - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Most shutouts in one playoff year</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Finals MVP Winners in the NHL - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Most points by a defenceman in one Stanley Cup Finals</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Summary of Finals MVP winners; 15/34 winners were also the Conn Smythe winner</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking Every Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Since 1990 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Players to win back-to-back Conn Smythe Trophies</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking Every Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Since 1990 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Players on finalist teams with the most ice time per game in NHL history</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking Every Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Since 1990 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Justin Williams' career game seven stats</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking Every Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Since 1990 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Most game winning goals in a single post-season. Note that Nazem Kadri's five game-winning goals in 2020 is not included due to the inclusion of the play-in round.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking Every Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Since 1990 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Andrei Vasilevskiy's save percentage in each game where the Lightning had an opportunity to advance to the next round.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking Every Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Since 1990 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Least amount of goals scored in a playoff series (minimum 4 games)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking Every Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Since 1990 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ranking summary</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Defencemen Deserve More NHL Awards - The Issue With One Trophy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Breakdown of each major individual NHL award won by players.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Defencemen Deserve More NHL Awards - The Issue With One Trophy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>List of Norris Trophy winners since after the 2013 lockout shortened season.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Defencemen Deserve More NHL Awards - The Issue With One Trophy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Defencemen Deserve More NHL Awards - The Issue With One Trophy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Defencemen Deserve More NHL Awards - The Issue With One Trophy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Comparing points to other important defensive stats leaders from 2013-2014 to 2023-2024, excluding shortened seasons due to Covid-19. Mark Giordano won the Norris Trophy in 2018-2019 while also leading the league in plus/minus.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Florida Panthers Defy the Runner-Up Odds - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>List of Stanley Cup Winners since 1984 to return to the finals the following year.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Florida Panthers Defy the Runner-Up Odds - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Note: If the “round lost in” value is zero, and therefore no visible bar, it means that team missed the playoffs. If the “round lost in” value is five, it means that team won the Stanley Cup.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Florida Panthers Defy the Runner-Up Odds - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Panthers 2023*: Season not yet completed in year after, the result will either be 4 or 5. Value currently set at 4.5 to signify this. Golden Knights 2018*: Inaugural season for the Golden Knights, therefore there is no previous year data.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Florida Panthers Feast on the Boston Bruins Once Again - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>For more information on head-to-head matchups, visit mcubed.net</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Ranking the Most Devastating Upsets in the Salary Cap Era - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ranking Summary of All Eight Upsets in the Salary Cap Era</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Winnipeg Jets and the Four Game Losing Streak - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>All seven instances in franchise history of the Jets/Thrashers being eliminated, with all but the 2019 post-season being a four game losing streak. The Atlanta Thrashers were eliminated in 2007, with the other six series being the Winnipeg Jets.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Only One Series Tied at 2-2 in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Current state of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as of April 29, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Only One Series Tied at 2-2 in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Number of series that are either 4-0, 3-1, or 2-2 after four games since the 2000 post-season. An average first round will see one sweep, four at 3-1, and three tied after four games.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Comparing the combined goals and shots among the 13 games between the Avalanche and their opponents in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 first round opponents.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Data only available since 2007-2008; extrapolated from Natural Stat Trick</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>If a team fails to score but simultaneously doesn’t allow an empty net goal, it is not considered in this graph</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Number of risers and fallers are not perfectly equal since a team moving up multiple ranks may cause multiple teams to drop, and vice versa</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Instances of home-ice advantage teams having a worse record at home compared to the road record of the non-home-ice advantage team</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Instances of both teams having better records on the road than at home</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Note: 2025 statistics were taken after all completed games on March 21, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The 2010-2011 season is the closest the league has come to winning more than half the games on the road (48.1%).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Teams seeded 16 at Thanksgiving are not included in this chart since there were no instances of a 16th seed becoming a playoff team.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Next season grading: Success requires a post-season appearance, medium results requires point improvements but no post-season, failure implies a point decline and a failure to qualify for the post-season. Long-term grading: Success requires consistent playoff appearances, medium results requires general improvements in the franchise, failure implies no sustained playoff appearances.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Out of 11 instances where one team had two or more games played than their finals opponent, the team who played more games, and therefore had less rest, won nine times, or 82% of the time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Since the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974, the 2022 Colorado Avalanche are the only team to win the Stanley Cup as an inexperienced finals team playing an experienced finals team.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A list of Stanley Cup winning teams that had made it to the third round at least once in the previous three post-seasons since 1995</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Team A swept their opponent in the previous round. Team C beat their opponent in seven games in the previous round. Team A and C meet in the next round.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Results of teams with a higher points percentage than the 2023-2024 Vancouver Canucks that had missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in three or more of the previous seasons.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Common result is that teams with a better head-to-head record have a first round success rate of approximately 65%.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>20 out of 33 Champions had a better Q1 than Q4. Only two teams had a Q1 points percentage less than 50%, and only two teams had a Q4 points percentage less than 50%.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Note: Values in the “Wins” column followed by an * indicates projected wins for a full 82 game season.</image:caption>
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