Thursday night was only the 9th time ever that a team lost a game in the Stanley Cup Final when leading by multiple goals entering the 3rd period. 👀 See the full stats here: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/vKwMF

Seth Jarvis’s game-winner was just the 6th overtime power play goal in the Stanley Cup Final. 🔥 See the full list here: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/2tbO3

Vegas has had 5 goal-scorers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on three separate occasions—Montreal is the only other team to do this more than once. 👀 Most players to score for a team in Game 1 of the Finals: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/ZLZQD

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The Hurricanes has recorded three shutouts in these playoffs, tying the franchise record for the most in a single postseason. 💪 See the full stats: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/dnhxT

The Avalanche are the third team in NHL history to be swept in a playoff series after winning 55+ games in the regular season. 👀 See the full stats: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/7mdzC

A surprising number of pop culture icons—including actors, comedians, musicians, and politicians—have stats on Sports Reference! See which celebrities you didn't know played sports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HIAYtYdr0U

Before they were actors, comedians, musicians, and politicians, many pop culture icons were athletes—and a surprising number of them have pages on Sports Reference... 👀 Find out which celebrities haves pages on the Sports Reference sites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HIAYtYdr0U

After Wednesday night, Vegas has now won Game 1 in eight of their last nine series. 🔥 Every Game 1 in Golden Knights history: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/CR4S3

Every player in our database with two Game 7 game-winning goals: Alex Newhook Wyatt Johnston Max Pacioretty Paul Stastny Bryan Rust Joe Pavelski Justin Williams Patrice Bergeron Nathan Horton Chris Drury Patrik Eliáš Claude Lemieux Leo Reise Mel Hill Only Newhook & Horton did it in a single season

We asked the Sports Reference staff, "Who is the most underrated player in sports?" Who gets your vote? 🤔

Alex Newhook is the first Canadiens player since Mark Recchi in 1997 to have back-to-back multi-goal playoff games. 🔥 See the full stats here: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/V8VCH

Colorado and Carolina have each started the Stanley Cup Playoffs with 6 straight wins—it's the first time since 1999 that multiple teams in the same postseason won each of their first 6 games. Longest win streaks to start a playoff run: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/iNvlQ

Nathan MacKinnon tied Peter Forsberg for the 2nd most playoff goals in Avalanche/Nordiques history. 📈 See the full leaderboard here: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/crBRC

A team has scored eight or more goals in a playoff game eight times since 2020, accd. to @hockey-reference.com. Four of those teams went on to win the Stanley Cup.

Their series-clinching Game 6 win over Edmonton was the first time in franchise history that the Ducks had a playoff game with 0 penalty minutes. 👀 Fewest penalty minutes in a Ducks playoff game: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/iwSSf

Dan Vladař stopped 42 shots in the Flyers' series-clinching overtime shutout against Pittsburgh—that's tied for the 6th most saves by a goalie in a playoff OT shutout.

With the overtime goal in Game 5, David Pastrňák has surpassed Bobby Orr on the Bruins' all-time playoff points leaderboard. 📈 See the full leaderboard here: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/JzJ4M

Sunday was Evan Bouchard's 27th multi-point playoff game, tying Paul Coffey for the most ever by an Oilers defenseman. 📈 See the full list: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/Egl43

Andrei Vasilevskiy earned his 68th career playoff win, tying him with Andy Moog for 11th on the all-time leaderboard. 📈 See the full list here: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/IXl0B

Jordan Martinook's game-winner at 13:53 of the second overtime is the latest playoff goal in Hurricanes/Whalers history. 🔥 See the full list here: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/7JwO0

Juraj Slafkovsky scored the first OT goal of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs! Did you know we have a list with every playoff overtime goal? Check it out here: https://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/overtime-goals.cgi

Juraj Slafkovsky is the third player in Canadiens history to have a hat trick including an OT game-winner in a playoff game. 🔥 Every playoff hat trick with an OT goal: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/Wahyh

2025-2026 Power Play Goals Leaders: 27 - Wyatt Johnston 20 - Pavel Dorofeyev 19 - Jake DeBrusk 19 - Kirill Kaprizov 16 - Leon Draisaitl https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::13

2025-2026 Shutouts Leaders: 7 - Ilya Sorokin 6 - Joel Hofer 4 - Jake Oettinger 4 - Logan Thompson 4 - Sergei Bobrovsky https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_goalies.html#stats::14

This was the 11th time that Brent Burns has played 82 games in a season—only Henrik Sedin has more such seasons. 💪 Most seasons with 82+ games played: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/TKfru

2025-2026 Points Leaders: 134 - Connor McDavid 130 - Nikita Kucherov 127 - Nathan MacKinnon 112 - Macklin Celebrini 103 - Mark Scheifele https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::8

2025-2026 Save % Leaders: 0.920 - Scott Wedgewood 0.915 - Jesper Wallstedt 0.912 - Logan Thompson 0.912 - Igor Shesterkin 0.911 - Andrei Vasilevskiy https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_goalies.html#stats::12

Exactly 18 years ago today, our site went live for the first time. Here are the NHL leaders in points, penalty minutes, and more since we launched in 2008. 📊

Today is Hockey Reference's birthday! Instead of gifts, we’re asking for stats—reply with your favorite one you’ve found on our site 🎁👇

Hockey Reference turns 18 today—and we share a birthday some notable NHL players. 🎁🏒 NHL players born on April 15th: https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=4&day=15

Hockey Reference launched 18 years ago today! Thanks for all the stat searches, deep dives, and time spent exploring the game. 🏒🥅🚨 Here's a look at what our homepage was like in those early days.

2025-2026 Assists Leaders: 86 - Nikita Kucherov 86 - Connor McDavid 74 - Nathan MacKinnon 72 - Nick Suzuki 71 - Evan Bouchard https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::7

2025-2026 Goals Leaders: 52 - Nathan MacKinnon 51 - Cole Caufield 47 - Connor McDavid 45 - Kirill Kaprizov 44 - Wyatt Johnston https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::6

2025-2026 Goalie Wins Leaders: 38 - Andrei Vasilevskiy 37 - Karel Vejmelka 34 - Jake Oettinger 30 - Jeremy Swayman 30 - Brandon Bussi https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_goalies.html

2025-2026 Power Play Goals Leaders: 26 - Wyatt Johnston 19 - Pavel Dorofeyev 19 - Kirill Kaprizov 16 - Jake DeBrusk 16 - Leon Draisaitl https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::13

2025-2026 Shutouts Leaders: 7 - Ilya Sorokin 6 - Joel Hofer 4 - Filip Gustavsson 4 - Sergei Bobrovsky 4 - John Gibson https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_goalies.html#stats::14

John Carlson is just the 4th defenseman to have a hat trick for the Ducks 🎩🚨 Ducks defenseman hat tricks: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/NtnJV

2025-2026 Points Leaders: 133 - Connor McDavid 127 - Nikita Kucherov 123 - Nathan MacKinnon 108 - Macklin Celebrini 99 - David Pastrňák https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::8

Wednesday was Connor McDavid's 14th career game with 5+ points—only nine players in NHL history have had more: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/tgycF Where will McDavid rank on this list by the end of his career? 🤔

2025-2026 Save % Leaders: 0.918 - Scott Wedgewood 0.914 - Jesper Wallstedt 0.912 - Igor Shesterkin 0.911 - Andrei Vasilevskiy 0.911 - Devin Cooley https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_goalies.html#stats::12

2025-2026 Assists Leaders: 83 - Nikita Kucherov 83 - Connor McDavid 71 - Nathan MacKinnon 68 - Quinn Hughes 68 - David Pastrňák https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::7

2025-2026 Goals Leaders: 51 - Nathan MacKinnon 49 - Cole Caufield 43 - Kirill Kaprizov 43 - Connor McDavid 42 - Nikita Kucherov https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::6

Porter Martone is the first player in Flyers franchise history to score his first career goal in overtime. 🔥 Every player to score their first goal in OT: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/xbP4J

2025-2026 Goalie Wins Leaders: 37 - Andrei Vasilevskiy 35 - Karel Vejmelka 31 - Jake Oettinger 30 - Jeremy Swayman 29 - Lukáš Dostál https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_goalies.html

2025-2026 Power Play Goals Leaders: 25 - Wyatt Johnston 19 - Pavel Dorofeyev 16 - Leon Draisaitl 16 - Kirill Kaprizov 15 - Jake DeBrusk https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::13

2025-2026 Shutouts Leaders: 7 - Ilya Sorokin 6 - Joel Hofer 4 - Sergei Bobrovsky 4 - Jesper Wallstedt 4 - John Gibson https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_goalies.html#stats::14

Thursday was the 4th time in franchise history that the Devils had multiple players with 5+ points in the same game. Multiple Devils with 5+ points in a game: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/KQ6My

A new NHL record! 🚨 The Kings have set a new record for most overtime + shootout losses in a season (19)—and they've also tied the NHL record for most overtime games in a season (30). Most OTL in a season: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/R05mv

2025-2026 Points Leaders: 125 - Connor McDavid 121 - Nikita Kucherov 121 - Nathan MacKinnon 105 - Macklin Celebrini 97 - Leon Draisaitl https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2026_skaters.html#stats::8