NHL headed for record number of one-goal games this spring: ‘It’s so tight now’
The Ottawa Senators didn’t expect to blow out the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final.
“No, no, definitely not,” Sens winger Mike Hoffman said after the 5-1 trouncing of the defending champs on Wednesday night. “I would’ve said before the game it was going to be a one-goal game.”
And with good reason.
The NHL is headed for a record-breaking number of one-goal games this spring with 46 heading into Game 4 of the Western Conference final on Thursday night, including 25 in overtime. Six more and the 2007 record of 51 will fall, which seems likely given that both conference finals still have much to be decided with the entire Stanley Cup final lying ahead after that.