We know the Lightning are good. But how do their stats line up against past Stanley Cup winners? (RoryBoylen )
The Presidents’ Trophy was first handed out in 1986 to the NHL’s top regular season team. But it’s more often the kiss of death than a predictor of post-season success. In the 34 years the trophy has been awarded, just eight of its recipients have gone on to win the Stanley Cup — the 2008 Detroit Red Wings were the last team to do it in a full, 82-game season.
We’ll start by looking at goals for/against differential, shots for/against differential, power play and penalty kill success for every Stanley Cup winner since 1996 .these winners. Part of the reason is the game has changed so much — first in the final years of the Dead Puck Era, then as the game emerged much more offensive from the 2004-05 lockout, and again in recent years as power-play opportunities have dried up to historically low levels.
We’ll take a narrower look at more recent seasons in a second, but before that there’s one small sample trend worth pointing out. Since 1996, only three teams have finished a regular season with the league’s best goal differential, best power play and a top-six penalty kill. Those teams are the 1999 Dallas Stars who won the Stanley Cup, the 1998 Dallas Stars who lost in the conference final, and the 2011 Vancouver Canucks who lost in the Cup final.
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