On Leads Changes and Swings
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Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
Also inspired by Twitter, and because I can, I decided to gather statistics on games with
- most lead changes*
- most lead swings**
Here, for the 2016/17 season:
By most lead swings:
AWAY HOME Date Sco LC LS
CHI vs DAL on 2017/02/04: 5-3 7 3
CBJ vs OTT on 2017/01/22: 7-6 11 3
PHI vs STL on 2016/12/28: 3-6 7 3
MTL vs PIT on 2016/12/31: 3-4 7 3
CHI vs NYI on 2016/12/15: 5-4 7 3
ARI vs PHI on 2016/10/27: 5-4 9 3
with 60 games at 2 lead swings. Dallas leads the way with 8 games with at least two swings, and Carolina, Chicago, NY Islanders and Winnpeg follow with 7 each.
By most lead changes:
AWAY HOME Date Sco LC LS
CBJ vs OTT on 2017/01/22: 7-6 11 3
TOR vs WSH on 2017/01/03: 5-6 9 2
TOR vs NYI on 2017/02/06: 5-6 9 2
NYI vs DET on 2017/02/03: 4-5 9 1
CHI vs COL on 2017/01/17: 6-4 9 2
CAR vs NYI on 2017/02/04: 5-4 9 2
CHI vs STL on 2016/12/17: 6-4 9 1
BUF vs OTT on 2016/11/29: 5-4 9 1
ARI vs PHI on 2016/10/27: 5-4 9 3
with 31 game with at least 7 lead changes. Here we've got Carolina, Chicago and NY Islanders at the lead with at least 6 games with 7 or more lead changes.
And what do we get historically?
The wildest games, regular season, by lead swings:
AWAY HOME Date Sco LC LS
COL vs CGY on 1991/02/23: 8-10 11 5
ARI vs CGY on 1991/01/15: 5-7 11 5
PHI vs COL on 1988/11/19: 5-6 11 5
with 30 games at 4 lead swings.
The wildest games, regular season, by lead changes:
AWAY HOME Date Sco LC LS
MTL vs COL on 2002/12/06: 6-7 13 2
COL vs SJS on 1997/04/04: 6-7 13 2
ARI vs PHI on 1990/01/25: 6-8 13 1
TOR vs PIT on 1989/10/25: 8-6 13 3
COL vs WSH on 1997/11/18: 6-6 12 3
PIT vs NJD on 1993/04/14: 6-6 12 1
BUF vs CAR on 1991/12/07: 6-6 12 4
CAR vs TOR on 1990/02/14: 6-6 12 2
VAN vs TOR on 1988/01/04: 7-7 12 3
with 65 games at 11 lead changes (even numbers can only occur in the ties era).
The wildest games, playoffs, by lead swings:
AWAY HOME Date Sco LC LS
MTL vs COL on 1993/04/26: 5-4 9 4
EDM vs LAK on 1992/04/20: 5-8 9 4
with 33 games at 3 lead swings.
The wildest games, playoffs, by lead changes:
AWAY HOME Date Sco LC LS
PHI vs CHI on 2010/05/29: 5-6 11 3
COL vs SJS on 2010/04/16: 5-6 11 1
PHI vs WSH on 1989/04/11: 8-5 11 3
with 42 games at 9 lead changes (only odd numbers can occur)
The data is presented since the year 1987 - the earliest boxscores from the NHL.com
Now this one is going to make it into the website, I just haven't decided in which form.
* Lead swing is defined as when a team takes the lead after the other team had it.
** Lead change is defined as when a team loses the lead, even if only temporarily to a tied score.
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