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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 20h

Pittsburgh's 7-0 win on opening night is tied for 4th largest season-opening victory ever—and the largest by a team playing their first game of the season on the road. 🤯 See the full list here: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 30/09/2026

FIVE points for Evan Bouchard—no defenseman has ever had more in a season opener! 🤯 Pick your teams and customize your Hub for FREE now for leaderboards like this—and much more: info.sports-reference.com/hub?utm_c…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 29/09/2026

Nathan MacKinnon led the NHL with 53 goals last season. Today, everyone starts back at zero. Who takes home the Rocket Richard this season? 👀🏒

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 29/09/2026

Hockey is back, and your Hub knows it. 🥹🏒 Happy Opening Night! Add your favorite teams to your Sports Reference Hub and see what’s waiting for you: info.sports-reference.com/hub?utm_c…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 04/09/2026

Six years ago today, Joel Kiviranta scored a hat trick in Game 7 to lead Dallas to the Western Conference Finals. 🎩 The customizable On This Day widget on Sports Reference Hub brings you notable games and players from every day in sports history! Coming soon: info.sports-reference.com/hub

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 26/06/2026

Brent Burns will be back for his 23rd season—he'll be the 14th player to play at least one game in 23+ NHL seasons. 💪 Most seasons played in NHL history: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 24/06/2026

It was a banner year for Montreal: 💪 First 100-point player in 40 years 🚨 First 50-goal scorer in 36 years 📈 Most points in a season since 2014-15 🤩 Most views by any team page on Hockey Reference! Our season recap: info.hockey-reference.com/25-26-nhl…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 22/06/2026

The champions bookended this season—starting with the signing of Nikolaj Ehlers and ending with Jordan Staal winning the Conn Smythe Trophy. Here are the players with the most page views in each month this season 📆 Our season recap: info.hockey-reference.com/25-26-nhl…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 20/06/2026

Which player did you not expect to see in our top 10 most-viewed pages? 👀 Scroll through our full season recap here: info.hockey-reference.com/25-26-nhl…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 18/06/2026

How many games would this team win? 👀 Here’s a look at the most viewed Hockey Reference player pages at each position this season. Check out our full 2025-26 Season-in-Review: info.hockey-reference.com/25-26-nhl…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 16/06/2026

The Stanley Cup champions bookended this season—starting with the signing of Nikolaj Ehlers and ending with Jordan Staal winning the Conn Smythe Trophy. Here's which players had the most page views in each month from last offseason through the Stanley Cup Final 📆

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 16/06/2026

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 16/06/2026

First overall picks, Olympic gold medalists, and future Hall of Famers—here are the most-viewed player pages at each position from the 2025-26 NHL season. 👀

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 16/06/2026

Sidney Crosby led the Penguins to their first playoff appearance since 2022, moved into 7th all-time in points… and had the most viewed player page on Hockey Reference! 🥇

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 16/06/2026

The 2025-26 Hockey Reference season recap is here! 🏒 In this thread, we’re breaking down the stats on which players & teams you looked up the most this season, starting with the most-viewed player pages on a single day. 🧵👇 Explore it all here: info.hockey-reference.com/25-26-nhl-se...

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 10/06/2026

The Hurricanes are just the 3rd team EVER to score 4+ goals in each of the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final. 🤯 See the full stats: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 05/06/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 05/06/2026

Seth Jarvis’s game-winner was just the 6th overtime power play goal in the Stanley Cup Final. 🔥 See the full list here: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 03/06/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 29/05/2026

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

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 27/05/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 25/05/2026

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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HIAYtYdr0U

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 21/05/2026

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

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 19/05/2026

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

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 11/05/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 06/05/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 04/05/2026

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

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 01/05/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 30/04/2026

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.

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 29/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 27/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 22/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 21/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 20/04/2026

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: www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/o…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 20/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 17/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 15/04/2026

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. 📊

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 15/04/2026

Hockey Reference turns 18 today—and we share a birthday some notable NHL players. 🎁🏒 NHL players born on April 15th: www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birth…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 15/04/2026

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.

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 10/04/2026

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

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 09/04/2026

Wednesday was Connor McDavid's 14th career game with 5+ points—only nine players in NHL history have had more: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t… Where will McDavid rank on this list by the end of his career? 🤔

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 06/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 03/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 03/04/2026

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: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 02/04/2026

The Kings have gone to overtime 29 times this season, one short of the record for most overtime games in a season. 👀 Most OT appearances in a season: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 30/03/2026

The NHL is up to 109 shootouts this season, the most of any season since the implementation of 3-on-3 overtime. 📊 Seasons with the most shootouts: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 28/03/2026

How rare is a short-handed hat trick in the NHL? 🤔 Believe it or not, it's only happened one time! In 1991, Theo Fleury scored three short-handed goals in a win for the Calgary Flames. See more unbelievable NHL stats: youtu.be/BhQEj8jrKq0

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 25/03/2026

With their 18th OTL of the year, the Kings have tied the record for most overtime + shootout losses in a single season. 😬 Most OTL in a season: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 20/03/2026

Samuel Ersson won his 13th career shootout for the Flyers, breaking Steve Mason's franchise record. 🥇 Most shootout victories by a Flyers goalie: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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Hockey Reference @hockey-reference.com · 19/03/2026

Wednesday was Erik Karlsson's 55th career game with 3+ points, surpassing Nicklas Lidström for the 10th most in NHL history by a defenseman. 📈 Most 3-point games by a defenseman: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/t…

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