A Game Of Inches

You’ve heard the cliche before: “It’s a game of inches”. It’s often used to explain why a team lost or missed that vital goal, but the reality is that hockey is indeed a game that where the difference between success and failure is small.

The Rangers just concluded a six game series to eliminate the Montreal Canadiens, scoring almost the bare minimum to force the result. If you remove empty net goals in game 1 and 6, then the scores would read 1-0, 2-3 OT, 1-3, 2-1, 3-2 OT and 2-1. In six games, both teams scored eleven goals with a goaltender in the net, and both goaltenders ended up with sub 2.00 goals against average.