NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs (1918 - 2022)

The dataset contains every NHL Stanley Cup playoff game from (1918 - 2022).

The data was collected from Sports Reference then cleaned for data analysis.

Total Playoff Seeds:

• 1918-1925 (2 total playoff seeds)
• 1926 (3 total playoff seeds)
• 1927-1942 (6 total playoff seeds)
• 1943-1967 (4 total playoff seeds)
• 1968-1974 (8 total playoff seeds)
• 1975-1979 (12 total playoff seeds)
• 1980 - Present (16 total playoff seeds)

Tabular data includes:

• rank: Rank finished.
• team: Name of team.
• year: Year of playoffs.
• games: Total games played.
• wins: Total wins.
• losses: Total losses.
• ties: Total ties.
• shootout_wins: Total shootout wins.
• shootout_losses: Total shootout losses.
• win_loss_percentage: Win percentage of team.
• goals_scored: Goals scored by team.
• goals_against: Goals scored on team.
• goal_differential: Goal differential between scored and against.