Welcome to part 5 of Daily Faceoff Stanley Cup Ingredients 2024-25. I’ve developed a formula consisting of seven common ingredients among recent Stanley Cup champions, using the previous 10 seasons as the sample to study. You can click here for a more detailed breakdown of the inspiration for the formula and how accurately it has predicted teams going deep in the playoffs.
So far, we’ve explored how championships correlate to team weight, top-10 scorers, top-10 goaltenders and expected goal differential. Next, we explore the link between penalty killing prowess and Stanley Cups.
Stanley Cup Ingredient #5: PENALTY KILLING EFFICIENCY
When I first launched the Ingredients series in 2021-22, the previous 10-year…