I wanted to draw your attention to one minor point here. The reason why we focus on Fenwick and Corsi with the score tied is pretty obvious when you consider which team, in particular, dominates in this area:
Season | Winner | Loser | SF | SA | Fenwick% | Round | Outcome |
2008 | Det | Col | 42 | 14 | 75.0 | 2 | 4-0 |
2008 | Det | Pit | 135 | 77 | 63.7 | Cup | 4-2 |
2010 | Sj | Col | 204 | 124 | 62.2 | 1 | 4-2 |
2009 | Det | Cls | 74 | 45 | 62.2 | 1 | 4-0 |
2007 | Det | Cgy | 135 | 83 | 61.9 | 1 | 4-2 |
Four of the five-most lopsided series on shots were won by the 2007-09 Detroit Red Wings, who barely lost a playoff game to a team that didn’t win the Stanley Cup. We can go around in circles, but dominating the shots was Detroit’s secret – definitely not a top-flight goaltender.
I've left the #2 series out of this list, btw…It was the recent Pittsburgh-Montreal series…