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NHL upgrades online stats before start of season

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The National Hockey League is stepping up its statistical game.

Starting this week at NHL.com, fans will have access to stats of every team and player since the league’s inception in 1917. Previously an incomplete source for historical numbers, NHL.com has added roughly 15 million data points from games between 1917 and 1987.

Several statistical categories have undergone a significant renovation. For example, NHL.com now has data for goals by strength (power play goals, shorthanded goals, even-strength goals) from 1932-33 to present, as opposed to 1967-68 to present.

Stats that had a brief life in the NHL, such as the third/fourth assist or the three-minute penalty, are also included in the data dump.