Appendix A
NHL expansion and goal statistics.
A1
|
Year of expansion |
Number of teams added or
removed |
Total Number of Teams in NHL |
|
1967-68 |
6 teams added |
12 |
|
1970-71 |
2 teams added |
14 |
|
1972-73 |
2 teams added |
16 |
|
1974-75 |
2 teams added |
18 |
|
1978-79 |
1 team removed |
17 |
|
1979-80 |
4 teams added |
21 |
|
1991-92 |
1 team added |
22 |
|
1992-93 |
2 teams added |
24 |
|
1993-94 |
2 teams added |
26 |
|
1998-99 |
1 team added |
27 |
A2
Note: For convenience purposes, the year is represented by when the season started. (i.e. 1946 represents the 1946-47 season.)
This notation will be used for all data and graphs.
|
Year |
Teams |
Games |
Goals |
Goals/Game |
|
1946 |
6 |
60 |
1138 |
6.32 |
|
1947 |
6 |
60 |
1054 |
5.86 |
|
1948 |
6 |
60 |
978 |
5.43 |
|
1949 |
6 |
70 |
1148 |
5.47 |
|
1950 |
6 |
70 |
1139 |
5.42 |
|
1951 |
6 |
70 |
1090 |
5.19 |
|
1952 |
6 |
70 |
1006 |
4.79 |
|
1953 |
6 |
70 |
1009 |
4.80 |
|
1954 |
6 |
70 |
1059 |
5.04 |
|
1955 |
6 |
70 |
1064 |
5.07 |
|
1956 |
6 |
70 |
1130 |
5.38 |
|
1957 |
6 |
70 |
1175 |
5.60 |
|
1958 |
6 |
70 |
1217 |
5.80 |
|
1959 |
6 |
70 |
1238 |
5.90 |
|
1960 |
6 |
70 |
1261 |
6.00 |
|
1961 |
6 |
70 |
1264 |
6.02 |
|
1962 |
6 |
70 |
1249 |
5.95 |
|
1963 |
6 |
70 |
1166 |
5.55 |
|
1964 |
6 |
70 |
1208 |
5.75 |
|
1965 |
6 |
70 |
1277 |
6.08 |
|
1966 |
6 |
70 |
1252 |
5.96 |
|
1967 |
12 |
74 |
2476 |
5.58 |
|
1968 |
12 |
76 |
2718 |
5.96 |
|
1969 |
12 |
76 |
2649 |
5.81 |
|
1970 |
14 |
78 |
3409 |
6.24 |
|
1971 |
14 |
78 |
3348 |
6.13 |
|
1972 |
16 |
78 |
4088 |
6.55 |
|
1973 |
15 |
78 |
3783 |
6.47 |
|
1974 |
18 |
80 |
4932 |
6.85 |
|
1975 |
18 |
80 |
4913 |
6.82 |
|
1976 |
18 |
80 |
4783 |
6.64 |
|
1977 |
18 |
80 |
4747 |
6.59 |
|
1978 |
17 |
80 |
4757 |
7.00 |
|
1979 |
21 |
80 |
5902 |
7.03 |
|
1980 |
21 |
80 |
6447 |
7.68 |
|
1981 |
21 |
80 |
6741 |
8.03 |
|
1982 |
21 |
80 |
6493 |
7.73 |
|
1983 |
21 |
80 |
6627 |
7.89 |
|
1984 |
21 |
80 |
6530 |
7.77 |
|
1985 |
21 |
80 |
6667 |
7.94 |
|
1986 |
21 |
80 |
6165 |
7.34 |
|
1987 |
21 |
80 |
6237 |
7.43 |
|
1988 |
21 |
80 |
6286 |
7.48 |
|
1989 |
21 |
80 |
6189 |
7.37 |
|
1990 |
21 |
80 |
5805 |
6.91 |
|
1991 |
22 |
80 |
6123 |
6.96 |
|
1992 |
24 |
84 |
7299 |
7.24 |
|
1993 |
26 |
84 |
6982 |
6.39 |
|
1994 |
26 |
48 |
3727 |
5.97 |
|
1995 |
26 |
82 |
6701 |
6.29 |
|
1996 |
26 |
82 |
6213 |
5.83 |
|
1997 |
26 |
82 |
5602 |
5.26 |
|
1998 |
27 |
82 |
5830 |
5.27 |
