Another season down and 16 teams remain each believing, with a little divine intervention to help them along, they have a shot at Lord’s Stanley Cup.

It’s a new season and let’s rah, rah, rah!

But first, here are some statistics to ponder as you prepare your dip, beer and pizza:

-No team allowed more than 300 goals and no team scored more than 300. Goals for and against were, except in two cases, within the 200 range.

Fewest goals scored: Colorado Avalanche 199

Fewest goals allowed: Boston Bruins 196

Most goals scored: Detroit Red Wings 295

Most goals allowed: Toronto Maple Leafs 293

Ah, parity.

For the fun of it I checked out GF/GA in 1985-86. The Edmonton Oilers bagged 426 while the Detroit Red Wings allowed 415. Interpret this however you like. I’m moving on.

-Key goalies with sub-par seasons: Calgary Flames netminder Mikka Kiprusoff enters the playoffs with a .900 save percentage. Chris Osgood of the Detroit Red Wings a staggetingly low .887. Imagine that, and Detroit (third overall in the NHL with 112 points) is still favored to win in Vegas.

On the other end, Tim Thomas will lead the Boston Bruins with a .933 mark and Roberto Luongo (now regarded as the best goalie in the world) comes in with a .920 with the Vancouver Canucks. An interesting goalie to watch for is Chicago Blackhawks puck stopper Nikolai Khabibulin with a .919.

And the rest of them but not less crucial: New Jersey Devils legend Martin Brodeur, Cam Ward (Carolina Hurricanes), Chris Mason (for the surprising St. Louis Blues), Henrik Lundqvist (reliable New York Rangers backstopper), Steve Mason (wunderkid rookie for playoff fitrst timers Columbus Blue Jackets), Jose Theodore (Washington Capitals) Anaheim Ducks team mates Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Jonas Hiller, Marc Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins), Martin Biron (Philadelphia Flyers), Habs duo Carey Price and Jaroslav Halak.

I noticed one-time Montreal Canadiens goalie Tomas Vokoun finished second in the league among goalies with an impressive .926. He played one game before being traded to the Nashville Predators.

-Evgeni Malkin won the scoring title with 113 points (35 goals). He becomes the third Pittsburgh Penguin to win a scoring title. Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby were the other two. In the last 25 years, Penguins fans have been blessed with three great players.

-Four Russians were in the top 10 in scoring. Malkin, Alex Ovechkin (who finished second with 110 points), Pavel Datsyuk was fourth with 97 points and Ilya Kovalchuk was sixth with 91. Six Russians in total were in the top 30. Four Canadians, including Crosby, were also included. See list here.

Last season the results were similar only Ovechkin won and Malkin was runner up.

- For a complete statistical breakdown head over to Hockey Numbers.