The lowest Goals Against Average (GAA) by a team in an 82-game NHL season is 1.96, achieved by the 1995-96 New Jersey Devils. This remarkable defensive performance was a key factor in their success, as they went on to win the Stanley Cup that year. The team's strong goaltending and disciplined defensive play contributed to their outstanding GAA.
Currently, the NHL regular season's lowest goals against average is held by Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights.
Goals Against Average, of GAA, is a statistical category applied to goalies or teams. It is the average number of goals scored against a team in a set number of games. For example, if, in a season of 82 games a team got scored on 250 times, the team's GAA would be 3.05.
There were 942 goals in the 2008-09 season, an average of 2.48 goals per game, the second lowest on record (2006-07 had 931 goals, 2.45 per game).
3 goals against Canada
In team standings, 'goals for' stands for the number of goals the team has scored and 'goals against' stands for the number of goals the team has allowed its opponents to score.
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Since a goaltender is not in the goal during an empty net scenario, any goals scored into the open net will not count against the goalie's personal statistics. However, any scoring into an empty net will be added to the team's goals against average.
Thierry scored ten goals against Chelsea in all competitions for Arsenal.
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This season the Average goals scored per game is 6
Goals "For" are the ones your team scores. Goals "Against" are the ones scored against your team. The totals are used in tournament group play to determine tie-breakers if point totals are equal. So Goal Difference is Goals 'For' - Goals 'Against'