As most teams crack the 20-game threshold this week, we are getting to a place where in-season team statistics have a large enough sample to have some meaning. That means we can start to give some real consideration to the fantasy points against per game (FPAPG) record, especially when looking at matchups.
For example, a team’s goals-for-per-game or win-loss record doesn’t paint quite the same picture as FPAPG, which offers a more direct measure of how a team impacts opposing goaltender performance for our fantasy leagues.
The Nashville Predators are 31st in the overall standings and also happen to be the No. 1 team giving out fantasy points to opposing goaltenders. But the New York Islanders are 19th overall and rank second; the Edmonton Oilers are 15th and rank third; and the Boston Bruins rank 18th in playoff position and seventh in allowing the most points to opposing goaltenders.
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These discrepancies arise from various factors.