Holy jumpin’, it’s already December! I’m not exactly sure when that all happened, but I do know that as the weather’s gotten colder outside, the heat of competition is just heating up in our little corner of the internet.
As of the end of last night’s games, the Red Wings are sitting at 21st in the NHL with a 12-12-3 record and 27 points. Technically that makes us exactly a .500 team, which had you asked me at the beginning of the season would be right about what I’d expect.
But we’re not here to talk about my guesses for the year, we’re here because YOU are making predictions and trying to earn Valuable Internet Points. And because we are exactly one third of the way through this season, it’s time for me to go through my ever-expanding spreadsheets and see what interesting trends I can find in the numbers.
Total Awarded Points: 2,055
Total Predictors: 200
Average Points Per Person: 10.275
Total Perfect Predictions: 6
Most Total Points Awarded for a Single Game: 192 (Oct. 4 vs CBJ)
Fewest Total Points Awarded for a Single Game: 26 (Nov. 26 vs CBJ)
Highest Average Points Awarded for a Single Game: 2.88 (Nov. 9 vs NYR)
Lowest Average Points Awarded for a Single Game: 0.35 (Oct. 13 @ BOS)
So far, give an internet high-five to the following commenters that have made valid* predictions for all 27 games thus far:
- Croixboix
- ENSRW
- mdruh12
- Rockdan
- Zadinaberg/
*Now there might be some of you saying, “I know I made predictions every game this year, and I’m not on that list!” I want to apologize for not making this rule clear at the beginning of the season as usual: predictions MUST be submitted by the time the game starts. I do actually check the official start time against timestamps so that I can be completely fair to everyone. I have had to not accept submissions that were just barely late and trust me, I hate doing it, so get those predictions in as early as possible!
And now I present to you: the current leaderboard!
- johnnyhockey01 — 60 pts
2. Tadaskay — 53 pts
3. northwestdr — 52 pts
4. Hornecker — 48 pts
5. Bill_H — 45 pts
6. Ben Filipowicz — 44 pts
7. RawrPawr — 43 pts
7. RIDILON — 43 pts
9. CaptainEasychord — 41 pts
9. Croixboix — 41 pts
9. Standonhead — 41 pts
To these top 10 11 predictors, congrats on knowing which Red Wings team is coming to play any given night. Anybody want to split a lottery ticket with me? You can tell me what numbers to pick, I’ll do none of the hard work, and we share the profit! Sound good?
Wait, why are you laughing? I thought it was a great plan!
Anyway, keep up that crystal ball gazing and in the meantime…
