Sample Hockey Searches
With Stathead, you can find any player, any team, any season, any game, any play (and more!) using a powerful set of search filters. This list of sample searches will give you an idea of the incredible power and flexibility of Stathead. Select any example to go to the search results and see which tool and filters were used to create that search. Modify an example to discover your own insights.
The Season Finder
The Season Finder searches for individual seasons, combined seasons, or entire careers (for players) and franchise histories (for teams). You can also use the Player Season Finders to discover the most players in a season, most players on a team, or most players in franchise history to match specific criteria.
Player Season Finder
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Most Goals in a season by a rookie
- Most Game-winning goals in a single postseason
- Players with at least 60 Goals and 60 Assists in a season
- Most Goalie Saves in a season
- Most Goals in a season by a 1st round pick from the U.S.
- Highest Plus-Minus by a defenseman in a season
- Worst Plus-Minus in a season by a player on a team that won the Stanley Cup
- Skaters drafted in 2022 who played in 2022-23 season
Find combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most Point Shares as a teenager
- Most Goals per Game in Bruins history (min. 100 games)
- Most career Points by No. 1 overall pick
- Most Games Played by US-born player
- Most career Goalie Wins by undrafted player
- Most career Point Shares by skater drafted in 5th round or later
Find players with most seasons matching criteria
- Most seasons with at least 50 Goals
- Most seasons with at least 50 Assists by a defenseman
- Most seasons with at least 0.900 Save Percentage and 40 starts
Find most players in a season matching criteria
- Most players with at least 100 Points in a season
- Most future Hall of Famers to play at least 1 Game in a season
- Most players to score at least 1 Goal in a single postseason
Find most players on a team in a season matching criteria
- Most players with at least 40 Points on a team in a season
- Most rookies (skaters) with at least 40 Games Played on a team in a season
- Most first-round draft picks with at least 1 Game Played on a team in a season
Find most players for a team in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Teams with the most players with at least 500 career points for them
- Teams with the most Hall of Famers (skaters) who played at least 1 game for them
- Teams with the most skaters who went to the University of Denver
Team Season Finder
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Most Points in a season
- Most Losses in a season by a Stanley Cup-winning team
- Worst Goal Differential for a team that made the playoffs
- Most Penalty Minutes by a team in a season
- Teams with the fewest Losses in a single postseason in the Modern Era (since 1968)
- Most Losses in a season by a team that made the playoffs
Find combined seasons for franchise matching criteria
The Game Finder
The Game Finder searches for individual games, total stats for combined games, and number of instances of matching games in a season, career, or franchise history.
Player Game Finder
Find single games matching criteria
- Most Assists in a game
- Oldest player with a hat trick in a game
- Players with at least 1 Even-strength goal, Power-play goal and Short-handed goal
- Most Points on a player’s birthday
- Most Goals scored in a Stanley Cup Final game
- Most Goals Scored in a game by a player on a team that finished in last place
Find totals from all games in a season by a player matching criteria
- Most Points in the team’s first 10 games
- Most Penalty Minutes in road games in a season
- Highest Save Percentage in losses in a season (min. 10 games)
Find totals from all games in combined seasons or career by a player matching criteria
- Most Goals in a player’s first 100 career games
- Most career Points in road games
- Most Assists at age 40 or older
Find players with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most hat tricks in a season
- Most games with at least one goal and one assist in a season
- Most multi-goal games by a rookie in a season
Find players with most games in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most career playoff hat tricks
- Most career Game-winning Goals
- Most Goalie Wins in a player’s first 100 career games
Find teams with most player games matching criteria
- Teams with the most player games with at least 3 goals
- Teams with the most player games with at least 2 points in the playoffs
- Teams with the most players to score a goal on their birthday in a season
Find seasons with most player games matching criteria
- Seasons with the most different players to record a hat trick
- Seasons with the most games by rookies scoring at least one goal
- Seasons with the most games by 40-year-olds having at least one assist
Find number of players on a team matching criteria in a game
- Most players with a hat trick for a team in a game
- Most rookies with at least one point for a team in a game
- Most defensemen with at least one goal for a team in a game
Team Game Finder
Find teams with single games matching criteria
- Most Goals in a game
- Worst loss by a team that went on to win the Stanley Cup
- Most Goals in a loss
- Most Penalty Minutes in a playoff game
- Teams with a shutout in the season opener
- Most Goals Against in a game by a team that finished in 1st or 2nd place
- Teams to allow 6+ goals in the 3rd period
- Teams to outscore its opponent by 8+ goals in any period
- Teams that lost after leading by 4+ goals at start of 3rd period
Find totals from all games in a season by a team matching criteria
- Largest Goal Differential in a season
- Most Goals scored in road games in a season
- Most Short-handed Goals scored in a team’s first 20 games
Find totals from all games in combined seasons by a team matching criteria
- Most Wins in March since 2017-18 season
- Most playoff Losses in the Modern Era (since 1967-68)
- Most Power-Play Opportunities since 2015-16 season
Find teams with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most Losses by at least 5 goals in a season
- Most games with at least 2 Power-Play Goals in a season
- Most games being shutout in a season
- Team W-L when leading at start of 3rd period in 2022-23 season
- Teams with most wins when trailing by multiple goals at end of 1st period in a season
Find teams with most games in combined seasons matching criteria
- Most Game 7s played by a franchise
- Most season-opening Wins since 1996-97 season
- Most shutouts since 2013-14 season
Find seasons with most team games matching criteria
The Versus Finder
The Versus Finder can compare players and teams or show head to head results between teams, players, or player vs. team.
Player vs Player
- Leon Draisaitl vs. Steven Stamkos
- Patrick Kane vs. Evgeni Malkin
- Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin
- Wayne Gretzky vs. Mario Lemieux
- Ed Belfour vs. Patrick Roy
Player vs Team
- Auston Matthews vs. Edmonton Oilers
- Jack Hughes vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
- Connor McDavid vs. New York Rangers
- Jaromír Jágr vs. Detroit Red Wings
- Mark Messier vs. Montreal Canadiens
Team vs Team
The Streak Finder
The Streak Finder searches for streaks of games matching specific criteria, from basic scoring streaks and winning streaks to complex statistical streaks.
Player
- Longest streak of games with at least 2 Goals
- Longest streak of games with at least 1 Point to start a season
- Longest streak of games with at least 2 Assists by a rookie
- Longest streak of games by a defenseman with at least 1 Goal
- Longest streak of Playoff games with at least 2 Points
Team
The Span Finder
The Span Finder searches game spans of whatever length you choose.
Player
- Most Goals in a 10-game span
- Most Game-Winning Goals in a 6-game span
- Most Points in the first 3 games played of a season
- Most goalie Shutouts in first 20 games with a franchise
- Most Saves in any 2-game span
Team
The Goal Finder
The Goal Finder can search for any goal all time by a variety of criteria.
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