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Originally Posted by Ironic Mustache
A 22 game winning streak is still pretty impressive.
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Yes, but it's been a long fucking time since an NHL team had a 22 game winning streak. In fact the record is still 17. Pittsburgh in the early 1990s. In fact, nobody has come close to this since then.
Longest unbeaten streak I think still belongs to the flyers. They played damn near half a full season without a loss.
What the Blackhawks have done is impressive no doubt. But not losing in regulation is different than winning 22 straight. Which is different from not losing at all in 40 games when you either won or tied. The point system changed. Nobody ever counted overtime losses until the last 10 years or so. It's hard to say that the 1980s Edmonton Oilers would've obliterated this, when they didn't keep track.
Know what the Pens and Flyers have in common besides these streaks? They both lost to the Islanders in the playoff the year of their streak.