Numbers From 1974-75

Here are some numbers from the Scouts first season (sourced from Hockey-Reference.com). Numbers in parentheses are league rank, out of 18 teams:

Record: 15-54-11, .256 (17)
Home record: 12-20-8, .400
Road record: 3-34-3, .113
(That the other two road wins came against the lowly Capitals and Seals makes the January 23rd victory in Boston that much more remarkable.)

Goals for: 184 (17)
Goals against: 328 (16)
(One stat that explains the Scouts success relative to the Capitals is goals against: The two expansion clubs scored at the same rate (181 for the Caps), but the Caps gave up 118 more goals (446).)

Goals per game: 2.30
Goals against per game: 4.10
(Yowch.)

Power play goals for: 57 (11)
Power play percentage: 16.24% (15)

Power play goals against: 53 (2!)
Penalty kill percentage: 77.25% (13)
(Washington gave up 94 PP goals.)

Short-handed goals for: 6 (11)
Short-handed goals against: 6 (4)

PIM: 744 (18)
(Being the least penalized team in the league served the Scouts well. GM Sid Abel might not have been proud of the distinction however, since he brought in Larry Johnston and Steve Durbano, which helped push the number up to 984 PIM the following season, and 80 PP goals against.)

Times shut-out: 12
Shut-outs: 0

Team leaders:

Goals
26 Simon Nolet
26 Wilf Paiement
18 Robin Burns

Assists
32 Simon Nolet
32 Dave Hudson
29 Guy Charron

Points
58 Simon Nolet
42 Guy Charron
41 Dave Hudson

Points-per-game:
.824 Guy Charron
.806 Simon Nolet
.586 Dave Hudson

PIM:
101 Wilf Paiement
70 Robin Burns
64 Richard Lemieux

Games played:
80 Ed Gilbert
80 Randy Rota
79 Richard Lemieux