Part 2: When teams score

Part 1 of this post can be found here.

Continuing on what I was talking about in the last post, not only do the Flyers not score often in the first period, they also have allowed the second highest number of first-period goals in the league this season (67), six fewer than league-leading Toronto.

Philadelphia is fifth-worst in the NHL in percentage of goals scored against in the first period.

Here's a look at the percentage of goals against by period:

RK	Team	1st Pd	Rank	2nd Pd	Rank	3rd Pd	Rank	OT	Rank
1	VAN	34.48%	1	32.76%	23	32.18%	23	0.57%	29
2	DAL	33.33%	2	24.04%	30	40.98%	3	1.64%	16
3	TOR	32.59%	3	27.68%	27	36.61%	7	3.13%	2
4	CHI	32.20%	4	31.22%	26	34.63%	12	1.95%	10
5	PHI	32.06%	5	37.32%	10	24.88%	30	2.39%	5
6	DET	32.05%	6	37.82%	6	29.49%	27	0.64%	27
7	COL	31.75%	7	32.28%	24	34.39%	16	1.59%	17
8	CGY	30.61%	8	36.73%	15	29.08%	28	3.57%	1
9	PHX	30.32%	9	27.13%	28	42.02%	2	0.53%	30
10	PIT	29.69%	10	35.94%	17	32.29%	22	1.56%	18
11	MIN	28.72%	11	38.30%	5	31.91%	24	1.06%	23
12	OTT	28.64%	12	33.50%	22	36.41%	8	1.46%	21
13	ANA	28.40%	13	42.01%	1	28.99%	29	0.59%	28
14	CAR	28.32%	14	35.84%	18	34.51%	15	1.33%	22
15	STL	28.29%	15	31.71%	25	37.07%	6	2.93%	4
16	LAK	28.09%	16	39.15%	3	31.06%	25	1.70%	15
17	BOS	28.06%	17	37.24%	11	32.65%	21	2.04%	9
18	TBL	27.51%	18	26.64%	29	42.79%	1	3.06%	3
19	ATL	27.43%	19	37.13%	12	34.60%	14	0.84%	26
20	WSH	27.40%	20	34.62%	20	36.06%	10	1.92%	11
21	BUF	27.32%	21	37.07%	13	34.63%	12	0.98%	24
22	MTL	27.18%	22	37.44%	9	33.33%	19	2.05%	8
23	CBJ	27.07%	23	37.02%	14	33.70%	18	2.21%	7
24	NSH	26.96%	24	37.75%	8	33.82%	17	1.47%	20
25	EDM	26.61%	25	36.24%	16	36.24%	9	0.92%	25
26	NYR	26.32%	26	40.94%	2	30.99%	26	1.75%	14
27	NJD	26.06%	27	38.79%	4	33.33%	19	1.82%	13
28	FLA	24.62%	28	33.67%	21	40.20%	4	1.51%	19
29	NYI	23.96%	29	37.79%	7	35.94%	11	2.30%	6
30	SJS	22.84%	30	35.19%	19	40.12%	5	1.85%	12

Philadelphia may get in the hole early, but one thing they've done well is prevent third-period goals.

Anaheim, Calgary and Detroit are three others that have been tough to beat late in games, while Tampa Bay, Phoenix, Dallas and Florida have coughed up the highest percentage of late goals.

The Ducks get beaten the most during the "long change" period, followed by the Rangers, Kings, Devils and Wild. Dallas has been the best team as preventing second-period goals.

And for some reason the Flames get scored on an awful lot in overtime.
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