Data: season 2025/26 · Goals and the final minutes

In SHL 2025/26, 29.6% of regulation goals came in the first period and 35.2% in each of the second and third. The final five minutes alone held 14.2%.

HA 2025/26 is more third-period heavy: 37.6% of regulation goals came in the third. Power-play goals made up 24.8% of all goals.

SHL 2020/21–2025/26, 620 late pulls when down by one: the trailing team tied it 16.1% of the time but conceded into the empty net 37.7% – and won only 7.6%.

SHL 2020/21–2025/26: after any goal, the next goal came within three minutes 23.1% of the time – exactly what random scoring predicts (23.2%).