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NHL · Scoring extreme
1.6-goal spread between hottest and coldest ref–team pairs
Highest: Garrett Rank on Tampa Bay Lightning (7.8 avg). Lowest: Graham Skilliter on Utah Hockey Club (6.2 avg).
Min 8 games per pair · 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26
- Hottest avg
- 7.8
- Garrett Rank · TBL
- Coldest avg
- 6.2
- Graham Skilliter · UTA
- Gap
- 1.6
- vs 6.2 league avg
Methodology
- Findings ranked by effect size × √sample size with category deduplication.
- Sample gates: 30+ ref games, 8+ team splits, 30+ ATS decisions where applicable.
- Synthetic closing lines disclosed on seeded data — not betting advice.
- Full methodology →