Has there been any stathead work into goal differential and if we should care that much about it? I'm not convinced, because unlike baseball, in hockey you actually do change your style of play depending on the relative score. Well yeah they are a team that puts the trap on when they have the lead so they probably got a lot of close wins this year. Meanwhile they lack scoring punch, making it hard for them to come from behind so their opponents probably tacked on a few goals while Nashville was rushing the puck. But still, a 0 goal differential has to tell you something. I bet if we lose this series, it's gonna be like the DBacks in 07, sweepin the Cubs and then getting embarrassed in the next round.