Contains scores for every game of the 1936-1937 season of the NHL
data
data("Sch3637")
Format
A data frame with 209 observations on the following 9 variables.
Date: The date the game was played
Home: The name of the home team
Away: The name of the away team
GF: Goals for the home team
GA: Goals against the home Team
GDH: Goal differential from the home team's perspective: GDH = GF - GA
OT: Indicates if the game went into Overtime
Tie: Indicates if the game ended in a tie
Playoff: Indicates if the game was a playoff game
Note
Team names refer to the latest name which the team has gone under. For example, the Toronto Maple Leafs were founded as the the Toronto Arenas for the 1917-1918 season, changed the name to the Toronto St. Patricks starting in the 1919-1920 season, and changed their name again going into the 1926-1927 season to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In this dataset, Toronto Maple Leafs refer to all three teams.