Pushing On Without Pronger
How his teams have fared without Chris Pronger in his career.
After his being injured Monday night (left) and set to miss at least a few weeks, we have to ask ... Just how much better are Chris Pronger's teams when he is on the ice? How about 400 goals better?
Throughout his career, Pronger's teams haved scored 349 more total goals than their opponents while he is on the ice. With him on the bench or out because of injury, his teams have been outscored by 47 goals.
Those numbers, year-by-year, are below:
Noteworthy: In his first year with the Flyers, when he played all 82 games, they were a +33 with him on the ice and a -22 without him ... He was on the ice for exactly half of their 236 goals that season ... They actually did better in goal differential without him (+24) last season when he missed 32 games. They were only a +12 in the 50 games he played ... The Flyers were 31-14-5 (.670) in those 50 games; 16-9-7 (.65) in the 32 he missed ... In 2006-07, Pronger was on the ice for 147 of the Blues' 248 goals scored.