Ranking Every Stanley Cup Finals of the Last 15 Years 

wow this video is amazing. the production value is so high, it is criminal that this doesn’t have more views

Gotta wonder where Chicago/LA 2014 would rank here. I know it’s not the final, but people at the time were saying it might as well have been. That series was absolutely insane.

2011 still hurts to think about. My respect for Bergeron is sky-high to this day.

The last ~2 minutes of the 2020 final felt so surreal. At that point the Stars felt like there wasn't a chance, and seeing the close ups of their bench without any noise from a crowd drove home how final it felt. I'm really glad they're having a resurgence this year because, man, that felt like the end of an era.

The Jon Bois is strong with this one, excellent job and looking forward to your other content! :D

The Jon Bois influence is real I love this

Two things. 1) If you ever make merch, you need to put the phrase “At least we got an overtime goal” on a shirt. 2) The way you used music in this one is excellent. Well done!

Can’t imagine how intense it was watching that 2009 Game 7 live, especially for Pittsburgh 👀

Even though we lost game 1, that 2018 finals opener is one of my favorite games I’ve watched in recent times and really got me hyped that year. Really enjoyed the Jon Bois style and content you have on your channel, keep up the great work man!

I actually do believe that the best finals for a first time fan to watch would of been the 2018 finals. An understandable and heart thrilling story with ovi and the knights, and an outcome that was unanimously celebrated. The best cup lift of all time, the save, too much excitement every game. Nothing else to say. We all have our own personal favorites, mine will always be 2018.

Crazy that nothing before 2008 counts as last 15 years anymore 🤯

I think the reason the blues bruins is so loved is that even though a team dominated it didn't mean they were guaranteed to win the game. Made it feel that any game could go any way no matter what was happening. And look what happened in game 7.

Lol I like the fact that you put the 2010 final in the first place when The Hockey Guy said it is his least favorite

I am just starting to get into hockey and I’m so happy that I found your channel. This was truly an awesome video I can only imagine the amount of work you put into this.

First off, you need to send this video out to SB Nation or another Sports Media company because this is so high quality and I think it is on par with something that would be made by any of those companies. Secondly, while the Avs vs Lightning series ranks low it will always be memorable to me for a very specific reason. The Avs head coach, Jared Bednar, once played for the ECHL's Huntington Blizzard back before I was born. Huntington has not had hockey in over 20 years, and the fact that one of its former players was able to win hockey's most coveted trophy still fills me with joy that a small city in West Virginia contributed to hockey history in a small way.

I appreciate this, because I bet if you made a video on the best series just from memory, historical context, big moments et cetera, it would come out different. It’s interesting to see such a relatively objective analysis. Edit: also, not a Pens fan? Nvm. I have my answer 😂

This is an awesome video. High production value, great narration, and a unique approach to the rankings. Even though I'm biased as a Bruins fan, I still think 2011 is one of the best playoff series of all time. The grit, the animosity, the talent, all made for a crazy series. I'm glad you showed the alternate ranking, because damn that was fun to watch, regardless of the scoring.

Totally agree on 2017, I remember that series feeling a lot more interesting and exciting than it actually was.

LOVED this video my goodness. The effort and execution was phenomenal. One thing I’d bring up is 2019. I can’t explain why great it is, but that series was the one that made me a hockey fan. I’ve always watched football with my family, but watching a series like that made me realize hockey was the best sport for me.

This is a fantastic video, I loved the math that was put into this, sounds like something I would want to do but I could never make it look this good. I'm so glad it came across on my feed! My only critique would be that I would love to see a few more clips from the games throughout the video. I'll be on the lookout for more of your videos!

This video is top notch. Getting an entertaining deep dive into these series is such a pleasure

The amount of effort that was put into this is absolutely incredible. This deserves so so much more praise than it's gotten

I remember this vid a while back, and just recently rewatched it. What a treat and then it turns out that this video has a whole bonus channel with more essay videos! time to binge

I've had multiple requests to run the numbers for the 2014 West Final between the Kings and Blackhawks, soooo.... GP: 7 SC/G: 51.428 xGF% diff/G: 6.436 xGF% diff (lower): 48.6 2+ score diff/G: 14.918 3+ score diff/G: 5.693 LC/G: 1 Goals/Game: 7.286 Matchup/Story: 4 Game 1 (CHI 3-1): 137.7 Game 2 (LAK 6-2): 114.8 Game 3 (LAK 4-3): 147.0 Game 4 (LAK 5-2): 15.3 (oof) Game 5: (CHI 5-4 2OT): 188.0 Game 6 (CHI 4-3): 227.9 Game 7 (LAK 5-4 OT): 265.0 (#1 out of all games in this video...and it is also the only game I've ever seen where the xGF were exactly dead even: 2.74-2.74) No length bonus: *4th* No xGF modifier: *1st* No score penalty: *2nd* Overall ranking: *1st*

Man this is an incredible video, so refreshing to see hockey content like this

Fantastically done video. Not enough love given to these types of video essays, they are hard to make and even harder to write. Well done

Never seen your videos, but bro. This is incredible. Not just the result, but the way that you 'showed your work' and then laid it all out earns a sub from me 💪

I’ll never forget the energy that was going around in St. Louis when they finally brought a Cup home in 2019. It was like a movie, the atmosphere inside of Ballpark Village for the game 7 watch party was like nothing I’ve ever experienced.

Great video I can tell this took alot of time and effort. Don't agree with every pick but that's ignoring stats and talking about actual excitement I can't argue the stats lol. You should make a video about the 15 best playoff series (not finals exclusive) in the last 15 years that would be really cool too.

Amazing work. Enjoyed watching from start to finish

Wow the production value here is insane! I'm subscribing for this alone, but small edit, The Wings swept Columbus, Pittsburgh swept Carolina in 2009

Absolutely incredible video, so well executed and thought out - thank you so much for making this!!

As a fellow Caps fan, I can’t thank you enough for ending this sweet video with our goal

Absolutely incredible video! You nail the storytelling along with the stats. So glad I found this channel!

one of the best hockey videos i have watched in a long long time. good stuff.

This is one of the greatest videos I have ever seen. Can't wait to see more stuff like this

Holy shit. It’s a Jon Bois video about hockey. I can die happy. (I kid, though honestly it’s the highest praise I could give.) excellent work!

This is just absolutely incredible. Can’t wait for you to blow up like you absolutely deserve to!

For those wondering where this year's Stanley Cup Finals would rank, these are the stats (assuming that my calculations are correct lol) and their ranking since 2008. (If the rankings seem too low, remember this is the ranking after already adding all of the 5 games from this year to the list, so the series is out of 16, and the games is out of 95) Games: 5 (T-13th) Goals/G: 7.60 (2nd) Lead Changes/G: 0.60 (6th) Scoring Chances/G: 62.40 (3rd) xGF %diff./G: 9.69 (11th) xGF %diff. cumulative: 42.61 (12th) Time 2+ diff./G: 20.56 (12th) Time 3+ diff./G: 14.33 (15th) Story: 4 (T-3rd) Game 1: 151.1 (33rd) Game 2: 31.4 (88th) Game 3: 281.6 (1st) (!) Game 4: 104.2 (60th) Game 5: 17.0 (91st) Series overall: 54.6 (14th) Well, at least we got an overtime goal

This is fantastic. Well done!!! Keep it up Pinhole Graham!!

Good stuff, Raleigh! I enjoyed the entire video and loved the statistics.

My man, what a masterpiece. One of the greatest videos on hockey I’ve ever seen. As a Canucks fan, 2011 breaks my heart. As a hockey fan, I see it being an absolute cinema of a series. The choice in music was spectacular in this video, each melody represented each series in some way. But, that transition at 25:15 from the hopeful, quiet sounds of the VGK-WSH 2018 series to the gritty rock of the VAN-BOS 2011 series went hard. Keep it up!

seriously awesome video dude this was a ton of fun to watch. ofc 2010 had to rank #1. i will never emotionally recover from that loss😢

I was expecting a cliché S-F tier list. Boy was I pleasantly surprised! Awesome video!

This deserves more views. Phenomenal job

"They named a whole year after Roland Emmerich's fourth best film" is a joke worthy of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

wow, the amount of research and time this must have taken to do. Thank you! Great video!

Tremendous work ! Masterclass. Would be awesome to get the exercise further and analyse previous finals too 👍👍👍

This video reminds me of a Jon Bois video. And that is a massive compliment. Excellent work.

The '08 and '09 finals were peak hockey, haven't seen a final that good since. '04 still my favorite.

It would be awesome to see a video like this, but ranking the runs that the team that won the cup made along the way, using similar math. This video was awesome. Hope your channel grows a lot!

Took a few minutes to get into it but appreciate the build-up to the games. Can only imagine how large the spreadsheet is behind the curtain

Oh my god this video is so good this needs more views. Deserves to be in the millions this is very good well out video fr

great video dude. really high poduction, loved it

Bruh this production is insane for a small channel. Subbed and you deserve more

amazing video jesus i cannot say how much i love it

The script writing and narration of the 2020 finals was beautiful

great stuff bro, really enjoyed the vid

This is the best hockey video I’ve ever seen

sweet video bro, im gonna check ur channel rn and see your other content but I was wondering if you maybe could do this for other sport events like the NBA finals or the last FIFA world cup finals. This video format is one of the cleanest ive seen, super high quality bro

Good choice of music in these videos. You have fine ears for ambience and mood.

This is an amazing video, earned a new follower

Phenomenal job, my friend

This could've been a chart party video. Good stuff

Sick video dude. Keep it up

Damn the editing is solid Well made Also, 29:48 I remember watching that game live on tv when I was 7 Good times

This is why I wish we had more championship rematches in other sports. They always deliver. Edit: I knew 2010 was gonna be number one. Easily my favorite final since ‘94.

Awesome video! You should do this type of video about NHL rivalries!

Very good production!!

Wow, I’ve always wanted to see those type of Jon Bois videos but with hockey and that’s just a dream come true. Kinda sad that my Canadiens get the last spot tho 😢 But keep up the good work!!

Sir, you are phenomenal. Subbed. Notifications on.

Why does this not have more views? great job man

You put in so much effort. Hockey fans everywhere must see this

Man do I have to be at least the thousandth person to reiterate it: Jon Bois rehashed! You've earned a subscriber from this video man well freakin done!

Can't argue with the math but I'm surprised we were this high. You touched on it a little bit. I think a lot of people, myself included just thought those games in Washington were such a wash for the Caps that they tend to dismiss them. Still so happy we finally got a Cup.

Can't wait to come back in a few months and see your view counts in the 6 digits, keep up the great work!

I appreciate the work that went into this video and the mathematical angle means you looked at these series from a very unique perspective. For me, the thing that makes a game or a series great is simply "Did it have a dramatic finish?" That to me is the golden snitch so to speak. It decides whether or not a game will be remembered for a long time. A close, evenly played, fast-paced matchup can be fun and exciting but without that trademark moment, there's nothing to burn it into your brain for a long time. And you definitely did seem to care about that with all the times you stated "at least we had an overtime goal" but you didn't really include that in your metrics. I would have thought 2009 or 2013 would have won #1, both of them had unbelievably iconic endings. 2010 had an ending that was memorable but kind of quirky and odd too. I did not recall the 2010 series as a whole to be truly riveting like 09 or 13 either but perhaps I'm not the best judge of that. I also think what would have been cool would be if you had gone back to 2006 and stopped at 2021. Then you could say this was about the Cup Finals during the NHL on NBC/Doc Emrick era. Before 2006 there was a strike that eliminated a full season, before that the playoffs/finals was on ESPN/ABC and occasionally FOX, and the game looked and felt different. Significant rule changes were made in between. My point is, it serves as a very clear dividing line between 2 different eras of hockey. So I tend to group Cup together the Cup Finals of the 1990s and early 2000s right through 2004 as one era and all the ones from 2006 on as another era. Hockey in the 90s felt louder, bigger, more important. The Sports Illustrated cover in 1994 said "Why the NHL is hot and the NBA is not" right as the Finals of both sports was going on. Nike and Fox really got the word out to the masses and everyone with their rollerblades and their makeshift hockey nets in the streets seemed to care more about it. The star players were larger than life on par with the star power athletes of any of the other sports. Even when it had 4 consecutive years of 4 game sweeps. Hockey post 2005 had added some fun gimmicks like removing the 2-line pass for better action and the shoot-out for regular season tied games, but the background noise was quieted as the sport struggled to find footing, ratings, identity it once had. Cup Finals games that didn't air on NBC were broadcast on the obscure OLN, which rebranded to Versus, which rebranded to NBC Sports Network which was eventually trashed. This video was a review of hockey in that quieter era for those of us who still care to watch. And as your video shows, it was still worth watching. I think the poetic nature of the prose in your video is rubbing off on me here so I'll quit while I'm ahead.

I still remember game 6 of that 2013 Stanley cup finals, I just remember since that game was in Boston, the whole stadium just went quiet so fast after the final goal

my man u gotta throw some ads on these, wouldn't even complain, because you've got such good quality. you've earned a new sub & hopefully many more!!

Very fun video! Subscribed!

Your content is underrated Even though I'm pretty new to hockey, I really enjoy your videos

Great video man! You just earned a sub 🙏 keep it up youre gonna be huge one day 🔥

Sick vid man needs more views

You’ve got yourself a new fan great vid

Model seems really quite good, at least for my tastes. When you started explaining, I decided to write down my top 3 and bot 3 based on my personal memory/feelings to compare at the end. (Un)luckily, my team has not been in the final in the past 15 years, so I was free-ish from personal bias. For best I had: 1)PIT-DET rematch 2) BOS-VAN 3) CHI-PHI For worst I had 13th) LA-NYR 14th) LA-NJ 15th) TB-MTL Great video, really enjoyed your explanation.

Amazing video

I love the video. So much time and effort went into this I love it. Also… pens own the caps 🤐

Very Jon Bois-esque, love to see the production value. Maybe try deviating a little from his style in the future, but either way this is a fun video, especially cause Bois doesnt cover hockey.

Not surprised at all that the Habs v Lightning series was last place, and that pains me to say as a Habs fan, but if these stats were run on the Leafs or Vegas series that year, I'm sure they'd stack up pretty well with other round 1s and 3s. We had no hope in hell of winning the cup, but that run was so fun to watch anyway.

I love your videos.

Great video, love the channel. That being said, I have a major quibble with a stamens of yours. Your praise of Pronger. Did you watch game 5? Happen to see. Byfuglien lay waste to Pronger?

Great video

I’m biased I know but the 2011 bruins canucks series was an all out war. Haven’t seen a playoff or final as exciting and emotional. Both teams had pure hatred for eachother it legit felt like a modern day war between two rivaling nations. The headlines, shit talk, hits, and biting it was amazing best series yet

Fastest sub I’ve ever subbed. You are incredible, I cannot wait for you to blow up. Maybe you’ll get hired by Secret Base someday

I'd love for you to do the same thing for best series. Wonder how Ottawa vs Pittsburgh in 2017 panned out

You should make more videos using these statistics. This was very entertaining!

This video is straight gold in every way

Liked and subbed, gotta get that comment in because more people should see this

Great video. Only thing I would have wanted was for you to put who won each game (maybe next to the game number.)

great video