Upward trend
Goals per game in the NHL since since 1990:
1992-93 3.63
1991-92 3.48
1990-91 3.46
1993-94 3.24
1995-96 3.14
2005-06 3.03
1994-95 2.99
1996-97 2.92
2006-07 2.88
2017-18 2.88
2008-09 2.85
2009-10 2.77
2000-01 2.76
1999-00 2.75
2010-11 2.73
2016-17 2.73
2007-08 2.72
2013-14 2.67
2015-16 2.67
2014-15 2.66
2011-12 2.66
2002-03 2.65
2012-13 2.65
1997-98 2.64
1998-99 2.63
2001-02 2.62
2003-04 2.57
Source: Stats Inc.
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