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.