Excellent questions. According to Rule 84.4 of the NHL rulebook, all eligible players on a team must have had a chance before a player can get a second shot. However, a goalkeeper is not considered an eligible player. And as former NHL referee Stéphane Auger points out, a goalie cannot cross the red line to participate in the play in any way (rule 27.7).
The NHL distinguishes between goals that are the result of redirected (tip) and deflected (deflected) shots. For the exercise, I will combine the two. As of December 11, the Wild (16) and Rangers (16) dominate, ahead of the Canucks (15), Predators (14), Avalanche (14) and Kings (14). The Canadian, with seven redirected shots and one deflected shot for goals, was in the final third. He granted seven and two respectively.
Yes. It’s happened a little over 120 times in NHL history. The funny thing is that a few defenders often come up on the list. In the last five similar goals, three were scored by the same player, Mark Pysyk. It only happened twice with the Canadian. In 1986, during a goal by Larry Robinson on passes from Petr Svoboda and Tom Kurvers, as well as in 2011, with an improbable combination: Chris Campoli, assisted by Yannick Weber and Hal Gill. Good material for a future quiz from my colleague Guillaume Lefrançois!
In a very cynical way, we can say that an injury in camp is like winning the lottery of life, particularly for players whose status in the National League is not assured. A team does not have the right to remove an injured player from its camp, any more than it can transfer a disabled player to the American League during the season. On the other hand, the player does not receive his full salary during his convalescence. However, we calculate how many days he spent in the NHL the previous season in order to determine what salary he will receive while he is injured.
The player actually receives their points, as they are awarded based on where the player goes in the tournament. This is also why a player who wins by forfeiting his opponent also obtains his points.