Scoring is down the National Hockey League.
The average goals per game dropped from 5.343 last season to 5.324 in 2014-15, which is still higher than it was in 2011-12 (5.320) but it’s still been on the decline for the last few seasons. This chart from Quant Hockey shows the trajectory, and the current state of goal scoring finds it on par with some of the “trap” era seasons.
But a good majority of the goal-scoring panic is centered around the fact that Jamie Benn of the Dallas Stars won the Art Ross with 87 points, which is the lowest total in a non-lockout year since 1967-68, when 87 points won you the Art Ross more often than not (and when the season was only 74 games long.