It is easy to be a Monday morning QB, with the should have, could haves. That is not my intend, Dan Druff. I am just wondering if you have considered this:

In almost all sports offenses are ahead of defenses in the early part of the season. That is because defense has to be a team effort. All cylinders of players have to be clicking and working together and that takes a little while. You will see higher scoring games very early in the season in basketball, baseball, football. I am not so sure about hockey.

So you were really good to identify this trend even stronger than usual early on and jump on it. But it may be winding down or even have ended. Not that there won't be high scoring games. Basketball like most sports has moved toward more scoring. But the really extreme scores we have seen early this season may be gravitating back to somewhat normal. Just the opinion of a nobody.