Quote:
Originally Posted by indes
The flames entire style in the defensive zone is to box the other team out with all 5 players. If you watch they basically play the PK at ES.
The flames continuously give free shots from the outside while clogging the middle and blocking shots. It does hinder their breakout which is why we see so many stretch passes, as the forwards go up from the middle instead of the wall.
Honestly our PDO comes mostly from our defensive system where we encourage other teams to shoot from the outside. Plenty of shots and plenty of easy saves.
|
I remember a Calgary Dallas game several years ago, in which the Flames won 1-0, despite being outshot by around double.
The Stars "dominated" possession, by a huge amount in that game, and had many shots on goal. However, almost all the shots were from a long ways away, with noone in front of the net. I think they really only had one true scoring oppurtunity in the whole game, which happened with the two man advantage.
It's games like that can really skew advanced stats. Any advanced stat would tell you that Dallas dominated that game. However, from watching it, they didn't dominate at all. Calgary let them shoot long distance, unscreened shots at will, but that by no means that Dallas dominated.