I'm not an anti-analytics person by any means. That said, the Oiler's defiance of the stats is explainable to viewers of their actual games (which I am quite often because I like a good laugh). It's because the Oilers defensive miscues are not just mistakes, but rather huge blunders. Combine that with sub-par defence and goaltending and opponents' chances are going to be gold-plated much of the time.
This sounds like the reverse of the Leafs' corsi excuses last year (we allow lots of shots but they are poor quality). But in this case it's true. Arizona didn't play exceptionally well against Edmonton. But the blunders by Hall and Schultz, combined with Scrivens not being able to make a big stop, meant goals against.
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