[gvitaly]

We hear the term scoring by committee a lot these days. I decided to look at it in terms of numbers. Apparently, the Flames currently have 13 players scoring at a pace of 0.5pts/Game or higher. Not surprisingly, 4 of those players are defenseman. How does it compare to the rest of the league?

The Flames lead the league in that category, followed by TBL, CHI, and DET with 10 players each. Meanwhile, the league average is 6.55* players, only 1.25 of whom are defenseman. What does it mean? essentially we have twice as many players(when healthy) that could step up offensively on a nightly basis. In my opinion that is exactly what the advanced stats are missing, when trying to explain the Flames. It is a team game, and on this team players don't go on the ice in order to survive a shift, but to make a difference.

The Flames top scorers(Pts/Game)
Gaudreau(0.77)-Monahan(0.70)-Hudler(0.96)
Raymond(0.70)-Jooris(0.60)-Colborne(0.73)
Glencross(0.67)-Granlund(0.56)-Jones(0.50)

Giordano(1.00)-Brodie(0.78)
Russell(0.50)-Wideman(0.65)

Rookie Currently Injured
*It is actually 6.2 if you exclude players with less than 10 games played

Now we can once again discuss how awesome the Flames are!

HM: The Flames are 1st in the league in blocked shots, comeback wins, scoring in the 3rd period, scoring by defensemen, and 4on4 scoring. They are also 4th in the league in takeaways.