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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
If conditioning and hard work were the largest contributing factors to come from behind wins then you would expect the Kings to be up with Calgary at the top of the league last season.
But they weren't.
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Both teams had decent, but still losing records in games where they trailed at the end of the 2nd period:
2013-14 Kings - 6-21-3 (.250)
2014-15 Flames - 10-20-4 (.353)
2014-15 Oilers - 2-32-3 (0.095)
Both teams were made comebacks in the playoffs, where conditioning in OT can be a huge factor:
2013-14 Kings PO - 4-8 (.333)
2014-15 Flames PO - (3-3) (.500)
Both teams were good at come away with points in games tied after 2 periods:
2013-14 Kings - 13-4-5 (0.705)
2014-15 Flames - 11-9-2 (.545)
2014-15 Oilers 5-8-5 (0.417)
Both teams' RS success had a
lot more to more to do with their ability to
hold leads with their conditioning and hard work:
2014-15 Flames - 24-1-1 (0.942)
2013-14 Kings - 27-3-0 (0.900)
2014-15 Oilers - 17-4-6 (0.741)
If the Oilers merely had the lesser of either LA/Calgary's ability in third periods, this is what their record looks like:
Trailing: 8-26-3 (.257)
Evens: 9-8-1 (.528)
Leading: 24-2-1 (.907)
Season record: 41-36-5 (87 Points)
Conditioning is very much a part of the difference between a 62 point team and an 87 point team. And if the Oilers had the greater of LA/Calgary's third period ability:
Trailing - 13-24-0 (.351)
Evens - 12-5-1 (.694)
Leading - 25-1-1 (.944)
Season record - 50-30-2 (102 Points)
Still think conditioning don't mean much? On average that's a 95 point season for EDMONTON if their 3rd period performances are between as good as the Kings and the Flames.