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Originally Posted by opendoor
Only if you completely ignore the effect that trailing as much as the Flames have has on possession stats. The only thing propping up the Flames' numbers are the fact that they've trailed for 3 times as long as they've led so far this season. Trailing teams virtually always generate more shot attempts than leading ones, and that's a big reason why the Flames' overall numbers aren't too bad. But, when the game is tied the Flames have the worst possession numbers in the entire league.
If you adjust for score effects to account for that disparity, they're currently 27th in the NHL in Score Adjusted Corsi which is right in line with their 27th best points %.
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One thing that shows to me is that the Flames aren't giving up when they are down.
The whole shots for and against as being the end all and be all of stats is that it doesn't really show possession. If you watched the USSR back in the day they would often have very few shots per game because they wouldn't give up possession for a chancy play. If they couldn't carry the puck in they would circle back over and over again until it worked. Their real possession time had little to do with their shot attempts. In the NHL at the time, it would be more accurate but times have changed and teams are using different strategies which aren't necessarily ranked by Corsi.