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Old 02-17-2016, 12:23 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by MarkGio View Post
Meh, its just looking at the numbers.

Another way to look at them is Boston won 255 more faceoffs than the Flames last year, which is 3 more faceoffs per game. The Flames were short handed 2.3 times per game, so had the Flames been the best faceoff team they could've won an extra faceoff for every penalty kill and then some.
But it doesn't work like that either. If you assume that the best faceoff team will win 3 more faceoffs per game than the Flames, they won't all occur on the PK.
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