[driveway]

Spoiler!

Originally Posted by driveway

According to NHL.com, the Flames have the lowest time on the PK of any team in the NHL at 237:53 in 58 games or 4:06 per game. This includes the last month, since Wideman's hit on the linesman.

Here's our Shorthanded TOI for each game since.
vs CAR - 10:00
vs CBJ - 0:00
@ VAN - 2:00
vs TOR - 4:32
@ SJS - 11:32
@ ARI - 6:54
vs ANA - 1:42
vs MIN - 4:30
vs VAN - 4:00
@ ANA - 5:41

That's 50:51 SH TOI in 10 games or 5:05/game, basically a minute over our season average (which includes these 10 games). This is a 25% increase in SH TOI.

If this 5:05 trend were carried over a whole season. we'd be around the 17th most penalized team, instead of the 30th.

Not making any claims, just putting the numbers out there.

Just did the two extra steps of math. Prior to Wideman's hit we had 187:02 SH TOI in 48 games which is 3:54 of SH TOI/Game. That extra 1:09 is a 30% increase in our SH TOI per game, since Wideman hit the linesman.

I'm grateful he found a way to get himself off our powerplay, but I think he could have found a better way to do it.