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Originally Posted by driveway
Here's what I posted in the gamthread, breaking down the numbers. This data does not include the game we just finished vs. LAK.
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 over our season average. Prior to Wideman's hit we had 187:02 SH TOI in 48 games which is 3:54/Game. That extra 1:09 is a 30% increase in our SH TOI per game, since Wideman hit the linesman.
If this 5:05/game trend were carried over a whole season. we'd be around the 17th most penalized team, instead of the 30th.
We'll see how the rest of the season plays out, but if that 5:05 average holds to the end of the year, it would be borderline impossible to convince me it wasn't the refs calling us tougher as a result of Wideman's actions.
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Not to understate your point, but I wonder how the number of penalties/game before and after would compare to your 1:10 extra pk time. It seams we are giving up a lot of goals against on the pk which could make the SH toi less compared to # of penalties.