(referring to the charts above...)
41 of 82 games were red from the Calgary goalies. Half.
Looking at this from a green / yellow / red perspective, we get:
Price (70)...: 42 / 10 / 18
Flames (96): 47 / 8 / 41 (these numbers include games where both goalies appeared)
So basically, the Flames' tandem put up a reasonable amount of good starts, but way too many crap starts.
In other words, our good goaltending didn't carry us into the playoffs, as some like to suggest, we got a reasonable amount of good. It was all the crap that held us back. (I know this isn't a surprise).
Looking at the two of them...
Elliott...: 28 / 4 / 24
Johnson: 19 / 4 / 17
Equally inconsistent.
Now, for fun, if we take Price's ratios and apply them to our tandem (lol), we get:
57 / 13 / 24
(I rounded all down on the assumption that if the goaltending were that much better, there would have been fewer games where both appeared)
So 10 more good appearances, 5 more ok appearances, and 17 fewer crap shows.
If so, we don't just win the division, we win it walking away.
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