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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Flames were -14 in shot attempts when the games were tied. And -10 when the score was close. +16 when behind. +7 when leading.
Oilers were -20 when tied. Actually better than the Flames.
-34 when score close, just slightly behind the Flames. +26 when playing from behind. The biggest difference was their -70 when playing with the lead. I thought they tried to sit on leads too much, and it definitely cost them in the Ducks series.
So when you look at how great the corsi was for the Flames in their 4 games a lot of that may be because they were always losing.
12 out of the 16 teams in the playoffs had positive shot differentials when behind.
During the regular season 27 teams had positive shot differentials while losing.
We just may be looking at score effects when we are looking for a silver lining in the first round for the Flames.
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How about that the Oilers were roundly outhit and outshot by Anaheim in their series? The Flames outshot and we're almost even in hits in their matchup. What does that tell you?
Gibson/Bernier >> Elliott/Johnson (mostly Elliott).
Talbot > Gibson (valiant effort by Talbot but Anaheim had much better D and better secondary scoring).
If Calgary had Talbot level goaltending for their series, they easily take it.