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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Classic example of fancy stats being overrated without context
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Not at all.
I think you have to take them for what it was.
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Pretty much all Calgary tonight and not due to score effects. The Flames led the five on five shot attempts by a 65-30 margin (66%), and overall had a 80-39 edge for 67%. Scoring chances were even in all situations however as the Flames certainly broke down when they broke down.
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All that is true. The Flames had the puck the lion's share of the game, but scoring chances were dead even, and the Flames mistakes were magnified.
A team doing a lot right will get shot attempts, a team feeling it will convert them into scoring chances. Good teams turn scoring chances into goals. The Flames were in full control until the Flyer's second goal, up in shot attempts and up in scoring chances. Puck goes post - skate - in and they were lost for four minutes.