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Originally Posted by Bingo
The powerplay is improving when you look at scoring chance generation.
I looked at the season in five game increments of scoring chances were 60 minutes of powerplay time per game and there is a move towards respectability. (per 60 so you don't get skewed by games with many chances, or games with few chances)
The Flames average 5.5 minutes of powerplay time per game, so over the season they've averaged 2.5 scoring chances on the powerplay per night, which is 28.2 scoring chances per game if the entire game was powerplay time.
With that ...
Set 1 - 27.3
Set 2 - 27.5
Set 3 - 17.3
Set 4 - 36.5
Set 5 - 25.5
Set 6 - 12.3
Set 7 - 31.0
Set 8 - 32.6 (4 games)
Sets 5-7 came when the team was playing better hockey but were let down by the powerplay.
So it's turned the corner somewhat.
What's interesting is I picked the Capitals who have the 15th ranked powerplay and they have a lower generation rate of powerplay scoring opportunities, averaging 18.4 per game.
So the Flames can't finish.
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The Caps have Ovi. The Flames do not.