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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Score adjustments are imperfect. Reality is this: when the game was tied,or within one, the Stars were the better team:
After taking a 2-0 lead they could afford to stop taking risks and focus on playing a clean game without any awful turnovers that would put Bishop in a bad situation. They did what they had to to get a shutout. The Flames lacked a second wave of offense even with time winding down, and while they did get more agregate shots, they never established much cross-ice / backdoor / turnover / pinch based action. It was forwards cycling and shooting on Bishop. He didn't have an easy night but didn't have a difficult one. The best saves Bishop made were on Matt Stajan and TJ Brodie and those two may not have ten goals combined at the end of the year.
The eye test tells me the Flames were not awful but they were not particularily good while the Stars played well and got great goaltending as a bonus. |
Great chart... Would it be hard to generate as a reply for Game Takes on a regular basis?