I meant to comment on this over the holidays but got sick and didn't get around to it. I did some looking around and the 7 incidents for the Flames isn't so bad. I looked at some of the other teams (EDM, ANA, WPG). What I did notice is we are in one of our hardest stretches right now. Between Dec 31 and Jan 5 we play 4 games. After that we only have 3 3 games in 4 night situations.
Out of the teams I looked at ANA has the worst. They have 10 quick burst games with 6 remaining on the year. Edmonton (6) and Winnipeg (5) have 8 this year with number in the brackets remaining to be completed.
Small sample size so far, but the record in the last game of the burst is:
CGY 1-2-0
ANA 1-2-0
EDM 1-1-0
WPG 2-1-0
If I have time I might look at some other teams.
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