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Originally Posted by stang
Such a useless stat without a bunch of context. He was on the ice for 3 goals against in 4 games. No idea if his play caused any of those goals. However he scored 7 goals. Because 5 were on the power play they dont count in the +/- However they count towards winning games.
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It has to be at least a little concerning for Oilers fans that their third-best forward is getting buried in possession with a CF% of 43.3, and has so far 0 ES points through four games.
Sure, Neal helps the Oilers powerplay; but how much of a drain is he on one of their most important players? It seems likely to me that anything gained by Neal's resurgence will easily be lost in Nugent-Hopkins's inevitable decline from last year.