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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
if they were, then the counting of that stat is deeply flawed
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Here's where the definition comes from:
http://blog.war-on-ice.com/new-defin...ces/index.html. It's based on shot locations and timing relative to other events (rebounds and shots off the rush are both more dangerous).
There's definitely some noise in a single-game sample like that, but my eye test had Montreal with a clear advantage overall. Scoring chances overall were 37-19 which feels like a more accurate picture to me. Also keep in mind that includes blocked and missed shots, and the Habs had 26 of those. If Tanev blocks a dangerous shot, it's a great play but it still counts as a scoring chance. I think plays like that contribute to the numbers feeling wrong - it's easy to see a block and remember it as the Flames defending well, even though it was the result of Montreal carrying the play for a shift.