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Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom
Regarding my comment : I don’t think the flames have played very good teams during this run. I’m holding out hope that this momentum can carry them to better results versus the better teams.
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So far this year, the average points percentage of the 32 teams in the NHL is .560.
The Flames have played 17 teams in their first 19 games. As of today, the average points percentage of their opponents (weighted by number of games played, so the Rangers and Philly count twice) is .556. So the Flames' schedule has been just about exactly average in terms of the strength of their opponents.
However, 13 of their 19 games have been played on the road, which increases the difficulty.
Sagarin rates them as having had the 5th most difficult schedule in the league so far.