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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Calgary always gets lots of shots but it’s always such a red herring because it’s chances not shots that matters. The Flames have always executed amazingly at 40 foot shots from the outside and in the words of Sutter NHL goalies don’t let those in. Sure your shot counts go up but Calgary struggles to score wonder why? Gotta drive to the net / centre of the ice. Sutter has them doing that more this year but I sure wouldn’t hang my hat on shots for the Flames as a stat to bank on at all.
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This just isn't true though.
The Flames are 8th in expected goals for in all situations, and have home plate ranks of 4th for scoring chances and 12th for high danger.
I think they definitely drive up the shot volume, but they're also taking dangerous shots at a higher clip than most of the league.
There high danger (home plate on rebounds, tips, and direct passes) could be higher, but at 12th overall in goals / game they're not exactly struggling.
Last night the Flames had 11 high danger chances to Seattle's 8 and won the game as expected.