Said it in my game story but their PDO has dried up.
Hockey is a lot about bounces ... pucks hit goalies when teams are going well, they find their way through when they're not.
The Flames were a 1.02 PDO team for most of 2022, a number that you see with teams that are top ten clubs in the league. On this homestand they only went over 1.0 once, against Edmonton.
It's a correction.
I don't think it means a month of sub PDO and losing, but a stretch where you're just not finding a way to finish or get that save.
This is the Calgary Flames, so anything could go wrong, they could certainly slide out of it and end the season on a down turn, but my gut says this correction gets corrected and they're back to a 1.01 or 1.02 run and all will be forgotten.
You can't win on talent alone. A lot has to go right.
Teams with 30-10 edge in shots and 12-4 in high danger chances through 40 minutes don't lose many hockey games.
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