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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Markstrom was bad, but there is a little more to the story than that.
Yes, he was on for 7 goals for and 4 against. But the reason we have stats like xGF is because actual goals have too few occurrences. Think about the 175 ft shot that Andersson scored against Smith. Five Flames get a positive stat for that, and 5 Oilers get a negative stat. Over the course of a season, those things average out. But in 12 games, they don't.
When there are only 11 total events, any stats derived from those events are pretty much meaningless.
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I agree, that series is too short to take a lot from. As well, that goofy first game skewed stats in a big way. Look at Tkachuk. 3 goals/4 points in 5 games looks OK. But the 3 goals came in game one, and the assist came in game two (in the third minute). The rest of the series he sucked.