[Enoch Root]

The Jets were taking many of their shots from the middle of the ice, yes. But the Flames blocked or deflected a lot of them, and they were rushed on most of them. There were very few where they had the time, or the setup, for a real scoring chance. Like I said, I watched the game again, looking at the scoring chances for each team, and the Jets had surprisingly few. It is interesting to watch a second time, because you can do so without the stress of worrying about what is going to happen next - will the goalie save it, etc. And you know when/where the goals, penalties, and such happen, so you can just evaluate plays for what they are.

To be clear, I am not suggesting the stats were recorded improperly or anything like that, but the fact is that they have to follow strict criteria, meaning a really good chance, that is a couple feet outside of home plate, doesn't count as a high danger chance, while some shots from inside home plate are not dangerous at all. Yes, that averages out over time, which is why stats need large sample sizes to be useful. In smaller samples (individual games) they can err by large margins. IMO, last night was one of those nights.

Really good chances - ones where if you get 5 of those, you're going to score at least one or two - I had at maybe 7 or 8 to 3 for the Flames. Play that 3rd period 5 times and the Flames blow it open in 2 or 3 of them.