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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The Flames' winning percentage is .523
Their opposition has a winning percentage of .614 and the league average is .550
.523 X .614 / .550 = .584
A .584 would give them 26 pts and would have them comfortably in 3rd in the division (by WP%) as opposed to being in 5th.
Three points doesn't sound like a lot, but a record of 12-8-2, and being in 3rd in the Pacific, sounds a lot better than where they currently sit.
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So if Flames SOS comes back to the mean, we should hope for three more points vs. expected the rest of the way.
You're right three points is not a lot. IMO teams that are separated by three points in the standings with 60 games remaining are essentially tied. I would not feel any different about the team at all and would still care much more about how they are playing.