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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Okay, I think I found the numbers and I believe you are quoting penalties taken, not PP's. You have to account for offsetting penalties. The Oilers are 3rd in powerplay chances, and the Flames are 10th (130-119) after tonight.
The Flames have had to kill the most PP's in the league (138) to the Oilers 131 (5th most).
But if you look at 5v5 XGF% the Flames are 5th best and the Oilers are 19th. Why does the 19th best 5v5 team have a significant PP advantage over the 5th best 5v5 team? Oilers have a negative 1 penalty differential and the Flames are -19?
It could not have been more evident than tonight's game. No matter what transpired on the ice the Oilers wete going to get a PP advantage.
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That simply could be the McDavid/Draistal factor. When you got gamebreakers that teams needs to specifically gameplan for, they can draw penalties because you don't want to give them any space at all on the ice.
I'm not gonna look up the stats tonight, but I wonder how Flames did last season in generating PP's per game with the Gaudreau/Tkachuk line? With the skill an tempo that line had, I wouldn't be surprised if it generated a lot of PP's for the team as well.