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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't think anyone will argue that the goaltending hasn't been as good but it seems to me like they are having more defensive breakdowns in their own end leading to goals. As said above I'm not sold that xGA60 and xGF60 are ironclad stats.
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The hole in the stat is likely that we've seen a number of games where the Flames were very good at shot suppression for a fair bit early on but then had breakdowns of unreal significance. Which, IMO made the early chances against even tougher on the goalie.
IOW, the team defence has been generally OK, but the breakdowns have been catastrophic.