^ I hear what you’re saying, but view it differently
We will leave puck luck aside. I agree, own goals should even out, and the Pietrangelo bounce (though there is no reason he should be first on that puck other than the bad change). The point with those two was their contribution to xGA, then people pointing to GA vs xGA in that game, and concluding something about the goalie.
Next, on team D.
I think that the Flames routinely give up chances where the guy has time and space and can place his shot. It is a function of the man on man system. It works well on aggregate, but when it breaks down, it does so badly
No model measures time and space, and shot placement (not origin).
They showed a highlight pack of the Vegas goalie after the first and it was almost every puck low off the pads.
*So much* of goaltending is shot placement
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