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Originally Posted by D as in David
The Huberdeau-Backlund-Coleman line was below 50% xGF% again last night. Does xGF% take into account strength of competition? I'd imagine that line gets most of the tough shifts and would explain why it's the lowest of the Flames' lines. I'm not forgetting, however, that relatively speaking, Huberdeau brings down Backlund & Coleman in comparison to the other wingers that have been on their line.
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There's no adjustment for strength of competition, but it's certainly a variable.
When you play against better players it's harder to get to 50%.
But Backlund was doing it all season to the tune of 65% until the most recent trio.