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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Agreed!
And the other thing
PDO doesn’t crater you and it’s not a measure of luck
Good D and goaltending boost sv%
Good offense boosts shooting percentage
Get those and you have a high PDO
By playing well, not by chance
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Sometimes. But sometimes it is luck.
Consistently elite teams will have a strong PDO. Tampa, Colorado etc.
But when you see wild year to year fluctuations in PDO, and sometimes even Wild fluctuations from regular season to playoffs that is luck.
I doubt Florida has done something defensively that has allowed their goalies to put up a .928 save percentage in the playoffs even though they have 47.1% high danger split and a 45.8% xGF% split. I guess giving up more chances and shots than the regular season was the answer!
Florida has allowed 2.4 Goals Against per 60 on an expected goals against of 3.52 goals against per 60. That is a remarkable goaltending performance.
That is after giving up 3.29 goals against per 60 on an expected goals against of 3.27 goals against per 60 in the regular season.
Bobrovsky has played out of his mind and Tkachuk/Barkov/Verhaghe/Bennett have provided timely offense. The formula isn't that hard to understand.