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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Sharangovich line had a very rough night. Their advanced stats weren’t good, xGF in the 20’s and 30’s for all three and I think they maybe had 3 shots between them. So their first rough game, it had to happen.
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In fairness, the team as a whole had xGF% below 40, and the Backlund line was just as bad as the Sharangovich line.
It wasn't so much that one line was bad. The Rangers just did a really good job of shutting down the Flames across the board. They're now five games into a winning streak in which they've also beaten Colorado and Tampa, they're third overall in the standings, and they had a Vezina winner in net.
It's not like the Flames got shut out by a team of scrubs.