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Originally Posted by The Cobra
For those lamenting the Blues "flukey" 12-0 but not discounting the Flames 10-2-3 run, which one was more lucky vs. the other?
Blues 12-0 + 29 goal differential
Flames 10-2-3 +6 goal differential
Blues were winning with ease, the Flames were eeking out wins.
There's a lot to be proud about for our Flames, and a lot to complain about, but lamenting the Blues being on some lucky run was not one of them.
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Even despite the goal differential, I would still say that St. Louis was far luckier over that stretch than the Flames
Corsi For %
Flames 55.42 (4th)
Blues 45.85 (28th)
xGF%
Flames 55.73 (5th)
Blues 44.59 (27th)
High Danger Chances For %
Flames 56.32 (6th)
Blues 41.55 (29th)
High Danger Shooting Percentage
Flames 15.31 (30th)
Blues 31.15 (2nd)
Save Percentage
Flames 90.05 (19th)
Blues 92.58 (5th)
It looks to me like the Blues were getting outplayed and outchanced by wide margins even during their hottest stretch of the season and their post Four nation's goaltending combined with absurd finishing resulted in a great, but unsustainable record.
The Flames aren't skilled enough and you can see that despite controlling games they weren't able to easily win those games. So there is work to do, but they were playing really well to close out the season and deserved their record.