[GT] Flames @ Columbus, January 26, 2022

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Shots are 44-18. Flames more than deserving of this big lead.

[timbit]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Just sign 13 now for $13mil X8

and a handle on CP of "IownTimbit"

If you can’t notice the improvement in his game this season....you need help.

I have commended him multiple times this season for his excellent 2 way game.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

This top line is the best in the NHL. Would not swap them out for anyone else's top line.

Brad, get the truck ready!

They actually might be. Which is crazy. Even the perfection line is not the same as it once was.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Goals scored above expected takes into account their high shot quality and volume.

They score a decent number of goals because they take a *ton* of high-quality shots. But they should be scoring way, way more, based on the quality of shots they've taken.

Also, holy ####, that goal by Lindholm.

The league is to0 competitive for that to happen.

Think about it this way: if you have offensive pressure all the time, and are generating a ton of shots, then the defenders are all going to be in deep, defending.

The more offense you generate and shots you take, the harder it gets to score, because the D collapses. The stats remain linear, and suggest you're not scoring as much as you should, but that is because the stats aren't capable of factoring in how the game changes as the shots climb.

This is just one of the perils of relying on stats - they don't have any nuance.

[djsFlames]

Can someone dig up a ranking of most productive lines? Like to see where they stack up this season. Has top be top 2-3.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

The league is to0 competitive for that to happen.

Think about it this way: if you have offensive pressure all the time, and are generating a ton of shots, then the defenders are all going to be in deep, defending.

The more offense you generate and shots you take, the harder it gets to score, because the D collapses. The stats remain linear, and suggest you're not scoring as much as you should, but that is because the stats aren't capable of factoring in how the game changes as the shots climb.

This is just one of the perils of relying on stats - they don't have any nuance.

I never thought about that. That’s very interesting.

[djsFlames]

Elvis will even come out of this game with a decent save percentage despite giving up 4.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

The league is to0 competitive for that to happen.

Think about it this way: if you have offensive pressure all the time, and are generating a ton of shots, then the defenders are all going to be in deep, defending.

The more offense you generate and shots you take, the harder it gets to score, because the D collapses. The stats remain linear, and suggest you're not scoring as much as you should, but that is because the stats aren't capable of factoring in how the game changes as the shots climb.

This is just one of the perils of relying on stats - they don't have any nuance.

Yup. Like any stat it tells part of the story, but try to use it to tell the whole story and it falls on its face

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by timbit

If you can’t notice the improvement in his game this season....you need help.

I have commended him multiple times this season for his excellent 2 way game.

You also still criticize him more than commending him this season.

Anyways little johnny still owns you... lol

[Mathgod]

Just... freaking... wooooowwwww

[Reggie Dunlop]

5-0

Gudbranson!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Goodbranson

5-0

[GioforPM]

Good-branson!!

[JurassicTunga12]

Gudbranson!

[Jay Random]

And… there we have one of those goals off low-percentage shots! That doesn't work very often, but the shot is still worth taking.

And the goal is, er, Gud.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Shots are 50-20

[Mathgod]

Loving this team right now!!

[Reggie Dunlop]

5-0 is the worst lead in hockey.

[trumpethead]

Ritchie just missed his first point of the season by 1"

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[Enoch Root]

50 shots, 5 goals

The Flames are back. And they are DESTROYING teams.