Flames Scoring Chances, Game 18 versus the Leafs

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20268

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
CGY	1	19:35		4	6	15	17	22	34	4	14	15	50	55	81	5v5
CGY	1	18:39	12 goal	3	11	12	21	28	34	7	9	22	23	50	84	5v5
CGY	1	18:24	23 goal	3	16	23	25	28	34	4	9	15	23	50	84	5v5
TOR	1	17:01		4	6	12	23	24	34	7	14	22	23	50	81	5v5
TOR	1	14:36	22 goal	5	6	11	24	34		9	15	22	50	55	84	4v5
CGY	1	10:06	16 goal	3	16	23	25	28	34	7	14	22	23	50	81	5v5
TOR	1	8:38		4	6	11	12	21	34	2	9	35	36	55	84	5v5
TOR	1	6:28		4	6	16	23	25	34	2	14	23	35	36	81	5v5
TOR	1	4:02		3	15	17	22	28	34	2	12	35	36	39	41	5v5
TOR	1	3:07		4	6	16	23	25	34	7	14	22	23	35	81	5v5
TOR	2	19:15		3	11	12	21	28	34	2	9	35	36	55	84	5v5
CGY	2	18:10		5	7	16	23	25	34	2	12	35	36	39	41	5v5
TOR	2	17:03		4	17	22	28	34		14	15	23	35	36	81	4v5
TOR	2	16:51		4	17	22	28	34		14	15	23	35	36	81	4v5
TOR	2	15:37		5	6	16	23	34		14	15	22	23	35	81	4v5
TOR	2	15:22		5	6	16	23	34		14	15	22	23	35	81	4v5
TOR	2	15:19		5	6	16	23	34		14	15	22	23	35	81	4v5
TOR	2	12:23		3	10	24	28	33	34	7	14	22	23	35	81	5v5
TOR	2	11:40		4	6	16	23	25	34	7	14	22	23	35	81	5v5
TOR	2	10:59		5	7	11	12	21	34	2	9	35	36	55	84	5v5
CGY	2	10:18		3	5	12	15	21	34	2	9	35	36	55	84	5v5
CGY	2	8:23		5	7	23	24	25	34	2	21	28	35	36	51	5v5
CGY	2	7:53		5	7	11	12	21	34	2	15	21	28	35	51	5v5
CGY	2	7:34		3	4	12	15	17	34	4	9	22	35	39		5v4
TOR	2	6:49		3	4	12	17	21	34	2	12	14	35	36		5v4
TOR	2	3:40		4	16	23	28	34		9	15	22	35	55	84	4v5
TOR	2	3:25		4	16	23	24	28	34	7	9	22	35	55	84	5v5
TOR	2	2:05		4	6	16	23	25	34	4	7	14	23	35	81	5v5
CGY	3	17:30	12 goal	7	12	24	28	33	34	4	12	22	35	39	41	5v5
CGY	3	17:02		3	15	17	22	28	34	2	14	23	35	36	81	5v5
TOR	3	16:32		4	6	11	12	21	34	7	9	22	35	55	84	5v5
TOR	3	12:00		4	6	11	12	21	34	7	9	22	35	55	84	5v5
CGY	3	10:22		4	6	15	17	22	34	4	12	15	35	39	41	5v5
CGY	3	8:01		4	6	16	23	25	34	2	7	14	23	35	81	5v5
CGY	3	6:30	4 goal	3	4	12	15	17	34	12	15	22	35	36	39	5v5
CGY	3	5:05		5	7	12	21	33	34	7	14	22	23	35	81	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	19:48	6	3	1:15	1	1	0:16	0	0
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	17:12	4	9	1:15	1	1	6:09	0	3
5	M. GIORDANO	13:29	5	1	0:41	0	0	3:18	0	4
6	C. SARICH	16:28	3	8	0:00	0	0	3:18	0	4
7	A. PARDY	14:25	5	1	0:04	0	0	0:16	0	0
10	B. MCGRATTAN	3:16	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	9:11	2	5	0:00	0	0	1:27	0	1
12	J. IGINLA	18:19	6	6	1:15	1	1	0:00	0	0
15	N. DAWES	16:00	5	1	0:57	1	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	10:58	4	5	0:00	0	0	4:34	0	4
17	R. BOURQUE	14:39	4	1	1:15	1	1	3:49	0	2
21	O. JOKINEN	14:59	4	5	1:03	0	1	0:00	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	14:50	3	1	0:45	0	0	2:55	0	2
23	E. NYSTROM	13:40	5	6	0:00	0	0	5:10	0	4
24	C. CONROY	8:19	2	3	0:04	0	0	1:27	0	1
25	D. MOSS	13:03	5	4	0:41	0	0	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	15:12	5	4	0:45	0	0	6:09	0	3
33	B. PRUST	7:37	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:04	0	0
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	48:17	14	13	2:00	1	1	9:43	0	7

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	4	6	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	5	13	4	6	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0
3	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	15	21	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0

TOR dominated the game in the second period, doing a lot of damage on the PP. Flames hung in and managed to outchance TOR in the third period, but the time frame between Boyd's goal and Jarome's second was a total disaster. Kipper kept the club in it and is really looking something like his old self.
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 17 versus the Sabres

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20265

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
CGY	1	18:57	22 goal	4	6	15	17	22	34	19	21	26	30	34	52	5v5
BUF	1	17:03		3	15	17	22	28	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
BUF	1	16:47		3	15	17	22	28	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
BUF	1	16:45		3	15	17	22	28	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
CGY	1	15:35		4	7	16	23	25	34	4	13	30	36	44	55	5v5
BUF	1	13:41		3	11	12	21	28	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
BUF	1	12:54		3	4	15	17	22	34	4	19	21	26	30	44	5v5
BUF	1	12:38		4	6	15	17	22	34	4	13	30	36	44	55	5v5
BUF	1	12:36		4	6	15	17	22	34	4	13	30	36	44	55	5v5
BUF	1	10:48		5	7	10	23	24	34	10	13	30	36	55	57	5v5
BUF	1	7:12		4	5	16	17	34		19	26	30	52	57		4v4
CGY	1	6:03		6	12	21	24	28	34	4	13	30	36	44	55	5v5
BUF	1	3:09		4	17	24	28	34		9	26	30	41	52	57	4v5
BUF	1	3:07	9 goal	4	17	24	28	34		9	26	30	41	52	57	4v5
CGY	1	0:13		4	6	15	17	22	34	9	29	30	34	41	52	5v5
BUF	1	0:03		4	6	15	17	22	34	9	29	30	34	41	52	5v5
CGY	2	14:47		3	4	12	15	22	34	9	29	30	34	52		5v4
CGY	2	14:39		3	4	12	15	22	34	9	29	30	34	52		5v4
CGY	2	11:52		3	4	12	21	25	34	19	28	30	34	52		5v4
CGY	2	11:26		3	4	12	17	21	34	4	9	10	29	30		5v4
CGY	2	10:35		3	5	12	17	22	34	4	10	19	30	55	57	5v5
CGY	2	9:07		5	7	11	24	33	34	4	22	28	30	37	44	5v5
CGY	2	8:11		4	6	15	17	22	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
BUF	2	7:53		4	6	15	17	22	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
CGY	2	6:51		4	16	24	28	34		9	26	30	41	52	57	4v5
CGY	2	5:40		5	6	17	22	34		19	21	26	29	30	34	4v5
CGY	2	2:29		4	6	15	17	22	34	4	19	21	26	30	44	5v5
CGY	3	12:03		5	15	17	22	28	34	10	19	30	55	57		5v4
BUF	3	9:28		3	12	21	28	34		10	19	30	55	57		4v4
CGY	3	8:24		5	17	22	28	34		9	29	30	34	52		4v4
CGY	3	7:58		3	4	12	21	34		10	19	26	30	57		4v4
BUF	3	3:33		3	12	21	24	28	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
BUF	3	3:32		3	12	21	24	28	34	9	10	29	30	41	57	5v5
BUF	4	4:55		3	12	21	28	34		9	10	29	30	57		4v4
CGY	4	1:21		4	5	24	34			9	19	26	29	30		3v4
BUF	4	0:39		4	24	28	34			21	28	30	52	57		3v4
BUF	4	0:06		5	6	21	22	34		4	9	10	19	30		4v4

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	16:39	2	9	5:28	4	0	0:00	0	0
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	18:03	6	6	4:55	4	0	4:22	2	3
5	M. GIORDANO	16:39	3	3	3:16	1	0	1:38	2	0
6	C. SARICH	15:31	5	5	0:01	0	0	1:56	1	0
7	A. PARDY	15:44	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
10	B. MCGRATTAN	2:54	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	11:47	1	1	0:15	0	0	0:46	0	0
12	J. IGINLA	16:58	3	5	5:28	4	0	0:00	0	0
15	N. DAWES	15:28	4	8	3:00	3	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	12:30	1	1	0:12	0	0	1:50	1	0
17	R. BOURQUE	16:21	6	9	3:41	2	0	1:41	1	2
21	O. JOKINEN	16:50	2	6	4:24	2	0	0:00	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	15:58	6	9	3:21	3	0	1:49	1	0
23	E. NYSTROM	13:10	1	1	0:00	0	0	1:10	0	0
24	C. CONROY	10:19	2	3	0:03	0	0	3:20	2	3
25	D. MOSS	8:34	1	0	3:33	1	0	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	19:12	2	8	2:20	1	0	4:40	1	3
33	B. PRUST	3:53	1	0	0:03	0	0	0:00	0	0
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	50:42	10	16	8:00	5	0	6:18	3	3

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	4	12	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	10	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Totals	18	19	10	16	5	0	0	0	3	3	0	0

Unsurprisingly of a 1-1 hockey game, the chances ended up fairly even. The Sabres did most of their damage at ES in the first period, while Calgary reeled things back in in the second with 3 straight PP's (and one good PK).

Buffalo's ES numbers were pumped up by a number of goal mouth scrambles in period one, which are "scoring chance gold" for obvious reasons. The Flames, on the other hand were more one-at-a-time when it came to opportunities.
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A Note on Scoring Chances

For anyone who wants to engage in some scoring chance counting themselves, Vic of IOF has created this nifty app which makes things about 1000X times easier. Plop in the team you're following, the game number of the contest in question (which can be found at the end of each nhl.com's game summary) and then just note the the time the evnet occured and for which team. Voila! The script then spits out the handy tables you see published here after every game.

Before starting, I would suggest defining (rather rigidly) what you're going to count as a chance or not. It seems like a fairly easy exercise at first, but there are actually a lot of ambiguous plays in a game that can that can be swung one way or the other by a number of factors: the urgency of the announcers voice, time of game, angle of the camera, your allegiance, etc.

Any other questions, don't hesitate to ask.
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 16 versus MTL

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20243

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
CGY	1	17:32		3	4	12	24	25	34	14	15	20	26	41		5v4
CGY	1	13:42		5	7	10	24	33	34	6	41	47	53	84	94	5v5
CGY	1	13:32		3	15	17	22	28	34	6	13	14	40	41	44	5v5
MTL	1	6:53		4	5	16	23	34		13	14	15	22	41	47	4v5
CGY	1	5:05	12 goal	3	6	12	17	21	34	13	14	22	26	40	41	5v5
MTL	1	4:30		5	6	16	25	33	34	20	40	41	47	84	94	5v5
MTL	1	4:13		5	6	16	25	33	34	20	40	41	47	84	94	5v5
CGY	1	3:47		3	4	12	21	24	34	14	15	22	26	41		5v4
MTL	1	0:03		3	5	11	16	34		6	13	21	41	44	91	4v5
MTL	2	19:20		4	6	17	22	28	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5
CGY	2	14:28		5	15	17	22	28	34	6	15	41	44	94		5v4
CGY	2	13:26		3	11	16	23	28	34	20	21	41	46	47	91	5v5
MTL	2	12:24		3	12	21	28	34		6	13	14	41	44		4v4
MTL	2	11:57		4	6	12	21	34		6	21	41	44	91		4v4
MTL	2	11:36		4	6	12	17	34		21	22	41	47	91		4v4
CGY	2	9:10		3	4	12	21	24	34	14	26	32	41	44		5v4
CGY	2	9:08		3	4	12	21	24	34	14	26	32	41	44		5v4
CGY	2	7:08		5	15	16	17	28	34	15	21	22	26	41	44	5v5
MTL	3	16:18		7	12	15	22	28	34	21	22	26	41	46	91	5v5
MTL	3	15:56		5	6	15	17	22	34	6	13	14	40	41	44	5v5
CGY	3	12:24		3	15	17	22	28	34	13	14	22	26	40	41	5v5
CGY	3	11:15		3	4	12	21	25	34	21	22	41	44	91		5v4
CGY	3	10:55		5	15	17	22	28	34	6	15	20	41	94		5v4
CGY	3	9:16		3	4	15	17	22	34	6	21	41	44	46	91	5v5
MTL	3	5:50		4	23	24	28	34		6	13	21	41	44	91	4v5
CGY	3	2:12		4	15	17	22	28	34	13	21	22	26	41	91	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	16:41	5	1	7:13	5	0	0:27	0	1
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	15:00	2	3	7:43	5	0	2:59	0	2
5	M. GIORDANO	9:38	2	3	4:18	2	0	2:00	0	2
6	C. SARICH	14:49	1	6	0:44	0	0	3:11	0	0
7	A. PARDY	10:16	1	1	0:36	0	0	0:00	0	0
10	B. MCGRATTAN	4:59	1	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	9:30	1	0	0:00	0	0	1:48	0	1
12	J. IGINLA	13:42	1	4	7:03	5	0	0:04	0	0
15	N. DAWES	10:53	5	2	5:48	2	0	0:20	0	0
16	D. BOYD	12:42	2	2	0:47	0	0	1:51	0	2
17	R. BOURQUE	12:01	6	3	5:03	2	0	1:57	0	0
21	O. JOKINEN	12:08	1	2	6:41	4	0	0:00	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	11:41	4	3	3:52	2	0	2:37	0	0
23	E. NYSTROM	10:14	1	0	0:00	0	0	1:51	0	2
24	C. CONROY	8:03	1	0	3:17	4	0	1:28	0	1
25	D. MOSS	10:17	0	2	3:29	2	0	0:04	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	18:20	5	3	3:26	2	0	3:23	0	1
33	B. PRUST	7:06	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	42:00	8	8	12:00	7	0	6:00	0	3

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	5	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	5	4	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	15	11	8	8	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

Pretty low event game, thus the 1-0 score. MTL had maybe one or two 10 bell chances, a couple of close bounces, but not much else. This is also one of those games where the scoring chance and corsi seemed to align (right, Cory Sarich?).
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 15 versus the Rangers

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20235

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
NYR	1	17:39		4	6	10	23	24	34	6	12	21	40	42	97	5v5
NYR	1	17:12		4	6	10	23	24	34	6	10	17	20	40	97	5v5
NYR	1	17:10		4	6	10	23	24	34	6	10	17	20	40	97	5v5
CGY	1	16:05	22 goal	5	7	15	17	22	34	4	16	24	33	40	42	5v5
CGY	1	14:24		4	6	16	20	25	34	6	36	40	42	81	97	5v5
CGY	1	6:51		3	15	17	22	28	34	4	10	17	20	33	40	5v5
NYR	1	2:44	5 goal	3	12	21	24	28	34	5	10	18	20	40	42	5v5
CGY	2	16:42		4	6	15	17	21	34	4	33	36	40	42	81	5v5
CGY	2	14:51		3	4	12	21	25	34	5	18	24	40			5v3
CGY	2	14:49		3	4	12	21	25	34	5	18	24	40			5v3
NYR	2	5:43		5	7	12	20	21	34	5	16	18	22	36	40	5v5
CGY	2	3:13	12 goal	3	5	12	15	21	34	6	10	24	40	97		5v4
NYR	2	1:47		3	17	20	22	28	34	6	10	20	40	81	97	5v5
NYR	2	1:13		3	20	22	25	28	34	5	18	21	22	24	40	5v5
NYR	2	0:48		4	6	16	17	34		4	10	12	20	24	40	4v5
NYR	2	0:16		4	6	23	24	34		4	10	12	20	24	40	4v5
NYR	3	19:39		4	17	24	28	34		4	10	12	20	24	40	4v5
NYR	3	19:08		4	16	22	23	28	34	4	10	12	20	24	40	5v5
NYR	3	17:11		5	6	16	17	34		4	10	12	20	24	40	4v5
CGY	3	12:59		3	20	23	24	28	34	4	5	10	16	20	40	5v5
NYR	3	10:43		3	15	17	22	28	34	6	10	20	40	81	97	5v5
NYR	3	7:11		5	7	12	21	25	34	5	12	18	21	40	42	5v5
NYR	3	5:22		3	15	17	22	28	34	4	10	20	33	40	81	5v5
CGY	3	4:30		4	6	12	21	25	34	4	12	21	33	40	42	5v5
CGY	3	3:26	17 goal	3	15	17	22	28	34	5	10	18	20	40	81	5v5
NYR	3	0:26		3	11	12	21	28	34	4	10	16	24	33	42	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	20:56	3	6	2:01	1	0	0:00	0	0
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	18:03	3	4	1:32	0	0	4:52	0	3
5	M. GIORDANO	12:35	1	2	1:50	1	0	1:13	0	1
6	C. SARICH	16:50	3	3	0:03	0	0	2:33	0	3
7	A. PARDY	12:46	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
10	B. MCGRATTAN	1:34	0	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	9:41	0	1	0:00	0	0	1:26	0	0
12	J. IGINLA	17:30	1	4	2:09	1	0	0:07	0	0
15	N. DAWES	15:02	4	2	1:54	1	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	12:08	1	1	0:06	0	0	2:20	0	2
17	R. BOURQUE	16:04	4	3	2:01	0	0	3:11	0	3
20	C. GLENCROSS	11:57	2	3	0:19	0	0	0:00	0	0
21	O. JOKINEN	15:36	2	4	1:31	1	0	0:07	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	14:11	3	5	1:45	0	0	1:17	0	0
23	E. NYSTROM	13:56	1	4	0:00	0	0	1:16	0	1
24	C. CONROY	9:23	1	4	0:00	0	0	2:16	0	2
25	D. MOSS	12:29	2	2	0:21	0	0	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	19:06	3	7	1:18	0	0	3:22	0	1
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	50:08	7	12	3:22	1	0	6:00	0	4

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	5	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	7	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	10	16	7	12	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0

Pretty low event game at ES last night. There were sequences where either team would keep the puck int he zone, but most of their shots would be from the outside or blocked close to the source. A couple of blown odd-man rushes on either side as well.

I was surprised to see McGrattan at 0 and 3...I don't remember him being on the ice at all.

Anyways, Flames scored on their chances and Kipper was good on a number of close in opportunities. That said, it's not good news that Calgary was out-chanced on home ice by an opponent lacking their top 2 centers for a majority of the contest. The team seems pretty good at getting in front of pucks and scrambling defensively, but they can only go against the odds for so long. Of particular issue in this game was escape from the defensive zone - lots of times, Flames would have the puck at or around the blueline only to be turned back again. The horrible Regehr shift near the end of the second comes to mind, especially because it really turned the tide at the time - not only did it lead to a couple of chances, but a penalty kill to boot. The Rags went on a 7-0 run after that and the count would probably a lot closer without that shift.
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 13 versus Stars

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20207

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
DAL	1	18:17		1	3	11	12	24	28	5	18	21	28	35	91	5v5
CGY	1	17:11		1	5	6	17	22		6	10	14	35	63	91	4v5
CGY	1	15:48		1	5	6	16	20	24	3	6	10	23	35	96	5v5
DAL	1	15:33		1	5	6	12	21	25	2	20	23	35	37	96	5v5
DAL	1	13:56		1	4	6	10	23	24	5	9	14	28	29	35	5v5
CGY	1	10:32		1	3	4	15	17	22	2	6	26	29	35		5v4
DAL	1	9:02		1	4	6	16	20	25	5	14	28	35	91	96	5v5
DAL	1	7:37		1	4	20	24	28		3	6	10	14	35	63	4v5
DAL	1	7:23		1	4	20	24	28		3	6	10	14	35	63	4v5
DAL	1	7:22		1	4	20	24	28		3	6	10	14	35	63	4v5
DAL	1	3:34		1	5	7	15	17	22	2	3	20	21	35	91	5v5
DAL	1	1:35		1	6	17	28			9	10	14	35	63	91	3v5
DAL	1	0:51		1	3	5	16	23		3	6	18	21	29	35	4v5
CGY	2	19:26		1	3	4	12	21	25	2	3	21	23	35		5v4
DAL	2	15:40		1	4	6	11	12	24	3	9	14	29	35	37	5v5
DAL	2	15:12		1	3	12	16	20	28	6	10	26	35	37	63	5v5
DAL	2	13:42		1	4	6	12	23	24	6	18	21	35	37	91	5v5
DAL	2	13:03		1	5	7	11	16	25	6	20	23	28	35	96	5v5
CGY	2	12:52		1	3	15	17	22	28	5	10	26	28	35	63	5v5
CGY	2	11:10		1	5	7	12	21	23	3	9	14	18	35	37	5v5
DAL	2	9:04		1	6	15	17	22	28	6	10	26	35	37	63	5v5
DAL	2	8:00		1	4	20	24	28		5	9	21	29	35	91	4v5
DAL	2	7:36		1	5	7	11	16		3	6	10	18	35	63	4v5
DAL	2	7:35	PP shot	1	5	7	11	16		3	6	10	18	35	63	4v5
DAL	2	6:54		1	4	5	12	21	23	3	6	10	18	35	63	5v5
CGY	2	4:08	12 goal	1	5	11	12	24	28	6	18	21	35	37	91	5v5
DAL	2	3:12		1	4	6	12	21	23	5	10	26	28	35	63	5v5
DAL	3	17:30		1	5	7	16	20	25	5	9	14	28	29	35	5v5
DAL	3	16:34		1	5	7	11	12	24	2	3	20	23	35	96	5v5
DAL	3	15:11	18 goal	1	3	4	12	21	23	6	18	21	35	37	91	5v5
CGY	3	14:39		1	5	6	16	20	25	5	9	14	28	29	35	5v5
CGY	3	13:36		1	3	15	17	22	28	2	3	20	23	35	96	5v5
DAL	3	11:08	21 goal	1	4	6	15	17	22	3	18	21	35	37	91	5v5
CGY	3	0:49	22 goal	3	4	12	17	22	25	2	3	23	26	29	35	5v5
CGY	4	3:37	12 goal	1	3	4	12	21		3	35	37	63			4v3

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
1	C. MCELHINNEY	46:02	6	16	6:05	3	0	8:16	1	7
3	D. PHANEUF	18:57	3	3	4:56	3	0	0:51	0	1
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	18:21	1	8	4:20	3	0	5:54	0	4
5	M. GIORDANO	15:33	4	6	1:45	0	0	2:16	1	3
6	C. SARICH	13:24	2	8	0:00	0	0	1:16	1	0
7	A. PARDY	7:03	1	4	0:00	0	0	0:34	0	2
10	B. MCGRATTAN	2:04	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	9:37	1	4	0:00	0	0	1:10	0	2
12	J. IGINLA	18:16	3	9	4:08	2	0	0:07	0	0
15	N. DAWES	10:56	2	3	2:07	1	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	11:31	2	4	0:09	0	0	2:03	0	3
17	R. BOURQUE	14:44	3	3	1:48	1	0	2:17	1	0
20	C. GLENCROSS	10:35	2	3	0:09	0	0	3:41	0	4
21	O. JOKINEN	14:08	1	4	3:49	2	0	0:07	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	13:51	3	3	2:07	1	0	2:08	1	0
23	E. NYSTROM	9:14	1	5	0:00	0	0	1:35	0	1
24	C. CONROY	11:23	2	5	0:02	0	0	3:08	0	4
25	D. MOSS	11:09	2	4	3:40	1	0	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	19:15	3	3	1:09	0	0	5:57	0	4

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	3	10	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1
2	4	10	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	11	24	7	16	3	0	0	0	1	7	0	1

This was a massacre. And the Flames somehow won. Not only were they completely outclassed in terms of shots and chances, the penalty that led to the PPG in OT was illegitimate.

Sometimes the better team doesn't win.
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 5 versus Dallas

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20048

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
DAL	1	18:58	63 goal	1	7	8	15	17	22	2	3	10	14	31	63	5v5
CGY	1	16:33		1	3	8	11	33	38	5	10	14	28	31	63	5v5
CGY	1	15:03		1	4	5	16	20	24	5	6	18	21	31	91	5v5
CGY	1	15:02		1	4	5	16	20	24	5	6	18	21	31	91	5v5
CGY	1	13:59		1	3	4	12	21	23	6	17	29	31	37		5v4
CGY	1	10:48		1	4	8	11	21	33	6	13	18	31	37	91	5v5
DAL	1	9:31		1	4	8	12	21	23	6	23	29	31	37	96	5v5
CGY	1	9:10		1	7	8	15	17	22	6	10	31	37	63	96	5v5
CGY	1	6:35		1	3	8	16	20	24	5	10	14	28	31	63	5v5
CGY	1	4:49		1	4	8	17	21	23	2	3	18	21	31	91	5v5
DAL	1	3:52		1	7	22	24	28		5	10	14	31	63	91	4v5
DAL	1	3:35		1	3	8	12	20		3	6	18	21	29	31	4v5
CGY	1	0:59		1	4	7	12	17	22	2	10	14	23	31	37	5v5
DAL	2	19:06	20 goal	1	7	8	16	33	38	2	3	17	20	31	63	5v5
CGY	2	16:44		1	3	11	20	24	28	6	18	21	31	37	91	5v5
CGY	2	15:44	3 goal	1	3	4	12	21	23	2	3	23	31	91		5v4
DAL	2	11:01	23 goal	1	7	8	15	17	22	2	3	23	29	31	96	5v5
CGY	2	9:45		1	3	11	20	24	28	5	18	21	28	31	91	5v5
DAL	2	5:04		1	7	8	12	21	23	2	3	23	29	31	96	5v5
CGY	2	4:30		1	3	15	17	22	28	2	3	14	23	29	31	5v5
DAL	2	0:47		1	4	5	12	15	21	2	3	10	14	31	63	5v5
CGY	3	19:38		1	4	5	11	20	24	6	17	20	23	31	37	5v5
DAL	3	16:54		1	4	7	17	22		6	10	31	37	63	96	4v5
CGY	3	15:06		1	3	4	12	17	21	6	18	31	37	91		5v4
CGY	3	14:44	17 goal	1	5	15	17	22	28	2	3	23	31	91		5v4
DAL	3	10:36	21 goal	1	4	5	12	21	23	2	3	18	21	31	91	5v5
DAL	3	8:58		1	3	11	20	24	28	5	18	23	28	31	96	5v5
DAL	3	6:42		1	4	5	12	15	22	2	3	18	21	31	91	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
1	C. MCELHINNEY	50:18	12	9	5:20	4	0	4:00	0	3
3	D. PHANEUF	21:44	5	1	4:08	3	0	1:08	0	1
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	21:14	6	4	4:00	3	0	1:25	0	1
5	M. GIORDANO	20:11	3	3	1:20	1	0	0:35	0	0
7	A. PARDY	9:26	2	4	0:00	0	0	2:52	0	2
8	S. KRONWALL	8:01	5	5	0:00	0	0	0:33	0	1
11	F. SJOSTROM	10:49	5	1	0:00	0	0	0:23	0	0
12	J. IGINLA	16:05	1	5	4:15	3	0	0:16	0	1
15	N. DAWES	15:13	2	4	1:05	1	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	10:26	3	1	0:00	0	0	0:40	0	0
17	R. BOURQUE	14:55	4	2	1:19	2	0	1:13	0	1
20	C. GLENCROSS	14:24	6	1	0:00	0	0	0:40	0	1
21	O. JOKINEN	15:49	2	4	4:05	3	0	0:33	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	14:50	3	3	2:05	1	0	2:07	0	2
23	E. NYSTROM	14:59	1	3	3:11	2	0	0:33	0	0
24	C. CONROY	10:48	6	1	0:00	0	0	1:35	0	1
28	R. REGEHR	21:29	3	1	1:12	1	0	1:27	0	1
33	B. PRUST	6:31	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
38	J. JAFFRAY	6:48	1	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	9	4	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	4	4	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	16	12	12	9	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

This was the final recorded game I had to count, so expect me to be up-to-date from now on.

This was an interesting contest because it featured a trio Brent Sutter has apparently re-united in practice prior to the upcoming road trip: Iginla-Jokinen-Nystrom. As you can see, they pretty much got killed. On home ice, to boot. They faced the Richards line a bunch which, for my money, was the second unit for Dallas in the game behind Ribeiro's trio (they saw Langkow's unit). Nystrom wasn't always the "other winger", but we all know that it pretty much doesn't matter who "the other guy" is when Jokinen and Iginla get together - the line is going to suck.

They actually didn't look overly terrible until the third period when the Flames were trailing. Now, most folks in this corner of the web know about the "lead effect" where shots and chances by the leading team fall relative to the trailing team. Part of that is due to strategy and part of that is due to psychological effects. The other part is due to desperation: when trailing in the third, a coach will usually shorten his bench, double-shift difference makers and get more aggressive about favorable match-ups. That happened in this game, with Iginla and Jokinen seeing a lot of ice after the team went down by 2. The problem was, the pair of them didn't improve the Flames attack - they killed it. Jamie Benn was nabbed for a tripping penalty in the last five minutes and the PP was a disaster. Jarome gave the puck during two separate sequences and then caused an off-side for good measure. Shortly thereafter, Jokinen carried the puck into the corner and promptly passed it to an opposing player. The club didn't generate a single scoring chance as a result. In the final minute of the game, with the goalie pulled no less, Jokinen did something similar...except this time it was in the neutral zone. Dallas shot the puck in, recovered it and then scored on the empty net. It was a train-wreck of a period for the duo and almost a perfect microcosm of the way the pair have mostly played to start the season.
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Fantasy Drafts and Team Building

Awhile ago, I put up a post on offensive defensemen and how I thought it was inefficient to spend money on goals from the blueline when the dollars could be put towards forwards. The point that I struggled to communicate was forwards probably do more to drive results from straight up scoring to outshooting and possession. In contrast, many defensemen (and their results) are subject to circumstances: who they play against, who they play behind, where they start, etc. Which would mean that paying a whole bunch of money for points from the back-end is just you rewarding a coach for sheltering a defender or playing him 5 minutes a night on the PP as much as anything else.

Anyways, to further illustrate, I tried to put my theory to practice this summer in the CLS Fantasy draft, which was basically a re-drafting of the league across 30 different writers/bloggers. The draft order was random and the salary cap was in effect. Let's get to the team first and justifications after:

Ovechkin - M. Koivu - Elias
Huselius - Langkow - C. Armstrong
Dawes - Boyd - Moss
Prust - Backlund - Eaves

Matrin - Hamhuis
Hejda - Sarich
Gervais - Pardy

Biron
Schneider

I was gifted the first overall choice which was both a blessing and curse, especially in a draft like this which literally had days and days between choices.

Anyways, stuff I focused on:

- Spending money on top 6 forwards that were either proven outscorers (Ovechkin, Elias, Langkow, Koivu) or at least drivers of possession (Moss, Armstrong). PP ability was also considered (Huselius).

- Looking for guys that are good bets to outperform their contracts in the bottom half of the forward roster. Backlund probably doesn't fit in here, but he was one of the last picks and - at that point in the draft - I wasn't interested in scouring draft lists for a good fit.

- Finding value contracts on the back-end. Usually, I looked for guys who had proven they could play against the tough sledding in the past, at least as far as the top 4 were concerned. I also made sure to mix in some puck moving/skating ability and guys who have played on the PP (Martin, Hamhuis, Gervais).

- Like the bottom end of the roatation up front, I simply looked for good value guys who had a chance to improve for the 3rd pairing.

- To find decent, median level goaltending for cheap. I grabbed Schneider late in the draft because I figure he would have a decent shot at eventually usurping Biron. If not, the duo would only cost 2.48M anyways.

What I didn't worry about:

- Size

- "Truculence"

- Enforcers

- Stanley Cup rings

- Nation of birth

How the money was spent:

Forwards - $35.508M in cap space. A huge portion of that was invested in the top 6, obviously. Notice I have 8 forwards who have managed 20+ goals at least once in their careers (and a couple more that are good bets to eventually meet that mark).

Defense - 12.874. My most expensive defender was the criminally under-appreciated Paul Martin at 3.8333M, even though each one of my top four blueliners is or has been a top 2 defenseman in terms of quality of competition in his career.

Goaltending - 2.4842

Total - 50.87. Remaining cap space = 6.133M

The draft petered out before I could fill the final 2 or 3 spots with press-box guys, so the remaining cap space is marginally inflated. That said, I was somewhat surprised to see I could basically spend wildly up front and still end up with so much money left over. Guys like Elias and Huselius were available later in the draft because of their relatively unattractive contracts, so I was able to snag them thanks to my strategy of assigning money to the forwards before defense. Were this actually my team, I would probably seek toinvest most of those savings in another quality forward to better fill out that third line, although Dawes/Boyd/Moss would probably do well against third tier opposition anyways. One could probably swap Huselius and Elias in the top 6, depending on match-ups as well.

Unfortunately, there's no real way to prove that this line-up would would perform well in the real world, but it looks good on paper to me (aside from Backlund, who probably can't even hold water on a 4th line in the NHL yet). I think all three forward units are a good bet to move the puck in the right direction, while the admittedly unspectacular blueline would be at least competent at both ends of the ice.
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Flames Scoring Chances, game 4 versus Oilers

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20044

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
CGY	1	18:04		7	8	16	20	24	34	13	27	35	43	67	77	5v5
EDM	1	13:58		3	15	17	22	28	34	19	32	35	37	77	91	5v5
EDM	1	10:54		4	5	15	17	22	34	5	13	27	35	44	67	5v5
CGY	1	10:26		7	8	15	17	22	34	5	13	27	35	44	67	5v5
CGY	1	4:48		3	4	12	21	25	34	5	13	32	35	44		5v4
EDM	1	3:33	18 goal	7	15	17	22	28	34	18	19	35	37	67	77	5v5
EDM	1	2:42		7	16	20	24	28	34	5	18	35	46	71	89	5v5
EDM	1	1:24		5	7	11	23	33	34	5	19	32	35	44	89	5v5
EDM	1	0:14	71 goal	3	22	24	28	34		19	27	35	44	71	91	4v5
EDM	2	14:47		7	8	11	23	33	34	5	13	27	35	67	71	5v5
CGY	2	9:53		3	4	15	21	22	34	10	35	43	77			5v3
CGY	2	9:35		3	4	15	21	22	34	10	35	43	77			5v3
CGY	2	9:36		3	4	15	21	22	34	10	35	43	77			5v3
EDM	2	8:11		5	11	17	23	28	34	10	19	46	71	83	91	5v5
EDM	2	7:52		4	22	24	28	34		5	10	27	35	71	83	4v5
EDM	2	3:54		7	8	16	20	24	34	13	27	35	37	43	67	5v5
CGY	2	0:29	22 goal	4	5	15	17	22	34	10	27	35	43	67	77	5v5
CGY	3	18:34		3	15	17	22	28	34	13	27	35	67	71	77	5v5
CGY	3	18:32		3	15	17	22	28	34	13	27	35	67	71	77	5v5
CGY	3	16:45		4	5	12	21	25	34	10	22	35	71	77	83	5v5
CGY	3	15:49	15 goal	7	8	15	17	22	34	5	13	27	35	37	67	5v5
EDM	3	14:48		3	16	20	24	28	34	19	32	35	43	71	91	5v5
EDM	3	14:25		7	8	11	23	33	34	18	35	37	46	77	89	5v5
CGY	3	11:07		3	11	23	28	33	34	5	18	35	43	46	89	5v5
CGY	3	10:38		4	5	12	21	25	34	10	22	35	71	77	83	5v5
EDM	3	6:30	83 goal	4	5	15	17	22	34	10	22	35	37	77	83	5v5
EDM	3	5:50		3	16	20	24	28	34	13	27	35	37	67	71	5v5
CGY	3	1:00		3	4	12	21	23	25	5	10	22	35	71	83	5v5
CGY	3	0:02	17 goal	3	4	12	17	21	25	10	18	27	35	43	77	5v5
CGY	4	4:37		4	5	12	21	34		5	10	35	43	83		4v4
EDM	4	3:21		3	7	22	34			10	27	35	37	83		3v4
EDM	4	3:13		4	7	22	34			19	35	77	89	91		3v4
EDM	4	2:42		4	7	22	34			19	35	77	89	91		3v4
EDM	4	2:03		3	12	21	28	34		10	35	43	71	83		4v4

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	17:24	5	4	3:58	1	0	1:29	0	2
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	20:57	6	2	3:00	1	0	4:49	0	3
5	M. GIORDANO	18:51	4	4	1:53	0	0	0:00	0	0
7	A. PARDY	16:10	3	6	0:01	0	0	2:06	0	3
8	S. KRONWALL	12:56	3	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	7:59	1	4	0:00	0	0	1:03	0	0
12	J. IGINLA	17:21	5	1	2:26	1	0	0:00	0	0
15	N. DAWES	14:11	5	4	1:33	0	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	12:50	1	4	0:55	0	0	0:38	0	0
17	R. BOURQUE	15:15	6	5	2:18	0	0	0:28	0	0
20	C. GLENCROSS	12:13	1	4	0:01	0	0	1:18	0	0
21	O. JOKINEN	18:22	5	1	2:35	1	0	0:05	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	14:12	5	4	2:18	0	0	3:41	0	5
23	E. NYSTROM	8:46	2	4	0:00	0	0	1:18	0	0
24	C. CONROY	12:40	1	4	0:01	0	0	2:05	0	2
25	D. MOSS	13:52	4	0	2:35	1	0	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	18:27	3	7	0:56	0	0	4:12	0	2
33	B. PRUST	6:41	1	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	51:23	10	13	4:54	1	0	6:18	0	5

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	3	6	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	4	4	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	8	4	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Totals	16	18	12	13	1	0	3	0	0	5	0	0

Another early win Calgary didn't really deserve.

That said, it was one of Iginla's better games, although he and Jokinen were still doing the things that have plagued their play together since almost day 1 (not shooting in prime locations, forcing passes through coverage). Re-watching this game, I'd say Jarome has drifted farther away from effective play rather than the opposite.
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 12 versus Red Wings

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20190

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
CGY	1	15:24		3	15	17	22	28	34	11	23	29	30	40	55	5v5
CGY	1	13:47		5	8	11	21	25	34	17	22	23	30	33	43	5v5
DET	1	9:50		3	15	17	22	28	34	11	23	29	30	40	55	5v5
DET	1	9:42		4	6	11	21	25	34	17	23	30	33	43	55	5v5
DET	1	7:44		8	16	20	23	28	34	11	22	23	29	30	40	5v5
DET	1	7:13		3	4	15	17	22	34	14	18	24	30	40	55	5v5
DET	1	6:11		5	8	11	21	25	34	17	22	23	30	33	43	5v5
CGY	1	5:34		5	8	11	21	25	34	17	22	23	30	33	43	5v5
DET	1	0:04		4	6	15	21	25	34	5	17	28	30	33	43	5v5
CGY	2	16:36		5	8	16	23	33	34	18	24	28	30	43	55	5v5
CGY	2	16:35		5	8	16	23	33	34	18	24	28	30	43	55	5v5
DET	2	15:58		5	8	16	23	33	34	8	14	18	22	24	30	5v5
CGY	2	11:31		5	6	16	23	24	34	5	13	28	30	44	96	5v5
DET	2	11:21		6	21	23	24	28	34	5	13	28	30	44	96	5v5
CGY	2	9:44		3	4	12	21	25	34	11	23	30	40	55		5v4
DET	2	9:28		3	4	12	21	25	34	17	23	30	43	55		5v4
DET	2	7:26		5	8	16	23	34		8	14	18	23	24	30	4v5
CGY	2	5:17	22 goal	3	15	17	22	28	34	11	22	29	30	40	55	5v5
DET	2	4:43	23 goal	5	6	21	23	25	34	17	23	30	33	43	55	5v5
DET	2	3:41		3	15	17	22	28	34	11	23	28	29	30	40	5v5
CGY	2	0:04		3	4	12	17	22	34	5	11	28	29	30	40	5v5
CGY	2	0:02		3	4	12	17	22	34	5	11	28	29	30	40	5v5
CGY	2	0:01		3	4	12	17	22	34	5	11	28	29	30	40	5v5
CGY	3	18:12		4	6	15	17	22	34	5	13	22	30	44	96	5v5
CGY	3	16:56		4	6	23	24	25	34	17	28	30	33	43	55	5v5
DET	3	12:40		4	6	16	17	21	34	5	11	28	29	30	40	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	20:54	5	3	1:32	1	1	0:57	0	0
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	20:58	5	4	1:30	1	1	3:30	0	0
5	M. GIORDANO	14:24	5	3	0:51	0	0	1:43	0	1
6	C. SARICH	17:02	3	5	0:07	0	0	2:42	0	0
8	S. KRONWALL	10:18	4	3	0:00	0	0	1:07	0	1
11	F. SJOSTROM	8:41	2	2	0:00	0	0	1:45	0	0
12	J. IGINLA	16:55	3	0	1:16	1	1	0:00	0	0
15	N. DAWES	14:09	3	4	1:02	0	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	11:58	3	3	0:15	0	0	2:43	0	1
17	R. BOURQUE	16:22	6	4	0:51	0	0	1:03	0	0
20	C. GLENCROSS	13:06	0	1	0:00	0	0	2:00	0	0
21	O. JOKINEN	14:53	2	6	1:16	1	1	0:00	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	14:01	6	3	0:51	0	0	1:47	0	0
23	E. NYSTROM	11:01	4	4	0:20	0	0	2:50	0	1
24	C. CONROY	13:25	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:36	0	0
25	D. MOSS	11:29	3	4	1:00	1	1	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	19:08	2	4	0:44	0	0	2:45	0	0
33	B. PRUST	6:26	2	1	0:15	0	0	0:00	0	0
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	50:48	12	11	2:22	1	1	6:22	0	1

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	3	6	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	8	6	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	13	13	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0

I had to look at the results twice, because they don't really tell the tale of the game. Iginla was 3 and 0 at ES, but he was actually dreadful. All three chances came on a single shift to end the second period. He flat out terrible otherwise, killing plays all over the ice and being a liability in general. He continues to look like a mere shadow of the player he once was.

The chances count is in Calgary's favor because the Wings completely shut things down after they took the lead in the second period. They were happy to ice the puck and trap for the entirety of the third, allowing Calgary to close the gap: the differential actually favored DET 12-8 with 3 minutes left in the second period.

Of course, Jokinen was again below average in both zones as well and was the only Calgary skater well in the red by this metric. One wonders how long the decision makers will put with $12M+ of grossly under-performing forwards...
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Flames Scoring Chance, Game 3 versus Montreal

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20030

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
CGY	1	17:54		3	16	20	24	28	34	22	28	32	41	68	84	5v5
MTL	1	15:24		4	5	16	20	24	34	14	22	41	46	67	68	5v5
MTL	1	14:55		3	11	23	28	33	34	17	26	28	41	70	75	5v5
CGY	1	12:07		7	8	16	20	24	34	14	22	41	46	67	68	5v5
CGY	1	12:06		7	8	16	20	24	34	14	22	41	46	67	68	5v5
CGY	1	11:43	23 goal	7	8	11	23	33	34	6	17	28	41	44	70	5v5
CGY	1	10:33		4	5	16	20	24	34	6	21	40	41	44	84	5v5
CGY	1	10:06		4	5	16	20	24	34	6	32	40	41	44	84	5v5
MTL	1	8:41		4	5	11	16	23	34	6	13	17	28	41	44	5v5
MTL	1	8:27		3	5	11	16	23	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5
MTL	1	8:07		3	12	21	25	28	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5
MTL	1	1:14	91 goal	3	12	21	25	28	34	13	21	26	41	75	91	5v5
MTL	1	0:41	84 goal	3	16	20	24	28	34	22	32	40	41	68	84	5v5
MTL	1	0:02		4	5	15	17	22	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5
CGY	2	19:09		3	16	20	24	28	34	22	32	40	41	68	84	5v5
CGY	2	19:03		3	16	20	24	28	34	22	32	40	41	68	84	5v5
CGY	2	18:48		3	16	20	24	28	34	22	32	40	41	68	84	5v5
CGY	2	15:31		7	8	16	20	24	34	22	26	32	40	41	84	5v5
CGY	2	10:11		7	8	15	25	33	34	6	21	41	70	75	91	5v5
CGY	2	7:14		5	7	11	23	33	34	17	22	28	41	68	70	5v5
CGY	2	6:57	23 goal	5	7	11	23	33	34	17	22	28	41	68	70	5v5
CGY	2	5:14		3	15	17	22	28	34	14	22	41	46	67	68	5v5
CGY	2	4:49	12 goal	3	4	12	21	25	34	26	32	40	41	75		5v4
MTL	2	3:03		7	8	16	20	24	34	14	22	32	41	46	68	5v5
MTL	2	0:11	14 goal	3	15	17	22	28	34	6	14	21	22	32	41	5v5
CGY	3	17:56		7	8	16	20	24	34	22	32	40	41	68	84	5v5
CGY	3	17:44	8 goal	7	8	11	23	33	34	14	17	26	28	41	75	5v5
MTL	3	16:52		4	5	12	21	25	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5
MTL	3	16:51		4	5	12	21	25	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5
MTL	3	16:33		4	5	12	21	25	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5
MTL	3	16:00		3	15	17	22	28	34	14	22	41	46	67	68	5v5
MTL	3	15:15		7	8	16	20	24	34	26	32	40	41	75	84	5v5
MTL	3	9:23		3	15	17	22	28	34	14	22	41	46	67	68	5v5
MTL	3	7:50		4	5	12	21	25	34	6	13	21	41	44	91	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	21:38	5	8	0:21	1	0	0:00	0	0
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	24:01	2	7	0:21	1	0	0:00	0	0
5	M. GIORDANO	22:53	4	8	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
7	A. PARDY	16:29	9	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
8	S. KRONWALL	13:30	7	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	8:58	4	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
12	J. IGINLA	16:09	0	6	0:21	1	0	0:00	0	0
15	N. DAWES	19:46	2	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	15:43	10	6	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
17	R. BOURQUE	20:10	1	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
20	C. GLENCROSS	18:02	10	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
21	O. JOKINEN	16:16	0	6	0:21	1	0	0:00	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	20:02	1	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
23	E. NYSTROM	6:24	4	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
24	C. CONROY	15:08	10	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
25	D. MOSS	15:06	1	6	0:21	1	0	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	20:47	5	7	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
33	B. PRUST	7:13	5	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	59:39	16	17	0:21	1	0	0:00	0	0

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	6	8	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	9	2	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	7	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	17	17	16	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

This game provided perhaps the starkest contrast between the Flames money players and their support guys this year. Iginla and Jokinen were still paired at this point and still mostly seeing the tough match-ups. As you can see, they got absolutely obliterated by Cammalleri's line.

Conversely, The Conroy (Boyd, Glencross) line managed the biggest single game of ES chance generation yet. They each ended the game -1, but deserved better. The 4th line, of course, was also full value, beating the crap out of Laraques unit and scoring 3 goals in the process. It's too bad those two units have been subsequently broken up.

Here's Olivier's count. We differ quite widely when it comes to the Flames scoring chances, with him counting 23 for Calgary and me down at 17. The Flames had a number of shots from fuzzy areas (just outside the face-off dot, or just beyond the top of the face-off circle) which may or may not be considered a scoring opportunity depending on who you talk to. I tend to be pretty tough on those chances, but Olivier may not be.
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 11 versus Avs

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20163

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
CGY	1	19:47		4	6	15	17	22	34	8	22	23	26	27	41	5v5
CGY	1	19:05	12 goal	3	4	12	20	24	34	10	25	37	41	52	54	5v5
CGY	1	18:50	21 goal	3	11	21	25	28	34	9	10	39	40	41	52	5v5
COL	1	15:46		5	7	11	21	25	34	5	9	39	40	41	44	5v5
COL	1	12:07	28 goal	5	7	11	21	25	34	5	18	28	41	44	45	5v5
COL	1	5:24		4	6	10	23	33	34	10	18	28	41	45	52	5v5
COL	1	3:22	54 goal	3	4	11	21	25	34	10	25	37	41	52	54	5v5
CGY	2	18:37		3	12	20	24	28	34	22	25	27	37	41	54	5v5
CGY	2	15:54		3	4	12	15	22	34	5	37	39	41	52		5v4
CGY	2	15:45		5	15	17	22	28	34	5	18	26	41	52		5v4
CGY	2	15:32		5	15	17	22	28	34	5	18	26	41	52		5v4
CGY	2	4:24		4	6	12	17	21	34	8	22	23	26	27	41	5v5
CGY	2	0:44		3	4	12	20	21	34	8	22	27	39	41		5v4
COL	3	15:19		3	6	12	23	33	34	5	8	22	26	41	45	5v5
COL	3	14:48		3	6	12	23	33	34	5	8	22	23	26	41	5v5
COL	3	14:30	8 goal	3	7	15	17	22	34	8	23	26	41	44	52	5v5
CGY	3	11:46		3	12	20	24	28	34	5	9	40	41	44	45	5v5
COL	3	8:44		3	12	20	24	28	34	8	22	27	37	41	54	5v5
CGY	3	8:26		4	12	21	25	28	34	8	10	26	41	52	54	5v5
CGY	3	8:04		3	5	12	21	25	34	5	9	40	41	44	45	5v5
CGY	3	6:28		5	12	20	21	28	34	18	22	27	41	54		5v4
CGY	3	2:53		3	11	22	25	28	34	9	10	18	25	41	52	5v5
CGY	3	2:52		3	11	22	25	28	34	9	10	18	25	41	52	5v5
CGY	3	2:07		4	5	12	20	21	34	9	10	18	25	41	52	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	21:43	7	5	3:31	2	0	0:00	0	0
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	20:03	5	2	3:33	2	0	2:56	0	0
5	M. GIORDANO	13:06	2	2	2:46	3	0	1:26	0	0
6	C. SARICH	16:04	2	3	0:08	0	0	1:04	0	0
7	A. PARDY	12:22	0	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
10	B. MCGRATTAN	3:33	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	9:36	3	3	0:00	0	0	0:43	0	0
12	J. IGINLA	17:55	7	3	3:30	3	0	0:00	0	0
15	N. DAWES	14:44	1	1	2:50	3	0	0:00	0	0
17	R. BOURQUE	17:24	2	1	2:43	2	0	0:52	0	0
20	C. GLENCROSS	12:15	4	1	2:10	2	0	1:43	0	0
21	O. JOKINEN	16:44	5	3	2:45	2	0	0:10	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	15:13	3	1	3:09	3	0	1:35	0	0
23	E. NYSTROM	10:03	0	3	0:06	0	0	1:38	0	0
24	C. CONROY	12:59	3	1	0:06	0	0	1:19	0	0
25	D. MOSS	14:22	5	3	0:41	0	0	0:00	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	16:53	6	1	2:02	3	0	2:34	0	0
33	B. PRUST	6:28	0	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	48:33	11	8	6:00	5	0	4:00	0	0

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	16	8	11	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pretty quiet game overall for both teams. The Flames had probably their worst period of the season in terms of generating chances in the first period: they managed all of 3 chances, 2 of which were their goals (which wouldn't have been scored as chances if they hadn't gone in). The other one came 15 seconds into the game.

That said, the second period was the first time this year the Flames held the opponents to zero scoring chances. A couple of PP's and the Avs sitting back led to the wide differential.

In the end, though, the Flames only outchanced the Avs 11-8 at ES, despite outshooting them by a wide margin. A lot of the shots were from the perimeter and it looked like the club played with sticks smeared with bacon fat - the chances count for Calgary would have doubled had they been able to bear down on the puck in the crease. A lot of fanning, passing pucks into skates and shooting pucks into blocks in the slot by Calgary this evening for whatever reason.

On Colorado's side, you have to give them credit for playing a quiet, steady, low event game. They spent a lot of time in their own end, but never made any significant mistakes and collapsed around their goaltender expertly, often smothering open skaters and rebounds as soon as they appeared. Also, Their 3 chances in the 3rd came during a single, sublime shift by the Wolksi line that culminated in the winning goal.

There was some talk about Jokinen and Iginla improving after this game, but I didn't really see it. Langkow et al were fed to the wolves while Iginla and Jokinen facced the likes of Durno, Svatos, Jones and Koci. Jokinen was scored on twice in the first, despite the easy match-up, due to extended shifts in the defensive zone. The pair of them managed to up the chance count at the end of the game when they were pressing for the tying goal and the Avs were sitting 5 in the neutral zone, but there was still a lot of lost puck battles at the sideboards and passes to no one in particular by the pair of them. Given the level of competition - depth players and rookies - I came away fairly unimpressed.
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Flames Scoring Chances, Game 10 versus Oilers

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20143

Team	Period	Time	Note	CGY						Opponent
EDM	1	17:49		6	16	20	34	44		19	27	35	71	83	89	4v5
EDM	1	17:35	71 goal	6	16	20	34	44		19	27	35	71	83	89	4v5
CGY	1	14:41		5	6	11	21	25	34	12	13	22	35	41	49	5v5
EDM	1	11:26		4	6	12	15	24	34	10	18	19	35	49	71	5v5
CGY	1	8:07	17 goal	5	6	17	22	34		10	12	35	37	46	77	4v5
CGY	1	7:16		4	6	12	20	24	34	27	35	43	49	83	89	5v5
EDM	1	6:40		4	6	11	21	25	34	5	27	35	71	83	89	5v5
EDM	1	4:37		3	12	20	24	28	34	5	27	35	71	83	89	5v5
CGY	1	2:43		5	11	21	25	34	44	12	13	19	35	37	49	5v5
CGY	2	16:17		3	15	17	22	28	34	5	27	35	49	83	89	5v5
CGY	2	16:07	15 goal	3	15	17	22	28	34	5	27	35	49	83	89	5v5
CGY	2	15:32	23 goal	5	10	16	23	34	44	12	18	35	37	46	77	5v5
CGY	2	15:07		4	6	12	20	24	34	5	10	19	22	35	71	5v5
CGY	2	14:04		3	21	23	25	28	34	27	35	41	43	83	89	5v5
EDM	2	11:09		4	6	12	16	24	34	12	13	18	35	41	43	5v5
CGY	2	10:20		3	4	12	21	25	34	5	13	18	35	41		5v4
CGY	2	9:37	25 goal	3	4	12	21	25	34	5	10	27	35	41		5v4
CGY	2	7:45		3	12	15	17	22	28	5	27	35	71	83	89	5v5
CGY	2	7:44		3	12	15	17	22	28	5	27	35	71	83	89	5v5
CGY	2	6:40		5	15	16	22	28	34	13	18	35	37	77		5v4
CGY	2	6:27		5	15	16	22	28	34	13	18	35	37	77		5v4
CGY	2	6:19		3	4	12	21	25	34	10	27	35	41	43		5v4
EDM	2	2:21		5	11	21	25	34	44	5	10	12	22	35	71	5v5
EDM	2	1:26	27 goal	4	20	24	28	34		19	27	35	71	83	89	4v5
EDM	3	19:17		4	24	28	34			19	27	35	71	83	89	3v5
EDM	3	18:11		3	4	17	22	34		10	12	35	37	46	77	4v5
EDM	3	17:59		3	4	17	22	34		10	12	35	37	46	77	4v5
EDM	3	17:31		23	24	28	34	44		19	27	35	71	83	89	4v5
CGY	3	17:10		3	4	11	16	34		19	35	46	71	83	89	4v5
EDM	3	15:17		3	6	12	21	34		27	35	37	41	89		4v4
CGY	3	13:08		5	12	16	23	34	44	12	13	19	35	43	49	5v5
EDM	3	12:30		3	15	17	22	28	34	27	35	37	77	83	89	5v5
EDM	3	11:41		4	6	11	12	21	34	5	10	18	19	35	71	5v5
EDM	3	11:40		4	6	11	12	21	34	5	10	18	19	35	71	5v5
CGY	3	9:01		3	4	12	20	21	34	13	18	35	41	43		5v4
CGY	3	7:33	15 goal	5	15	17	22	28	34	13	18	35	41	43		5v4
CGY	3	6:20		4	6	12	20	24	34	10	18	19	35	37	77	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
3	D. PHANEUF	17:40	5	3	3:43	4	0	2:25	1	2
4	J. BOUWMEESTER	14:56	3	5	3:43	4	0	7:02	1	3
5	M. GIORDANO	13:25	4	1	1:06	3	0	0:58	1	0
6	C. SARICH	13:26	4	6	0:00	0	0	3:01	1	2
10	B. MCGRATTAN	1:01	1	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
11	F. SJOSTROM	9:30	2	4	0:00	0	0	0:44	1	0
12	J. IGINLA	16:30	6	6	3:35	4	0	0:00	0	0
15	N. DAWES	11:59	4	2	1:14	3	0	0:00	0	0
16	D. BOYD	12:09	2	1	0:28	2	0	2:02	1	2
17	R. BOURQUE	11:55	4	1	0:46	1	0	5:16	1	2
20	C. GLENCROSS	9:23	3	1	1:10	1	0	1:37	0	3
21	O. JOKINEN	11:30	3	5	3:35	4	0	0:12	0	0
22	D. LANGKOW	12:01	4	1	1:14	3	0	5:04	1	2
23	E. NYSTROM	11:11	3	0	0:00	0	0	2:17	0	1
24	C. CONROY	10:26	3	3	0:00	0	0	3:10	0	2
25	D. MOSS	12:04	3	2	2:25	3	0	0:05	0	0
28	R. REGEHR	16:21	5	2	1:06	3	0	5:19	0	2
34	M. KIPRUSOFF	43:38	10	9	4:49	7	0	10:21	2	6
44	A. JOHNSON	12:46	3	1	0:00	0	0	1:57	0	3

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	4	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
2	12	3	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	5	8	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	1
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	21	16	12	9	7	0	0	0	2	6	0	1

The second period was probably the most dominant of the season thus far for the Flames. They generated a ton and gave up almost nothing.

Also, Olli Jokinen was on the ice for 3 ES scoring chances for in this game, but he had next to nothing to do with any of them - he just happened to be the guy skating around when his linemates were doing something. His only true contributions to creating opportunities came on the PP.

Dennis' count here. Looks like he gave each team one more chance than I did, but it looks like we're in the same ballpark.
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