The Calgary Flames were eliminated in the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs by the Anaheim Ducks. While the loss still stings, there were some nice performances by some Flames players in the four-game series. To shed a light on the good (and bad) of the first round, we turn to game score.
What’s game score?
Last spring, our pal Dom Luszczyszyn (@domluszczyszyn on Twitter) tried to encapsulate a lot of statistical noise into one handy metric for assessing game performances, taking a cue from baseball and other sports that have done the same.