If I break this down by periods, we really see three different games: an evenly matched first, a Flames dominant second, and a Sharks led third period. The score won’t be an indicator of how close the game was as the Sharks two ENG will sway that. If the could rearrange those periods so the slump was in the second they may have been able to overcome, but unfortunately the third period was the most lost I’ve seen this squad this season.
CF% – 51.64%, SCF% – 55.95%, HDCF% – 52.25%, xGF% – 57.02%
It’s a Team Game – Calgary out played San Jose more in the second than they got outplayed in the third – so the single best team at any point still was the Flames.