Every year those game(s) come along where you do everything right and you still don’t win. It’s even more painful to have that happen at the start of the season. Something like this is a lot easier to swallow if you have a record of say 7-3-1, or 26-22-3 even, but when you’re 0-1-0 everything is extrapolated to higher levels. No more stalling let’s get to talking about how the Flames should have won by 3+ goals.
CF% – 61.77%, SCF% – 74.5%, HDCF% – 67.6%, xGF% – 67.54%
It’s a Team Game – These numbers weren’t just better than what they had against the Oilers; these were significantly better across the board.