After a dramatic seven game overtime victory over the Dallas Stars in the first round, the Calgary Flames were eliminated by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round (with an equally dramatic five game loss).
When you dig into the series-by-series underlying numbers, the reasons for the second round exit become fairly apparent.
Underlying numbers via Natural Stat Trick.
Regular season segments:
- First (Games 1-7): 5-1-1 [11 of 14 points]
- Second (Games 8-14): 2-2-3 [7 of 14 points]
- Third (Games 15-21): 5-1-1 [11 of 14 points]
- Fourth (Games 22-28): 3-3-1 [7 of 14 points]
- Fifth (Games 29-35): 3-4-0 [6 of 14 points]
- Sixth (Games 36-42): 5-2-0 [10 of 14 points]
- Seventh (Games 43-49): 7-0-0 [14 of 14 points]
- Eighth (Games 50-56): 4-2-1 [9 of 14 points]
- Ninth (Games 57-63): 4-2-1 [9 of 14 points]
- Tenth (Games 64-70): 4-2-1 [9 of 14 points]
- Eleventh (Games 71-77): 5-1-1 [11 of 14 points]
- Twelfth (Games 78-82): 3-1-1 [7 of 10 points]
Playoff segments:
Dating back to the fifth segment of the season, the Flames puttered along and won the majority of their games before they faced the Oilers.