Through 59 games of the 2019-20 Calgary Flames season, an interesting trend has emerged. Against the generally-held conventional wisdom, the Flames are more successful away from the Saddledome than at their own building – they have 17 wins on the road compared to 13 at home.
In an effort to figure out just what’s happening, we dug into the numbers.
Team trends
The Flames have a .556 points percentage at home versus a .563 percentage on the road. So where does that come from?
Their home possession rate is 51.3% compared to 49.