Historically, the Calgary Flames have been a hockey team with some Jekyll and Hyde tendencies. When they play well, they score first and often win without trailing in-game. When they don’t play well, they chase, scramble, and games get away from them.
Digging into their underlying metrics, a few trends emerge.
Record when leading or trailing
The Flames have scored first 20 times this season and have a 13-4-3 record (.725 points percentage) when they open the scoring. They’re 4-7-3 (.392 ppct.) when the other team scores first.
They’re 12-3-1 when leading after one period (.