At 22.6%, the Flames have the 10th best powerplay in the NHL: quite a bit better than the 16.0% and tied for third worst powerplay they had in 2017-18. And yet, there’s still one obvious flaw to the Flames’ man advantage: it’s only the top unit that’s really producing. Get them off the ice, and the powerplay has likely been killed.
Of the 28 powerplay goals the Flames have scored so far this season, 23 have come from the top unit, and just five from elsewhere. The overall point disparity is pretty telling:
| Player | Powerplay goals | Powerplay points | Powerplay ice time |
| Gaudreau | 3 | 15 | 126:07 |
| Monahan | 8 | 11 | 124:59 |
| Lindholm | 5 | 14 | 123:19 |
| Giordano | 1 | 12 | 117:52 |
| Tkachuk | 6 | 15 | 114:17 |
| Neal | 0 | 2 | 75:49 |
| Hanifin | 1 | 4 | 60:19 |
| Backlund | 0 | 0 | 58:40 |
| Ryan | 2 | 4 | 57:19 |
| Bennett | 1 | 2 | 44:38 |
| Czarnik | 0 | 1 | 29:44 |
| Brodie | 0 | 1 | 26:36 |
(Left off of this table is Alan Quine, who has one of the Flames’ powerplay goals.