Sure, possession numbers are an incredibly useful tool before the series and in the first few games to see how the course of a series is trending. But by Game 7, they don’t matter.
Everyone knows the way things have gone this series: The Hurricanes have owned the games in Raleigh; the Capitals look much more comfortable at home. The Hurricanes dominate possession at five-on-five. The Capitals have the better special teams play.
In each of the games this series, the Hurricanes have had a Corsi For percentage above 50 percent.