NHL coaches receive a package from their analytics team that usually shows any notable outliers a particular matchup might bring. jtbourne picks through some stats to see which teams have notable advantages/disadvantages going into their play-in series.
At 5-on-5 the Flames were 20th in the NHL at producing goals, while the Jets were inside the top-10 at preventing them. Obviously if that holds true, it’s a problem for a Flames team whose output doesn’t seem to line up with its ample talent.A huge part of — all of, maybe? — that Jets defensive success can be credited to their goaltending, which had the fifth-best all-strengths save percentage in hockey . As we know, Winnipeg’s starter Connor Hellebuyck was even better than that.
As I understand that, Hellebuyck prevented more than 20 goals this season that a league average keeper would’ve given up.With that kind of performance in net, though, you’d expect more than what the Jets actually did over the 2019-20 schedule. Had the season ended cold when it did in March and picked back up with a regular playoffs, they’d have been on the outside looking in.
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