Bob Hartley’s teams lacked structure and were weak defensively. There is little doubt that CF% has improved under Gulutzan. Evaluating “the process” – Shot-based analyticsĬalgary Flames, all strengths (data from Natural Stat Trick) You can’t even start to look at tactical issues until the right players are on the ice, and that’s on the coaches. It appears the Flames could improve the penalty kill just by making better decisions in deployment. Hamilton is used even less, but has the best CA/60 and is second in GA/60.
Brodie is the best based on GA/60, which has to be a surprise to everyone, yet he is only fourth in minutes among the top five defensemen. Sean Monahan is more than capable.Īmong defensemen, T.J. Garnet Hathaway and Mark Jankowski, who are starting to be used, have similar GA/60 to Backlund and have better CA/60s. And it may not be a fluke: he is best among those on the list with a Corsi Against per 60 of 65.45. While 19:15 is a small sample size, so far he has been perfect. Curtis Lazar has not been on the ice for a goal against this season on the penalty kill. They should be on the bench, yet they have the third and fourth most minutes killing penalties among the forwards on the team this season. They are last on the team, and among the worst in the NHL. How Brouwer and Stajan continue to kill penalties is beyond me. In terms of the Flames, this is the list of players who have killed at least 10 minutes during the season so far. In fairness to Giordano, he has played 173:36 on the penalty kill, hence his higher per 60 ranking. Keep in mind that Giordano’s partner, Dougie Hamilton, does not kill penalties on a regular basis, despite the two being considered one of the best pairings in the NHL – but that discussion is for another day. In goals allowed while on the ice, Stajan ranks 199th, with 15 against, Brouwer 249th with 19 against, and Mark Giordano 273rd, out of 275, with 26 against. In terms of on-ice goals against per 60, Mark Giordano is ranked 229th, Matt Stajan 264th, and. There have been 275 players on the ice for more than 60 minutes killing 4v5 penalties this season in the NHL. As not much has changed in terms of who kills penalties, and we are now 60 games into the season, maybe the problem with tactics is really just a problem with deployment. It is scary when the best statistic on a special team is the efficiency and you rank 19th.Īs things are not going well, Gulutzan and Paul Jerrard should have taken a good look at what is happening, both tactically, and in deployment. They have scored three times shorthanded, tied for 24th. That leaves them at -38 on the penalty kill, 28th. The Flames rank 19th at 79.6%, and in terms of goals given up, are tied for 23rd at 41. When talking about defense, that means the penalty kill.
When talking about goal differential, it is just natural to look at special teams. How bad was the goaltending in 2015-16? Jonas Hiller’s 0.879 is the worst of any goalie in the NHL with more than 25 starts in a season since the 2004 lockout. If the 2015-16 team had the quality of goaltending the Flames have had this season, instead of 257 goals against, the team would have allowed only 210.
Not that Rittich has played poorly he has just not been Smith-like, and the save percentage has suffered, dropping close to the league average of. In the last week, with Smith out of the lineup, the defensive liabilities have been exposed. David Rittich was ranking as the best backup in Flames history, until the Boston game last week.Ĭalgary Flames, goalie stats, all-time, starters (data from NHL.com) This is happening despite Smith’s superb play. He is putting up the third best save percentage from a starter in Calgary Flames history. Last season, the Flames gave up more goals against than the Hartley playoff team, and this season they are on pace to give up more goals against than last year. At least the Flames are scoring more, so half of the equation has improved. Neither of Glen Gulutzan’s two seasons have produced anything near the +24 goal differential of the 2014-15 playoff team. The -4 rating is an indicator of a bubble team that is likely to miss the playoffs, not one that should be looking at home advantage in the first round. Found determined that the best statistical indicator of team success is goal differential. What does it tell us about this edition of the Flames?Ĭalgary Flames, goal differential, all strengths (data from Natural Stat Trick)
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