Playing in the Saddledome has not fared well for the Calgary Flames this year. Sitting at just 12–13–1, their latest loss came at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings by means of a 5–0 shutout.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- The Red Wings scored five goals with just 21 shots. Meanwhile, the Flames put up 38 to no success.
- This game was a strangely rough one as both teams ended up with five power plays each. The Red Wings converted on two while the Flames, well, did not.
- The Flames nearly doubled the Red Wings in hits while Detroit was much more dominant at faceoffs.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Kane (PPG) | Moritz Seider, Robby Fabbri | 14:56 | 1st | DET 1 – 0 CGY |
| J.T. Compher | Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat | 15:59 | 1st | DET 2 – 0 CGY |
| Dylan Larkin (PPG) | Patrick Kane, Shayne Gostisbehere | 5:12 | 2nd | DET 3 – 0 CGY |
| David Perron | Andrew Copp, Joe Veleno | 6:41 | 2nd | DET 4 – 0 CGY |
| Lucas Raymond | Moritz Seider | 15:40 | 3rd | DET 5 – 0 CGY |
- The Flames started Jacob Markstrom, and he allowed two goals in quick succession to end the first period, and did the same to open the second. He was pulled from the game after the fourth goal against. At that point, Detroit had only posted 12 shots.
- Daniel Vladar came into the game in relief, which isn’t the greatest way to see action since being injured. By then, it was already too late as the Flames couldn’t muster any comeback attempt.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames opened the game with a flurry of offence while the Red Wings were slower to start. However, Detroit scored right off the faceoff on their first power play opportunity.
- Once the Red Wings got up by four they basically dialed it back and coasted to their win.
- Calgary’s 85 Corsi at all situations is an impressive mark in isolation, but the results were not there. More on this right below.
- So 85 Corsi in which 24 were blocked leaves Calgary with 61 unblocked shot attempts. Based on the shot location plot above, they were not exactly efficient in their offence. Shots came from all over the ice.
- While the Flames did get some high-danger shots off, it was about as random a shot spread as you can get. If the puck was in the offensive zone anywhere, a shot could be taken by the Flames.
- Detroit meanwhile did not have any semblance of a strong offensive game by shot location, but they got five goals. Why fight for harder shots when the easy ones do the trick, right.
5v5 Corsi
- Calgary’s open to the game was really the only good 5v5 bit of action for them. The third period push was good to see for a team looking to cut into a 40 deficit, but it was fruitless for the Flames.
- If the shot locations looked random in all situations, then 5v5 is much much worse. There was virtually no rhyme or reason to Calgary’s offence. Maybe the instructions were “Put the puck on the net, no matter how good or bad the shot is.”
- Detroit’s void on offence at 5v5 is humourous in some ways. Three goals from basically the same location. The last goal by Raymond just capped off the game as the Flames entirely gave up in their defensive zone.
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