Beyond the Boxscore: Calgary Flames get blown away by the Carolina Hurricanes

Taken By Chance – Deep within the numbers hid a real positive that was kind of surprising to find. New guy Daniil Miromanov (42.00 SCF% // 79.05 HDCF%) had the biggest disparity in terms of high danger looks… on the positive side of the puck. Amidst back-to-back dud games the new guy nobody really new about has stood out as a positive contributor. Good early start for him as the team plays its worst hockey since the bad start of the season. If you hear anyone using the Flames young D as an excuse just a reminder the guy struggling against the top competition is Rasmus Andersson (33.61% // 8.69%) who doesn’t look himself. 10 high danger looks against while seeing involvement in just 1 himself.

xG Breakdown – 

xGF% – Joel Hanley (68.09%) and Daniil Miromanov (56.87%) are examples of still being subjected to the mass amount of shot attempts against but being able to limit their danger quality and get a bit for their team as well. A bright spot in the middle of a dark afternoon. I could go on and talk about everyone else but it’s not going to do any good. When you ask for a team to restructure sometimes games like this will occur – so long as the rebound game shows the team can get back to the compete, they’ve shown the prior 60 games there is nothing to worry about.

Game Flow – 

Game Score –

Shot Heatmap – 

In The Crease – Dan Vladar hadn’t played too much of late after that run of games filling in for a brief Markstrom injury. This one wasn’t on him, but he also didn’t do a fine job of stopping shots from distance. There were five goals at 5v5 from outside the dangerous area in front of the crease. The best thing to do with this game is burn the tape.  

The Goals – 

Flashalytic’s 3 Stars – 

1) Dryden Hunt

2) Daniil Miromanov

3) Kevin Rooney

(Stats compiled from Naturalstattrick.com // Game Score from Hockeystatcards.com // xG and Under Pressure charts from HockeyViz.com // Game Flow and Shot Heatmap from NaturalStatTrick.com)