Calgary Flames’ First Month of 2017 – Recap and Review
By Ramina Shlah
Numbers
We’ll start by looking at how the Calgary Flames did, numbers wise. Like I mentioned, January was not a good month for this team.
The Flames went 5-7-1 and only managed to get 11 points that month. They also at one point had a four-game losing streak where they let in the first four goals in each game. Before the start of allowing those four-goals in four-games, they allowed two or less goals in 18 of their last 25 games. They finally ended that losing streak with an exciting overtime win over the Ottawa Senators to end their month, where they also scored the first goal that game. A feat they haven’t done in ten games before that.
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They also managed to get shut-out twice in January. Before January, they’ve only been shutout one other time in the season.
From the start of the season until the end of December, they had 103 goals-for and 110 goals-against, giving them a goal differential of -7. In January, they had just 29 goals-for and 37 goals-against in 13 games, averaging just 2.2 g/gp. Before that with their 103 goals in 39 games, they weren’t doing a whole lot better, with averaging 2.6 g/gp. However, they were still winning more games. So it doesn’t quite matter how many goals you’re getting, as long as you’re winning games, at the end of the day, that’s all that matters (obviously).