Stats!
First off…
LET’S GO FLYERS
Now that that’s out of my system, let’s get down to some Saturday morning statistical analysis!
The habs’ success story is obviously Halak. But before we talk about the obvious, let’s take a look at the Hab’s scoring.
Cammaleri and Gionta are definitely scary, scoring 18 points (!) and 12 points, respectively. But if you look at scoring depth, the Habs have nothing on the flyers. Cammaleri and Gionta combined have scored nearly HALF of all the habs’ goals (19 of 40). Furthermore, only 3 players have scored 4 goals or more. To put this stat into perspective, the Flyers have FIVE players with 4 or more goals
If the Flyers can neutralize one or both of Cammaleri and Gionta, we have a significant chance of taking the habs’ scoring out of the game. I’m confident this can happen, because the habs have never seen anything like the densive powerhouse the flyers put out with the likes of Richards, Pronger and Kimmo.
Halak has been a BEAST. ‘Dude hasn’t allowed 3 or more goals in the month of May. In his last 10 games he’s had a 1.96 GAA and .946 save percentage. That’s freaking incredible.
So it looks like we’re in for a low scoring series. If the Flyers can hold the habs to 3 or less goals, we got the series. If not, we’ll have to find a way around the Halak-monster.
