The hawks have been competitive in most games. Id say 80-85% of games they have won or been competitive.
Avs, Columbus, Coyotes, and Wings were duds. Then last night.
They were not last night.
You can't point to a single stat that verifies this.
Last 7 games
vs. Jets CF% 43.16 ||| xGF% 52.3 ||| HDCF% 42.86
vs. Wild CF%34.78 ||| xGF% 33.53 ||| HDCF% 26.67
vs. Preds CF% 43.14% ||| xGF% 43.77 ||| HDCF% 57.14
vs. Ducks CF% 37.08 ||| xGF% 35.33 ||| HDCF% 46.67
vs. Blues CF% 40.59 ||| xGF% 40.51 ||| HDCF% 35.00
vs. Caps CF% 48.86 ||| xGF% 38.93 ||| HDCF% 27,78
vs. Oilers CF% 40.82 ||| xGF% 39.59 ||| HDCF% 30.43 (No Seth Jones)
Where exactly did they get worse without Jones? Every game is pretty similar in the advanced stats. If you just look at shots alone, they were even with the Oilers at even strength with 22 each. Last night was one of the better games the coach and players thought they played, did you even watch the game, or just look at the final score?
“It sucks because it stings losing, and losing 4-1, it seems like we might’ve gotten dominated,” forward Jason Dickinson said. “But I really didn’t feel like we were.”
Added coach Luke Richardson: “I thought we did a pretty good job. If you take out the goal that went off Zaitsev’s stick and then [the Oilers’] power-play goal, we were right in that game.”