It All Comes Down To This

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     This finals series has exceeded all expectations and it has come to a do or die Game 7. Let’s take a look at each game:

Game 1

Goals   1 2 3 OT1 T Helsinki Titans 0 0 1 1 2 Toronto Legion 0 1 0 0 1

Shots   1 2 3 OT1 T Helsinki Titans 12 19 10 3 44 Toronto Legion 3 8 8 0 19

Series – Titans 1 – Legion 0

Game 2

Goals   1 2 3 T Helsinki Titans 2 0 1 3 Toronto Legion 2 2 0 4

Shots   1 2 3 T Helsinki Titans 13 7 8 28 Toronto Legion 11 14 15 40

Series – Titans 1 – Legion 1

Game 3

Goals   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion 2 1 0 3 Helsinki Titans 0 1 0 1

Shots   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion 11 10 6 27 Helsinki Titans 8 13 20 41

Series – Titans 1 – Legion 2

Game 4

Goals   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion 0 0 0 0 Helsinki Titans 1 2 2 5

Shots   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion 4 10 8 22 Helsinki Titans 20 14 19 53

Series – Titans 2 – Legion 2

Game 5

Goals   1 2 3 T Helsinki Titans 0 1 1 2 Toronto Legion 0 0 1 1

Shots   1 2 3 T Helsinki Titans 12 16 6 34 Toronto Legion 10 12 6 28

Series – Titans 3 – Legion 2

Game 6

Goals   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion 2 1 1 4 Helsinki Titans 1 1 1 3

Shots   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion 8 10 6 24 Helsinki Titans 15 13 16 44

Series – Titans 3 – Legion 3

Game 7

Goals   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion ? ? ? ? Helsinki Titans ? ? ? ?

Shots   1 2 3 T Toronto Legion ? ? ? ? Helsinki Titans ? ? ? ?

 

All knotted at three you would think this has been a pretty even series. But when you take a closer look that may not be the case. The Titans are outshooting the Legion 244-160 on the series and have scored 16-13 goals, respectively. The Titans hit pay dirt on 6.6% of their shots while the Legion are scoring on 8.1% of their shots. In the regular season Pepper had a .915 save %, which is on pace with the Legion’s scoring percentage but JHC had a .919 save %, well worse than his current save %.

The Legion have been outshot by more than 10 shots in all but two games- one of which they lead in shots and the other they were outshot by only 6. This gives the Titans 84 extra shots and they have a measly 3 extra goals to show for it. On those additional shots they are only finding the back of the net on 3.6% of those shots.

It sure seems like the Titans should have more goals but STHS has other ideas. At the end of the day, it is called a simulation for a reason.