Since the end of November, the Calgary Flames powerplay success has skyrocketed from the start of the season. Since the beginning of December until now, they’re first overall on the PP with 32.0%.
A big reason for this recent success? The 3M line, better known as the line with Matthew Tkachuk, Mikael Backlund, and Michael Frolik. But for some reason, the Flames coaching staff still has them as the second PP unit.
I remember specifically, there was one game where the first PP unit was on and the powerplay was going terribly and I tweeted out, “This pp is so bad to watch.