0 — the number of teams remaining in the NHL playoffs that have been worse on special teams this year than the Montreal Canadiens, the Flyers’ first-round opponent.
The Canadiens, as we’ve discussed here before, were actually a pretty strong team when it came to controlling the run of play at 5-on-5 this season. Most team-level possession metrics had them as a top-5 squad in the NHL. So how did they end up as the 24th team in the standings, the literal last team to make it into the tournament?