re: Irving
I agree with some saying that despite his great saves, he looked a little shaky. I think he had 3 saves in the second period where the puck hit him in the pads but he had no idea where it was. Yes, he made those saves, but the body language wasn't positive. I bet that trepidation goes away with some more minutes.
That nitpick aside, I think Irving did what he could. He backstopped the Flames to a 1-0 lead and made multiple good / great saves to give the Flames a chance to establish a two goal lead. Glencross and Comeau had great chances to put the Flames up 2-0, but failed to score.
Playing against a top team on the road, he basically shut the door for just about half the game and gave his team multiple redemptions to add a second goal to their cushion. Hard to ask for more at this stage.
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