Glencross' greatest asset this game was having a face and taking a stick to it.
Terrible game from him, he tries to draw a penalty by sliding around the ice and crying to the ref instead of getting up and back into the play. That leads to a scoring chance for the Wild and a penalty. He takes his own stupid penalty later. Throw in lazy play and no offense and this is up there for his worst game as a Flame.
Giordano started off well, Parise was getting his chances against him and Bouwmeester, but that's Parise. Giordano was playing solid I thought, absolutely saves a goal...and then falls back down and plays pretty badly. It was a bad play to take that penalty, obviously, but I do think someone should have given him a stick. I notice the Flames are much more reluctant to give away their sticks than other teams.
Stupid penalties and terrible power plays really hurt the Flames tonight, Joey MacDonald was great though and got them that point.
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