Games like these are exactly the reason the Flames are a mediocre hockey team and have been the past couple seasons. We have zero ability to put teams away when we have the chance.
When you're in one-goal games essentially every night it's almost impossible to be an above average team. Some teams do it for stretches, but they come crashing back down to earth when the timely goal scoring dries up. Good teams don't consistently show any ability to have better records in close games - good teams simply have better records in 2+ goal games. They put teams away when the opportunity is there and don't leave the opposition one bounce or chance away from tying it in the third.
The two third period comebacks this weekend were refreshing, but at we see tonight it just evens itself out. Until this team shows any ability to win a game where they take a 2+ goal lead in the second period and just ride it out the rest of the way they aren't a team any different than the past three seasons.
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