Islanders deserve some credit for playing a perfect road game. But the Flames were asleep for the first two periods, which essentially cost them the game. A few things to work on going forward:
1) Fix the damn PP.
2) Inject some more urgency into their play for the start of the game. They've really struggled in first periods over the last little while, and they need to work harder at getting that first goal instead of constantly playing from behind.
Other than that, I'm not too upset about this one. Learn from it and move on.
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