I think the play of the flames in first periods vs the rest of the game has to do with how the team plays once it scores. The Reason this team comes back so often when down by a couple goals is cause once the flames get a goal they gain momentum and follow it up with 1-2 more in short order. I think hiller (and to a lesser extent ramo) tends to be less sharp early in games. So goals are going in earlier in the games against the flames and they have to work to get momentum back.
I find the flames usually start well in the first few shifts of the game but rarely score. Then the other team goes and scores on their first decent opportunity. This happened last night as well. Not blaming hiller... Just a combination of the flames being a momentum-driven team and hiller starting slow in most games.
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