Easily the worst game of Gaudreau's career, but I blame Hartley more than anyone. Lets put small players who have been fighting the puck lately up against big, highly skilled players out for defensive zone faceoffs over and over. Recipe for disaster.
That said, and while Gaudreau's lazy penalty turned the game on its ear, that was a team loss. After we gave the Ducks the chance to take control, we never got it back. A shame, because that first half of the game was very well played by the Flames.
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