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Originally Posted by icarus
The failure of the Flames to score on their 5-on-3 is what I consider to be the turning point in the series, i.e. the moment when the outcome of the series was all but assured.
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I would say the turning point of that series was when the puck dropped in game 1 and the Flames were clearly outmatched, outclassed and outsized throughout the entire series. That moment in game 4 wouldn't have mattered, even if we scored and somehow won that game. We still wouldn't have beaten the Ducks in their home (and at this rate probably never will).
The Ducks were the better team, plain and simple. Maybe a redo with a healthy Gio, a fully healthy Ferland and additions like Hamilton and Frolik would have made a difference. But either way, the Flames were completely outmatched that series and quite frankly were lucky it wasn't a 4 game sweep if not for Gaudreau's last minute goal in game 3.
And as Strange Brew said, imagine trying to get a player off the ice in order for the goalie to get back when the penalty expires. Suddenly it goes from a 6 on 3, to a 6 on 4, to a 6 on 5. Chaos. Imagine if the other team somehow scored while trying to make that happen. We'd be blaming Hartley for the loss.