Interesting looking at the TOI.
The Flames are down to 4 top-4 d-men.... Brodie and Gio get 30 minutes, Hamilton and Wideman 20 and Engelland / smid 10..... Having 4 rather than 5 in the top-4 makes it simpler to manage....
The top line of Hudler - Monahan and Gaudreau 20 -23 and 23 minutes each. Monahan took 28 out of 58 face offs
With Jones getting hurt early one would expect that Frolik would be picking up some of the available ice time, but he only got 14 minutes.
Backlund was basically 4th lined with only a bit over 11 minutes ... the same as Granlund with Granlund getting a bit more TOI in the 3rd period.
The goat of the game (Colborne) had the 4th most ice time of the Flames forwards with 17:45 with over 7 minutes in the 3rd period. Flames coaches obviously had a different view of the game.
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