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Originally Posted by GioforPM

Isn't 4 goals on 41 shots pretty much the standard, if not slightly above? Just going by normal goalie save %. That's a .902%

Anyway, after absorbing the loss my takes are:

I thought each line had its moments. The top line got better as the game wore on, the TBB line pressured at times, Stajan and Chaisson were pretty good together and Backlund's line was fine.

Aside from Grossman and Elliott, there was no standout poor play. Bouma was a little too invisible for me. Monahan was a bit invisible, but he was trying to check McDavid all night. Wideman was better than I feared, Hamilton was OK. In fact, there were more players who played pretty well - Backlund, Frolik, Brouwer had good nights, Gaudreau was starting to play really well, Versteeg was pretty good.

Aside from correctable mistakes (playing Grossman) and bad nights from good players (Elliott), as well as the one horrific reffing sequence which turn the game on its head, the Flames would have won this game. So going forward, I'm not concerned with this one result.

I agree, though I thought Bouma's hits and play to set up the Chiasson goal earned him more than "invisible" status. He just didn't play very many minutes.