Absolutely fantastic game to be at - lots of energy in the crowd, entertaining, physical game, and the Flames completely owned the Kings for the entire contest. Great stuff.
I found the line matchups interesting. Gulutzan put Stajan's line up against Kopitar. Kopitar's line definitely had the edge in play, and scored a goal, but Stajan and co held their own.
More importantly, what that did, was allow the other three matchups to all be in the Flames' favour.
He had Backlund against the real #1 line for LA (Carter and that 70s line) and Backlund's line dominated. That right there won them the hockey game.
Then, Monahan's line comes out against - I have no idea who because they never touched the puck - and Gaudreau and Monahan absolutely annihilated them. And kudos to Chiasson as he was fantastic on that line.
Bennett, Lazar and Bouma also played really well. They never lit the lamp but they had chances and they played with energy. I really liked the line and I think there is definitely something to build on with Bennett and Lazar.
I thought Lazar played a simple and solid game and he threw his weight around. I continue to believe this was another wizard-like move from Mr Treliving.
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