The curse lives for another day. So f'n frustrating.
Flames beat themselves in this game and completely wasted an excellent performance by Elliott. I thought they looked good for long stretches in the 1st and most of the 2nd period, and they seemed to take over when they took the 2-1 lead. Unfortunately that idiotic line change took the wind out of their sails and completely wrecked their focus. Things just seemed to snowball from there with all the stupid penalties, and they just couldn't recover.
The lack of urgency in the 3rd when only down by a goal was pretty telling. Flames looked way too tentative and played like they were afraid to make a mistake. Their inability to capitalize on the 5 on 3 was incredibly disappointing.
The good:
Elliott
Ferland
Versteeg
Gio
Stone
Monahan
The bad:
everyone else.
Need a much better game from everyone on Saturday if they want a hope in hell of earning a split. And fer f--- sakes, stay out of the damn box. Otherwise, this series is gonna be over in 5. (Flames will win at least one game at the Dome)
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