Elliot's goaltending, if you can call it that, eventually knocked the wind out of this team.
After the first, the Flames continued playing their game and were rewarded for it and immediately took back control of the game.
The second was also garbage. That, combined with the timing of it gave the Ducks an in and new hope for the third period.
The third was a complete stinker of a call by the Official and Toronto. You just knew by the length of time it took, they were going to #### us over on the decision.
We didn't recover from the decision and the knowledge that our goalie was weak.
After the third there seemed an inevitability that unless something was done by the coaching staff, the equaliser was coming.
So why didn't Gulutzan do something and pull a goalie whose head was clearly not in the right place?
It could also have given new energy to the team.
Bad goaltending, bad coaching and whatever you want to say about the officiating completely negated what was otherwise a good disciplined performance by the team.
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