I'm a believer in the "Wideman effect". The statistics are overwhelming evidence to support that the officials started calling more penalties on the Flames after the incident. However I don't feel the "Wideman effect" has played any role in this series at all. Flames were undisciplined in the first two games and deserved most of the penalties and lets be honest you can go into any post game thread for any NHL losing team and see plenty of fans blaming the officials. It's just the way it is when your team loses a close game. I don't think Toronto has done a great job in the replay rulings in games 2 and 3 but knowing how inconstant they are it's not exactly a shock that we would be unhappy with their rulings.
The Flames have been done in by different things over the three games whether it be poor discipline, poor goaltending, or simply bad luck but the Ducks are playing a role in this and they have been calm, cool, never panicking when behind and never handing the Flames easy goals. They are simply a little better at everything right now from coaching to goaltending.
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