Bennett was 73% in the dot tonight. I think he is also good defensively. Backlund was NOT good defensively to start his career, but he became really good defensively.
People just need some patience when it comes to Bennett. The only criticism I have of him is to watch that line a bit more when it comes to taking penalties. I thought the first one is a good penalty to take - never a bad penalty if it is to help prevent a goal. He got lucky on the Dorsett trip (well, other than Dorsett scoring afterwards) that the refs didn't call him on that.
Flames played much better tonight, but are still allowing a few too many prime chances (at least when they are not on the PK that is - PK is golden). How much better I am not sure since Vancouver kind of sucks now, but they seemed to tighten things up a bit. It is a process. Hopefully when they return from this mini-break they will look much better defensively without drying up the offence.
Nice bounce-back from Smith. I thought he really saved himself some embarrassment on that bouncing puck - he was really sharp there, and sometimes those go in when the goalie isn't so sharp. Played well, so those 5 goals that got by him yesterday are gone. Think that was the right call by Gulutzan.
Jagr's first point. You can see his timing is getting better. Missed that golden chance, but it is getting closer and he is getting better.
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