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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I'm happy that the Flames won last night as I was at the game. But I just don't know what happened to the team last night after the first period. They were dominating and playing great in the first and I think they had 15 or 17 shots or something. They came out pretty flat in the second and either tried to maintain their lead by not being aggressive or Anaheim figured out how to beat the Flames system. The Flames, and pretty much any team, can't expect to win a game by playing one period.
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One tam simply cannot dominate all night. There is too much parity. Look at the game in Anaheim a little while ago: the Ducks dominated the 1st (thoroughly), yet the Flames dominated the 2nd. And then the Ducks dominated the 3rd again.
Both teams are trying to win. And momentum changes.
I was actually quite happy with the flames' effort int the 2nd. The special teams lost them the momentum for sure (which was not good), but the effort was there and whenever there were stretches of 5 on 5, the Flames seemed to take over again.
The Flames' brutal PP, and the weak shorty, changed the game. If that shorty doesn't go in, I think Smith pitches a shutout. Once it did, you knew the momentum was fully with the Ducks.
But the Flames persevered. And that is the important thing.
I really think many fans' expectations are way too high.