What's going to be lost(and I understand why) is that this was a great bounce back from the shock of Tuesday night. The Flames played well, but Mike Smith didn't. Goals change games, there's no way around that and he let in some real soft ones tonight and it flat out cost them the game.
As much as this sucks, there are still 30 games to go, that's a lot. 2 points out of home ice for the playoffs, which is obviously not much of an advantage, but my point remains. 2 points out of 2nd in the division.
Tonight was a good effort from the guys in front of Smith. Just not from Smith himself. Move on to the next one.
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