I thought the Flames PP looked good early as they were generating chances and maintaining the offensive zone. Maybe later it looked more disjointed but that was likely because they were frustrated with the outstanding goaltending and were trying to do too much.
Stewart looked mostly unnoticeable outside of his few one touch passes that he was trying to feed his linemates on. I thought it worked on the Monahan chance but after that it was a little too cute and mostly ineffective. He's nice to have, for free, as he is likely an upgrade on Hathaway and anyone on the 4th line but he isn't going to be a saviour of any sorts.
Frustrating game, Hitchcock coached teams usually result in such. Especially when the goalie is on another level like Bishop was tonight.
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