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Originally Posted by browna
He made so key saves after the Flames got unorganized losing Hamonic in the first. But which goals did he look bad on? Petterson was top shelf having all day to walk-in.
Second has a shot blocked in front of him leading to a guy wide open on the side.
3rd was 3 guys out of the zone before the puck, left 2 on 0 against him when it didn’t clear.
A speed Move by Virtanen against a tired Gio where maybe he could’ve saved that.
So that’s 1 of 4 thst he could’ve done better on. Nowhere near a talking point.
I think the Flames didn’t have to play any bit better, and just got 1/3 of the bounces Vancouver got and it would’ve been 6-4 Flames. Canucks were over matched in most of the second and 3/4 of the third and hung on for dear life.
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The first one looked stoppable. I thought he challenged the shooter with his glove and got beat, instead of staying square. On the second goal, he commits to the shooter in front, goes down while the canuck passes to open to the player on the open side. He has no way to get to that side because he wasn't following the puck, instead commits and is facing the wrong way. Pretty sure that 3 save was a rebound off smith straight to the Canuck player who then passes it for a quick tap in? I am probably being a bit critical, I just think when smith is on his game he makes those saves.