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Originally Posted by Pizza
Smith is exactly why we lost
you can argue the 1st or 2nd but that soft 3rd on Smith was the difference in why we lost this by one
Rittich would not have let that 3rd in and would've had is in OT
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Lots of talk about how the refs/Smith lost us the game. Very few posts giving credit to the defending champion Caps. Don't forget there's 21 guys on the other side who are the best in the world at their job playing for a win.
Caps snapped a 7 game losing streak. They were desperate for a win and came fired up against the best team in the West. Tons of credit being given to the Flames on the other broadcast. I'm not surprised the Caps came to play. Kuznetsov had a dominating game. Caps broadcast is saying it was his best game of the season. Caps won most of the little board battles, and are overall much more physical then the Flames. Dmitri Jaskin had a great game.
Was hoping for at least a point, especially after a long break. Unfortunately there's going to be losses like this one. But at least it wasn't to a Western team.