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Originally Posted by Karl
Before that 1st Oilers goal Rieder had a great opportunity to clear the puck from the D zone, but instead sloppily turned it over right to Nurse. That led to extra O zone time for the Oilers.
Then one of the Flames iced the puck when trying to pass it to Rieder, who got taken down by an Oiler D-man.
Then Rieder gets beat on the faceoff clean as a whistle, which leads to that quick strike 1st Oiler goal where Hamonic & Buddy couldn't react in time after Rieder's comprehensive faceoff fail to stop it.
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Fine. But he was also put against McDavid a bit and dealt with it, killed penalties well and played well in limited time after that. Plus I’m not sure how the icing is on him when got interfered with.
The zone clearances were the Flames’ worst plays in general tonight, by several guys, including Tkachuk, Backlund, and a few others.