Tampa is a great team, and it showed this afternoon.
However, Flames didn't do themselves any favours. Score I felt somewhat flattered the Flames as they got two squeakers past Vasilevski.
I don't think Rittich was bad. How many grade-A point-blank saves is he required to make to pull out a win?
Flames were chasing the game, yet still got out-scored and, IMO, greatly out-chanced. Tampa had way too many clean looks from in-tight on Rittich.
This team is playing slow out there. I can't even say that they didn't play without effort. They showed both a tonne of emotion and effort, but they just couldn't sustain much outside of a few flurries and Monahan's goal. They had some quality offensive zone time, but weren't able to turn that time into QUALITY chances. Tampa did.
Tampa defended better, and they transitioned better, and they generated better, and they out-scored Calgary. That's the game.
And yes, how on Earth does an NHL head coach not call a time-out with under a minute left? Give your team a chance to win at least.
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