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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Shots were 28 - 28 and the Flames had a 3-2 lead, when Talbot got called for that very suspect tripping call with 2 minutes left in the 2nd period.
After 5 consecutive penalties over the course of the next 14 minutes, the game, and the momentum, were completely changed.
Also, the Flames penalty killers, including Lindholm and all of the D, were exhausted.
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To finish this off, the shots were 42-35 after the penalties.
Then the shots were 8-0 in the last 3-plus minutes, because Ward left one exhausted line out there the entire time.
At the end of regulation, the shots were 50-35, so 22-7 from the tripping call on Talbot until the end of regulation.
In OT, the shots were 12-5, as the D was too tired to get the puck out of their zone.
So the shots were 28-28 for the first 38 minutes, and the score was 3-2 Flames.
Then they were 34-7 for the next 38 minutes, and the score was 3-1 Stars, with the only Flames goal being a shortie.
It was a tale of two games, and of situational stats. You really miss a lot if you simply look at the stat totals and say that the Flames were dominated.