The Flames started okay but than things kind of fell apart. I thought those first 2 penalty calls against Valimaki and Lindholm were marginal weak calls. Later on when the game was already over, Mangiapane with a clearly blatant high stick didn't get called.
I also didn't like the line combos with bottom 6 players up on the first 2 lines. When the game was 3-0 halfway through, they should have just gone with 3 lines, play your best players!
The only forward over 20 minutes ice time was Lindholm. Monahan, Gaudreau and Tkachuck can easily play more, yeah I get special teams and everything but still.
I would also break up Nesterov and Valamaki, or at least try it.
Habs are a good team though so hopefully the Flames will have a bounce back game.
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