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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Good road game, like Gio said. It sounds like the Flames expected a big push from the Canucks off the bat . Arguably that, plus Ras’ penalty, had the Flames not as aggressive in their play. But I thought they played pretty well defensively in that period.
I’ve heard both Nesterov (on the Boeser goal) and Monahan (on his penalty) described as lazy which I think is unfair. Nesterov hustled to try and break up a breakaway by Boeser, and he succeeded. He and Markstrom both brain cramped and must have thought the puck had deflected away. That’s a mistake. It’s not lazy. Similarly, Monahan had moved back to cover D (responsible) and was doing his best to stick with his man. As a forward covering a rushing guy, he was outmatched but I thought he did a pretty good job until his stick got a little tangled, and the Canuck went down pretty easily as well. Not lazy - just caught in a bad spot and he took a penalty. It happens. Ras’ penalty was way worse.
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Ya I believe the rebound actually would have ended up in the slot area for a Flame to clean it up safely but it hit nesterov on his backcheck and then both he and Markstrom lost it from there. Just unlucky more than anything but nobody's fault.