A little sobering that the Avs handled the Flames without MacKinnon and Landeskog. To their credit they played the perfect road game that was a complete 180 from Saturday night. This is the kind of game the Flames should expect to see in the playoffs and while a lot of people will talk about the 1st line not getting it done the reality is that opposing teams in the playoffs are going to make things difficult for that line and for the Flames to have any sort of playoff success we need to see a lot more from the likes of Backlund, Coleman, and Mangiapane. This was a game where the team needed secondary scoring and it's just not there right now as Coleman and Mangiapane in particular have been extremely streaky offensively and Backlund hasn't really got into gear all season on the scoresheet.
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