LA just played a very safe, boring, defensive game and capitalized on the chances the Flames gave them. Flames with a more flubbed passes and giveaways than usual last night and it cost us. Must be a frustrating game for guys like Johnny, but credit the Kings for playing a system that gets them very boring wins while some of their top guys are dealing with injuries.
I think what might be getting lost in all this talk about the lack of secondary scoring is that even with the entire bottom nine being relatively snake bit, we still only lost by one goal in each of the last two games, and the Flames were not on their A-game.
I have no doubt the team will get back to their dominant ways come the playoffs, this last stretch of games is all about securing enough points for home ice and staying healthy (knock on wood). Hopefully we see more of a return to form on Saturday though. My money is on Sutter throwing his lines back into the blender to get guys going offensively.
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