Yep, game went pretty much exactly as I stated in my pre-series post.
- Top line was dominant
- Backlund line looked equally dominant which greatly improves the Flames chances to take this series
- Andersson-Hanifin pairing was much better tonight than at any point in the Stars series, especially Andersson
- Oilers’ could not withstand Flames’ heaviness and physicality and their inability to break out of the zone caused all kinds of turnovers for the Flames
- Key to defending McDavid is to make him defend instead and if I’m not mistaken, he ended up on the ice for 5 goals against. Like the odds of winning a game when that occurs
- Hope the team can continue to stay disciplined though and hopefully Markstrom finally finds his game against the Oilers, just seems like he’s always getting lit up by these guys
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