Look this was a blow out disguised as a fairly close score. But the Flames owned almost every aspect of the Oilers. The Oilers lost every puck battle to the bigger Flames. They didn't get a lot of continuous pressure in the Flames zone.
This game was close because of some unbelievable luck by the Oilers and really bad goaltending by Markstrom.
Now I don't have the stats but I think its rare that Markstrom plays two bad games in a row. However Smith with his hot and cold tends to go on streaks so Woodcroft is going to be losing sleep on his goaltending.
This game should have been 9 or 10 to two except against bad goaltending on the Flames and some really good saves by Koskinen.
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