Flames are losing in large measure because the Oilers are the ones playing with more tenacity, and they have been much better defensively. Markstrom hasn't been perfect, but it is the Flames being lost in their own zone that cost them last game, and so far this game. If you were to tell me that the Oilers are the team that will look much better defensively, I would have laughed. Now, a lot of this is because of McDavid and co. (and mostly McDavid), but the overall the Flames have been terrible defensively.
Also, the refs suck. I never complain about reffing, but they have been brutal. That dive by Draisaitl should never have been called. That's just an embarrassing mistake on the part of the refs, but I haven't seen them make up for it.
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