I actually don't hang this loss on Wolf. The only bad goal he gave up was when he hesitated and then gave the puck away to Benn. Everything else was deflections or just good shots. He had some really great saves.
I thought the Flames' effort was high, and this is why the game was tied. Dallas just cranked it up a notch, and that's the real difference IMO. This is why the Flames are at the start of a rebuild - they don't have the goal scoring ability that Dallas does. When a good team matches the Flames' effort, this is the expected outcome.
Outside of having discipline issues tonight (and spotty reffing), I thought the Flames played a fairly good game overall start to finish. Just over-matched.
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