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Originally Posted by browna
No idea why Backlund gets a pass and so much ice time. 20 minutes tonight.
He made a terrible pass across the ice to the bench to Hamonic who was trying to get off. It forced Hamonic back in his own zone. Flames were then scrambling and tired, and the next outlet pass was icing. Backlund lost the subsequent draw. And then lost his man who scored the second goal.
Missed a wide open net in the second. Wide open.
Took a terrible lazy tripping call in the offensive zone. Ducks score on the PP with the GWG.
Coasts back late in the third, so close to Fowler he can smell his breath but didn’t hit him or try to check him and Fowler gets a pass through to a Duck for a breakaway.
Somehow Backlund gets rewarded by stepping on the ice with JG hurt.
He hears foot steps and before worried about getting hit gives the puck away in the Ducks zone to no one. The worst forward on the ice at a -2.
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it was not a great game by backlund.
flames outchanced the ducks 34 to 22 and had 17 high danger chances to the ducks' 9. one goalie faced 38 shots and let in 2. the other goalie faced 24 and let in 3. backlund's off night was not the flames' biggest problem or the difference tonight.