[Game Takes] Flames 3 Flyers 2 (OT)

[Bingo]

Game Takes:
Flames 3 Flyers 2 (OT)

- Flames a sloppy effort
- two own goals
- Tkachuk two points including the third period tying goal and OT assist

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Game Takes:
Flames 3 Flyers 2 (OT)

- Flames a sloppy effort
- two own goals
- Tkachuk two points including the third period tying goal and OT assist

Nice write up.

Totally agree on the Simmonds acting. Also agree that Rittich stopped everything he should have, and the Flyers don’t score either without the help of the Flames.

A few other things I noticed. For a pretty ugly game, lots of really nice moments.

- Flames PK in the first period - Janko and Hamonic, mainly, held the puck on the boards for about 30 seconds starting at 4:20 left in the period, while the ref was yelling to move it. Impressive

- Contribution of the D : Hanifin on Tkachuk’s goal.
Obviously Brodie’s winner was great read, skating and hustle. Also, great play by Hanifin on Tkachuk’s tying goal to be aggressive, forcing the D to come back and cover him, creating room in the high slot for Tkachuk to get open and to turn and position himself for the shot

- On Rittich’s gaffe, love the way everybody handled it
- Rasmus - the broadcast showed he gave a pat on the head to Rittich after the coughup
- Rittich noted that Smitty has talked to him in the past about puck handling. Paraphrasing, it is something that you should do, and sometimes mistakes happen, but as long as it’s not common, then it is a risk you can live with and get over.
-Tkachuk noted that they wanted to get it back for Rittich.
- Rittich afterwards when asked if he talked to Tkachuk after tying it back up and what he said : ‘Probably Thanks, bro. I love you’. Something like that. Haha.

- Loubo is a good guy. While they put up a horrifying montage of Smith goals against, he stood there and defended him.

- Guy Gaudreau - hey man, OT was starting. Awesome

- in the celebratory scrum after the OT winner, one thing is that the scrum was great, and also if you look, Rittich had a whole bunch of trapper in Brodie’s face. Love it.

[Enoch Root]

Good write up, as always.

Rittich was great, despite the gaff, which he should never have played. The D would have easily won the race for the puck. As a Dman myself, I always found it difficult when the goalie played the puck because I was never sure what he was going to do with it. I always found it froze the D and gave the advantage to the attacking forwards. When the goalie is as good as Smith, then great. But for most goalies, I always felt like: just stay out of the way!

As for the game, I thought it was a really gutsy effort. Obviously they were exhausted and had nothing. They couldn't make a pass, which resulted in lots of turnovers and lots of possession time for Philly, which only made things worse for themselves. On top of that, they gift Philly two goals. And they got no breaks from the refs. Yet they never quit. Despite all of the available excuses, they put their heads down and kept going.

And nothing epitomized that more than Brodie's effort on the game winner. You could actually see the pain in his legs as he busted his ass up ice. It was very satisfying to see him finish it because he - and they - deserved it, strictly from their efforts.

The way they stick with it, the way they backcheck, the skating, the offensive creativity... this team is really easy to like. Just the polar opposite of last year. Again, this game epitomized that - they had nothing, yet they found a way to give us an entertaining win.

[Bingo]

Yeah with the never give up shtick they have this year you'd have to think they won't be an easy out in a 7 game series.

[psyang]

I wouldn't say Rittich earned a "shutout" as it was his mistake that led to the second goal. In the same way, I've always thought a run scored due to an error by the pitcher should count against his ERA. But maybe that's just me.

[Brick]

3rd game in 3.5 days...great to see them pull out the win...