[PGT] Markstrom with a 37-save shutout over Montreal!

[zamler]

I have nothing bad to say giving up zero goals means it was a perfect night.

[Groot]

They just faced the team with the highest win %, highest goals differential, and no regulation losses, and beat them 2-0.

Great game

[AustinL_NHL]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Jeeze the team comes off three tough losses when they deserved points in two of them and have to play the hottest team in the division again on the road, shut them out and still not good enough in the view of many.

Tough crowd.

That's where most of my frustration comes from.

Overall this season the Flames have played great hockey. During the 3 consecutive losses, they truly deserved much better than 0 points.

Then they come out after holding a players-only meeting and despite showing much more emotion, play arguably their worst game of the season and rely on Markstrom for a heroic performance for the 2 points.

Showing emotion is great. Playing quality hockey is much more important. They only displayed one of those tonight, and it definitely wasn't playing quality hockey. They need to play the quality hockey they were playing for the majority of the losing streak and implement emotion into that.

If they come out of today's game thinking "That's how we gotta play from now on", I wouldn't be confident at all as a Flames fan.

It's great they got the 2 points. It's great that they showed emotion. It's also very arguable that they deserved a lucky win after unluckily coming away with 0 points the last 3 games. But anyone who thinks they actually deserved to win that game is out to lunch.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Groot

They just faced the team with the highest win %, highest goals differential, and no regulation losses, and beat them 2-0.

Great game

But it wasn’t perfect.

Grade: F-

[CsInMyBlood]

Jacob Markstrom ladies and gentlemen. Such a nice gift from the Vancouver Canucks.

Loved Backlund vs. Gallagher tonight from the opening whistle. The faceoff head battles, Gallagher baiting then embellishing on Backlunds crosscheck. The guy is a super pest on Matthew's level.

Perfect that the empty netter was a little payback with Backlund faking the shot on Gallagher before scoring.

The Flames had 33 shots on goal, this wasn't some one sided game. Great goaltending from both guys.

[Anti-Hero]

Much better effort from the Flames tonight, though likely a different game without Markstrom. I really liked Dube and Anderson's games tonight, thought they both played really well.

[djsFlames]

BT needs to send a thank you card and gift basket to Jim Benning.

[Flame On]

Great game, and they totally played well enough to deserve the great performance by Markstrom.

[jg13]

Markstrom is the nicest gift from the Canucks since Tkachuk. Then before that, Andersson.

[Beatle17]

Originally Posted by calgaryred

Im happy they won not every game is enjoyable, they blocked shots and played great 2006 hockey. Just don't enjoy games where the D plays hard and the O has no finish. Montreal played good in the 2nd other then that they were boring to watch as well. Hope the next game is better

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But they had better finish than Montreal right?

[Lanny_McDonald]

Vancouver certainly has found some interesting ways to make the Flames a better team.

[Calgary4LIfe]

Last night, I was feeling this thinking about tonight's game:



This morning, I started feeling this:



Now, I bet half of the Calgary Flames feel like this with their shot blocking tonight:



Ugly win, but a win is a win and worth 4 points every game this season. Markstrom really stole this one and earned his paycheque tonight, but so did a lot of players throwing their bodies in front of pucks. Ugly win, but a win is something to build of off and hopefully get this team on a rhythm.


Good team win in supporting one another throughout the game. You can't count on Markstrom on bailing you out every game, but having him allows this team to reset a bit and gain some much needed confidence and rhythm.



On to the next one!

[calgaryred]

Originally Posted by Beatle17

But they had better finish than Montreal right?

Yup Montreal as I said were boring

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[GioforPM]

Really good games from Dube, Bennett, Leivo, Monahan and the entire defence. And Markstrom of course.

[Rollin22x]

They win so it’s a good game. Little improvements, I didn’t see any 2 on 1 break aways, no brutal giveaways in our end and it wasn’t an easy night for Allen.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

That picture makes me sad, I really liked her work.

Agreed, I was so sad when I heard that. I had a crush on her after Just Married

[shadowlord]

I don't know how people can say that this was our worst game. Did you even watch our previous game against MTL? The 4-2 final score was flattering to the Flames, because basically that was 4-0 game for 58 minutes.

Tonight may not have been our best game of the season, but we allowed ZERO goals. Yes, Markstrom made the saves, but the goalie is just as much a part of the team as any other player.

I thought our D played well enough that there were hardly any dangerous second-chances. That replay of Rasmus boxing out a player at the side of net as the puck slid across the crease was one such example.

It's one win to stop a 3-game losing streak. Now we build upon it, correct the mistakes (hint: discipline) and build it into a winning streak.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Rollin22x

They win so it’s a good game. Little improvements, I didn’t see any 2 on 1 break aways, no brutal giveaways in our end and it wasn’t an easy night for Allen.

There was a 3 on 1 and MTL missed the net on the shot.

[Rollin22x]

Originally Posted by calgaryred

Yup Montreal as I said were boring

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A result of Calgary’s play as much as anything.

[Rollin22x]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

There was a 3 on 1 and MTL missed the net on the shot.

Thanks. I missed a small part of the game. Dinner with the family.