Hopefully this game makes the Flames re-set their standard about how they need to play. Their regular season best effort isn't enough, but play like this and they shouldn't need much luck going forward (because they haven't had just about any so far).
This was basically a must win game and they rose to the challenge. Next game is almost the same, and I'd be much happier if the Flames could just close this series out the next time they go to Texas.
Markstrom solid. Beyond solid, made a lot of really sneaky hard saves.
Top line going well again. Lack of 4 on 4 helped.
Opened up odd man rushes finally.
JG balls of steel to try that move with Adrenalin pumping…it takes subtle patience to pull it off.
Lucic and Lewis absolutely fantastic. Toffoli played more energized because he had a center(Lucic) that could get him a puck.
Backlund terrible. Dallas 1st period cross bar was him missing and letting his defenseman skate up main street.
Incredibly selfish penalty for elbowing, lead to Dallas PP goal.
If you look back the game, look at the effort at 3:20 left when Toffoli makes a safe PP play behind the net. Backlund isn’t in position nor really hustles to try and get position or the puck, Dallas clears.
Next time up ice 15 seconds later, he watches the puck in no man’s land and doesn’t cover Andersson and then let’s Pavelski skate right past him, and takes another penalty because of his laziness. Just ridiculous.
Required win and Flames dominated, yet again.
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