Although the shot clock would suggest otherwise, it never felt like the Flames were under a complete onslaught. The Kings won the zone time for sure, and I would say Orito made 2 or 3 more huge saves than Quick did.
I talked about this in the thread I made about who the flames are. They block the shooting lanes and passing lanes leading to lots of low quality shots. It's different than Toronto or Colorado because the Flames actually only give up the 8th fewest shots on net in the league (though this nights game is a bad example). You heard Robyn Regehr mention it in the interview that the Flames "collapsed in front of the net like crazy". It sucks the puck carrier into the slot with no net to shoot at. It also lets the defense at the point shoot, but without any good lanes. Ortio needed to be quite good, but not spectacular.
Is still not the best recipe for success because at some point you need to have the puck to score, but the clutch scoring is working for us right now so we'll take it. Remember, the flames aren't set up to compete right now so this is bonus winning and it's delicious
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You absolutely cannot send Ortio back now. The whole "always earned, never given" will mean jack #### if he's sent back now. I don't care who's getting healthy, you have to run with 3 goalies while Ortio is killing it. And if his level of play doesn't have a giant drop off after 10 or more games, Treliving has to decide which goalie to trade. (Likely Ramo since Hiller was "his" guy).
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"I thought it was in, and I waved my arms," Wideman said. "Then they waved it off, and I didn't think that anymore."
Wideman saw a replay on the scoreboard that appeared to show the puck hitting the crossbar, but the Flames' video replay assistant yelled the good news to the bench.
"Usually the shooter has the best view," Calgary coach Bob Hartley said with a grin. "I always look at the one who shoots the puck, but he got to the bench and said, 'No, it wasn't a goal.'"
The Kings brought everything they had and tried to knock the Flames down a notch.
This was a MASSIVE win
one point back of SJ with a game in hand for 3rd in the pacific. Two point behind the Canucks, although the have games in hand. Never give up, never surrender. Still lots of games to play but going into the all-star break in this position feels pretty good.
Not sure why the off ice staff appeared to be screwing around with the shots credited to the Flames. Trying to pad advanced stats or just incompetent? Not sure of the rationale but at the end of the day is pretty goofy.
he can be as sloppy as he wants to be defensively. he's crashing the net on rushes and other ridiculous bad ass stuff that is almost always set up by johhny
start to finish that was a very playoff like game. so awesome
he can be as sloppy as he wants to be defensively. he's crashing the net on rushes and other ridiculous bad ass stuff that is almost always set up by johhny
The only thing I'm not sold on is Gio/Wideman during PP. It seems Gio/Brodie and Russell/Wideman just work.
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exxxxxxcellllent result.
