Thoughts on the first period:
Great first few minutes up until the Hamilton goal. Then they backed off and got overconfident. The Sens started reading all the breakouts and the Flames were hemmed in.
Pretty even until the Tkachuk penalty. Clean face-off win for Ottawa and a tip shot and we're tied. Take another penalty in the offensive zone a few minutes later...same story. Special teams letting us down at the moment.
After those power play goals they looked like they did early in the season. No urgency, no awareness, confused and disorganized play. Elliott doing his best to keep the team calm until they turned it around late in the period.
This is going to happen at times, but they can't get so out of sorts when things don't go their way. Mental resiliency needs to be better.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
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