It's nice to see them as Sutter puts it 'comfortable playing in one goal games'. fingers crossed for another win tonight.
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Disraeli
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Scratch that. I'll take a 7-0 win please and thank you
The Red slot was fun last night. It would’ve been a whole lot more fun of the flames had actually scored a goal!
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Very nervous about tonight, the Flames playoff gremlins are very much alive and well! What the Flames need to do is absolutely steamroll Dallas tonight, shake Oettenger's confidence and get some back for our offense.
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
We don't need to steamroll Dallas. What we need is a solid 60 minutes and more traffic in front of the net. Oettinger's making too many easy saves and the Flames need to keep leads when they have them.
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Every game so far the rebounds have been there, Ottenger is a young goalie and the pucks come off him like crazy, Sutter shuffled the lines hopefully to drum up that net front presence.
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First line needs to step up and a lot of that rests in Chucky not spending all game look for fights, and Johnny getting in the gritty areas despite his size.
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First line needs to step up and a lot of that rests in Chucky not spending all game look for fights, and Johnny getting in the gritty areas despite his size.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
The rebounds are there, but the Dallas D keep the Flames forwards out of there long enough to clear it away. Flames need to find a way to pull the D out of position so they can get more chances from in the slot.
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October
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They managed that last game and that's how the lindholm goal came about, need more of it. We were great at doing it during the season with the amount of cycling we did in the opponent's zone.
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October
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Massive win tonight, franchise record for shots on goal in a non OT playoff game too, hopefully this is our turning point.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Much better tonight, Oettinger was amazing but the Flames smothered him in shots. Stone had 8 in his first game tonight!
Myles86
Active Member
Huge goal on the penalty shot by Johnny too to prove he can be clutch in the playoffs. Definitely a massive statement to all the doubters
Disraeli
Active Member
Stone was great out there!
The Flames have outplayed the Stars the entire series but haven't got the results. The Stars have no business winning this series. It is time to put them away
Cyric
Active Member
Oettinger has been incredible this series and is the key reason it has been so tight, shots have significantly favoured the flames but they just can't get anything by him.
Game 1 shots: 26-16
Game 2 shots: 29-23
Game 3 shots: 41-32
Game 4 shots: 54-35
Total: 150-106
Goals: 7-7
Game 1 shots: 26-16
Game 2 shots: 29-23
Game 3 shots: 41-32
Game 4 shots: 54-35
Total: 150-106
Goals: 7-7
It's been frustrating to watch the Flames outplay the Stars, only to have the series tied 2-2. This might be good for the Flames though, especially if they make it to the next round and have more space to move around.
One thing the Stars have been good at it is clogging up the area in front of their net. Rebounds are getting swallowed up, cross passes aren't making it through, and their goaltending has been great.... basically stifling, yet the Flames still have a couple of wins. The defensive play of the Flames has been key. In many other series they would be up 3-1 or would have taken it by now.