Flames Scoring Chances Game 46 – versus Montreal

 

 

 

Another odd one, with Calgary falling behind by a wide margin thanks to a combination of being marginally outplayed, some bad bounces and mediocre goaltending. They reeled things in a bit starting in the second and managed to tie things thanks to, well…some bounces and marginal goaltending. They never deserved to be behind by 4 at any point, but were also technically lucky to come back to tie things, so it sort of all evened out by the end of the night.

Calgary first line and the usually steady Mark Giordano had a pretty rough first half of the game, but the big guns were full value as things went along, especially in the third. The Jokinen, Bourque and Kotalik trio were underwater in terms of possession and chances, but were absolutely buried by Sutter in terms of zone starts and match-ups so their performance isn’t terrible considering.

Kipper hasn’t been able to buy a bounce recently, with a couple of odd deflections counting against him again. That said, he kinda lost his net on both the Cammalleri and Kostitsyn goals so he’s not completely without blame.