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Clips and Quotes: the Calgary Flames beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 in Game 5, take 3-2 series lead
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After trailing 1-0 through two periods, the Calgary Flames found another gear in the third period of Game 5 against the Dallas Stars. Three unanswered goals powered the Flames to a 3-1 win on home ice and a 3-2 series lead against Dallas.
The recap is here, if you missed it. Here are selected highlights and post-game comments from Wednesday night.
The clips
Blake 'BOOM' Coleman.
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MAMA MIA!
BREAD IS RISING!
The āDome to end Game 5? ELECTRIC!
The quotes
Head coach Darryl Sutter
#Flames head coach Darryl Sutter shares his thoughts on the 3-1 win in Game 5.
On how the game unfolded: āClose game, every game. Every gameās either tied or close in the third period. So, no different than any other one.ā
On the difference from Game 4: āIt was a tight-checking game. Dallas really tightened their game up and we had some guys that werenāt quite ready for that, so we had to do some adjusting, moving around. Close games.ā
On moving Matthew Tkachuk away from Johnny Gaudreau and Elias Lindholm in the third period: āLine had no pace. They were playing a way tighter game. The line had no pace.ā
On Mikael Backlundās play in Game 5: āThe line was really good in the third period. Plus, the penalty kill, right?ā
On having two chances to close out the series: āWell, Game 3ās a lot tougher than winning Game 2. And a lot of our players have never won a Game 3, so Game 4 will be a lot tougher than winning Game 3.ā
Andrew Mangiapane
"It's always great to see the fans outside of the rink, cheering us on. That's awesome. The Red Lot, it's great." Andrew Mangiapane and Mikael Backlund on the energy at the 'Dome and winning Game 5.
On if the team changed anything in the third period: āI donāt think so. I think it was a tight hockey game, itās a tight series. Weāve just got to stick to our game, and not deviate, stay patient with it. Stick to our system and keep grinding them down, and eventually it paid off in the third.ā
Mikael Backlund
On the team being bottled up through two periods: āI think it was lots on us, too. We werenāt close to our best. I donāt know why. They play a tight game. Itās been a tight series the whole five games. If weāre not on our best, weāre not going to create and play in the O-zone and be the better team. So, they have a really good team, thatās just the thing. If weāre not on our toes and not playing the best way that we can, itās going to be in their favour.ā
Dallas head coach Rick Bowness
On how the game got away from them: āThey took it to a better level. We didnāt handle it very well. We stayed with them for two periods, obviously. They cranked it up in the third period.ā
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