<p>After two decisive wins over the Montreal Canadiens this weekend, the Calgary Flames just couldn&#8217;t close out the sweep. The Flames&#8217; playoff hopes took a big hit via a 2-1 loss to Montreal on Monday night.</p>
<p>Here are some selected quotes from the post-game media addresses.</p>
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<h2><strong>Darryl Sutter</strong></h2>
<p><em>Sutter noted what the difference was in such a close game.</em></p>
<blockquote><p>It was really close game between two pretty structured teams. They scored a power play goal, we scored a power play goal. They scored late in the second and hang on to the lead. Pretty even game.</p></blockquote>
<h2><strong>Mark Giordano</strong></h2>
<p><em>Giordano explained what happened on the go-ahead goal for Montreal late in the second period.</em></p>
<blockquote><p>We were playing a good game. Again, it&#8217;s a 1-1 game and from what I remember a lot of different things happened for them to get into our zone. In our zone it was just a little bit of a bounce to the slot for them, they got a couple whacks and rebound pop play really to one of their guys after Marky made a huge save. So it was a tough sequence for us, but again, when you come into a game like this, it&#8217;s got that playoff atmosphere, it&#8217;s going to be low-scoring, little things mean the difference.</p></blockquote>
<h2><strong>Sean Monahan</strong></h2>
<p><em>Monahan discussed the team&#8217;s belief that they can still go on a run towards the post-season.</em></p>
<blockquote><p>We&#8217;ve gotta maintain that. Our mindset is to win every game and our next game in Edmonton, it&#8217;s a new day and we&#8217;ve got to get those two points. The belief&#8217;s still here and that&#8217;s our main focus here as a group.</p></blockquote>

After two decisive wins over the Montreal Canadiens this weekend, the Calgary Flames just couldn't close out the sweep. The Flames' playoff hopes took a big hit via a 2-1 loss to Montreal on Monday night.

Here are some selected quotes from the post-game media addresses.


<h2><strong>Darryl Sutter</strong></h2>
<em>Sutter noted what the difference was in such a close game.</em>
<blockquote>It was really close game between two pretty structured teams. They scored a power play goal, we scored a power play goal. They scored late in the second and hang on to the lead. Pretty even game.</blockquote>
<h2><strong>Mark Giordano</strong></h2>
<em>Giordano explained what happened on the go-ahead goal for Montreal late in the second period.</em>
<blockquote>We were playing a good game. Again, it's a 1-1 game and from what I remember a lot of different things happened for them to get into our zone. In our zone it was just a little bit of a bounce to the slot for them, they got a couple whacks and rebound pop play really to one of their guys after Marky made a huge save. So it was a tough sequence for us, but again, when you come into a game like this, it's got that playoff atmosphere, it's going to be low-scoring, little things mean the difference.</blockquote>
<h2><strong>Sean Monahan</strong></h2>
<em>Monahan discussed the team's belief that they can still go on a run towards the post-season.</em>
<blockquote>We've gotta maintain that. Our mindset is to win every game and our next game in Edmonton, it's a new day and we've got to get those two points. The belief's still here and that's our main focus here as a group.</blockquote>

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