Mike Smith was brilliant again for the Flames in Game 2, but couldn't quite steal another one against the Avalanche. (EricFrancis )
came within a hair of outright stealing a game.
“We were winning battles and to be honest with you we deserved this one. Now, in playoffs it doesn’t always work that way, or in hockey in general. The team that deserves to win doesn’t always win. But we believed, and now we’re going to carry this momentum into Game 3.” The short-handed goal marked the first time in 45 shots the Avs were able to solve the man who was previously considered to be the biggest question mark heading into the series.
After a Rasmus Andersson power-play goal tied the game 1-1 five minutes later, the Flames responded properly with a third period that had them poised to complete the steal when Sean Monahan swatted in the go-ahead goal with seven minutes remaining in the third. Smith’s trapper, which has robbed the Avalanche of so many great chances early in this series, was beaten in dramatic fashion on MacKinnon’s seventh shot of the night.
Though overshadowed by Smith’s heroics most of the night, Grubauer stopped 35 shots to continue the play that helped lift the Avs into the second wild-card spot with a furious finish to the regular season.
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