Struggling Calgary Flames must regroup in a hurry after brutal wake-up call Globe_Sports
Apr 15, 2019; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog attempts on Calgary Flames goaltender Mike Smith in the second period of game three of the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY SportsThe Flames convened in a conference room at their hotel on Tuesday morning to watch video of their dreadful defeat at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche in the third game of their NHL playoff series.
Calgary’s top scorer, Johnny Gaudreau, has one assist through three games and that does not come close to showing how ineffective he has been. “Everyone has to better, not just one guy,” Gaudreau said the morning after an ugly collapse. He is correct, there. His linemates, Sean Monahan and Elias Lindholm, have also barely registered a pulse. “The Avalanche outplayed and outworked us up and down the ice and all over the rink.The Flames eschewed practice on Tuesday to take the time to better understand their drubbing. They allowed 56 shots in Game 3, and there were 24 others by the Avalanche that were blocked or missed the net.
“We are usually buzzing around in the offensive zone and we haven’t gotten too many chances,” said Bennett, a third-line centre who has been Calgary’s best player. He has a goal and three assists in the first three games. “We can’t let them walk all over us. We need a better push-back and we haven’t shown that.”It shows how undisciplined and rattled a team with great expectations can become when its skill and intensity level is being exceeded by its opponent.
“He is one of the best players in the world for a reason,” Giordano said. “He is a lot like Connor McDavid in the way he can skate.“He plays a speed game and we are allowing him too much time and space. We have to take away his speed and make him stop when we can. We need to cut him off.” “[Monday’s] game was an eyeopener,” Calgary coach Bill Peters said. “We got behind and were unable to reel it in.
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