The Calgary Flames played a much lower-scoring game with the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of their playoff series, in that the teams combined for eight goals instead of 15. The Flames had leads of 2-0 and 3-1, but the pesky Oilers kept coming at them. A couple third period breakaways were the difference in a 5-3 Oilers win to tie the best-of-seven series at one game apiece.
The recap is here, if you missed it. Here are selected highlights and post-game comments from Friday night.
BY GAWD THAT'S MICHAEL STONE'S MUSIC #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #Flames pic.twitter.com/IEENlBZks4
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
KNOCK KNOCK, BRETT RITCHIE ON THE DOORSTEP #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #Flames pic.twitter.com/xEx7z5Ydwv
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
It's the Battle of Alberta, alright. pic.twitter.com/IwS5TiYJGi
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) May 21, 2022
DUNCAN KEITH HAS ENTERED THE CHAT… #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/pDONcYGukX
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
Say it with us now… HOLY MOLY TYLER TOFFOLI #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #Flames pic.twitter.com/KuwjRYmast
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
Toffoli and Nurse getting into it after the goal. #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta pic.twitter.com/cfHsj9ZXX9
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
CONNOR FREAKIN' MCDAVID #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/PmvN69nNSX
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
A BOUCHARD BLAST FOR THE TIE! #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/GiB42mFZN9
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
ZACH HYMAN SHORTY ALERT #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/QzBiHhquyD
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
Mike Smith assist:
Leon Draisaitl goal: @EdmontonOilers 2 goal lead: #StanleyCup | #BattleofAlberta | #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/9COV0xn1nJ— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 21, 2022
Head coach Darryl Sutter
"Exciting game – if we had won it, I'd be really happy."
Darryl Sutter checks in after Game 2. pic.twitter.com/JiZtzQwNwi
— y – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) May 21, 2022
Assessing how the game unfolded: “Exciting game. If we’d had won it, I’d be really happy.”
Assessing his team’s play through two games: “I think we missed a lot of opportunities tonight. I think Markstrom was really really good for us. I think that their individual skill stood out tonight in the situations that they scored on. So that’s something that’s hard to handle, but some of that is not five-on-five; there’s what, a four-on-four goal, five-on-four goal, five-on-four goal for us, shorthanded goal for them. If you’re not playing five-on-five, that’s definitely to their team’s advantage.”
On what the team can do to stay of the box: “Stay out of the box.”
On the shorthanded goal against: “If you get one defenceman, four forwards out there, they got to execute or else it’ll be going the other way, and that’s what happened.”
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