A sweep was always unlikely. But the Flames didn’t need to make it any easier for the Avalanche to get a win.
Feel of the game
The Flames were outworked from the very beginning, and it took until overtime for them to look like they belonged in the game.
When Sean Monahan scored in the third period to give the Flames their first lead, things felt reminiscent of those games in the regular season in which the Flames played terribly but would pull out a win anyway: you know, the whole “good teams find a way to win” adage.