The Flames have played better in games they’ve lost, but with how tight things are, the end results are incredibly important, and this was the best possible outcome.
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It was kind of exhausting how many times the officials had to review whether goals counted or not, but I think in the end they made the right calls, all in all. Mike Smith did pull Ryan Hartman down with him, kind of taking himself out of the play, but Hartman wasn’t exactly an innocent party, either, and there was no reasonable expectation Smith could make the save.