This time, the Flames skipped with the pretence of scoring goals, and just let themselves fall into their quick second period collapse without fanfare.
There’s only so many times you can point at the shooting percentage
The Flames had a great first, largely controlling the flow of play and making Marc-Andre Fleury work, while Mike Smith didn’t have too much to do. Or at least that’s how things went in theory; while the Flames outshot Vegas 20-6 in the first, according to Natural Stat Trick, they won the scoring chance battle 11-7, and had more high danger corsi events, 5-3, so the ice wasn’t as tilted as it initially appeared.