Beyond the boxscore – G3: Goose eggs and field goals

Finally, at 5v5 the Flames show a dent in their armor, but Jacob Markström came ready to play and the Flames did enough to beat the Red Wings Thursday night. I’m not going to entirely blame the 5v5 play on anything specific. They had to recover from back-to-back penalty kills, a couple shoddy breakout attempts from their own zone and a genuine loss of momentum. The Wings are younger and faster than they’ve been in years past, but the Flames defended solidly, especially on the backcheck with the first forward coming back always taking the third guy on the rush and nullifying Detroit’s entire rush attack.

CF% – 52.44%, SCF% – 51.61%, HDCF% – 55.7%, xGF% – 41.37%

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