And, when you factor in context – the best team in the West against the worst, and when the best still has something to play for (first isn’t clinched yet) – it’d probably be fair to also say bad. The Flames have certainly looked better.
Feel of the game
The Kings scored early, which was… fine. Whatever. We’ve seen the Flames concede goals to lottery-bound teams before, but it hasn’t exactly stopped them over the course of 60 minutes. So why would it this time?
Well. The Flames blatantly outplayed the Kings, but it wasn’t a particularly meaningful kind of outplaying.