After a high scoring Game 2 on Thursday night, Friday night’s Game 3 provided us a low scoring tight checking affair as we’ve so often see play out during the regular season between these clubs. Despite being significantly outplayed over the course of the evening, the Flames managed to squeak out a 2-0 victory thanks to shorthanded goal from Mikael Backlund and an insurance marker from T.J. Brodie in the third period.
The majority of the praise for the victory was given to Cam Talbot and rightfully so after he made 35 saves including a number of high danger saves in order to preserve not just the victory, but his second shutout of the postseason.