On Saturday, the Calgary Flames were superb in a tightly-contested win over the Edmonton Oilers. On Monday in Montreal, they were the opposite of that in a 2-0 loss to the Canadiens.
Flames interim head coach Geoff Ward provided a pretty succinct assessment of his team’s setback in his chat with the media following the game:
Not enough emotional attachment to the game. This is twice this has happened to us after a big emotional game where we come out flat the next game. This is the time of year where we can’t do that. We’ve got to be prepared to play.