Originally Posted by
Adam Smith
I turned it off at 2-0 because it was clear the Flames hadn't showed up. The last three games have not looked like a team coached by Darryl Sutter. I also wonder whether we might see Vladar tomorrow. Markstrom was downright awful in the first two games, and wasn't really the cause of last night's loss (although he was massively out of position for the first goal), but didn't do anything to bail out the rest of the team either.
And we Oiler fans all heard the pre-series 'expert' analysis about how coaching and goaltending were both big edges that went in Flames favor but it hasn't seemed that way so far as Oilers have had Markstrom's number all season and so far this series while the line matching, poor changes and sloppy D coverage did look very un-Sutter like.
Flames top line completely invisible last night with only 6 SOG between them while Oilers top line notched 10-points and was unstoppable. Draisaitl set a 104-year-old Stanley Cup record for most assists (four) in a single period on Sunday all while suffering from a painful high-ankle sprain!
Bring on game #4!