Flames fall in Boston
Thursday, 05.01.2012 / 6:50 PM
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 2011-12 Game No. 42; Road Game No. 25 |
Flames Record: 18-19-5
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"It was embarrassing," Flames captain Jarome Iginla said. "They played well, there's no question, but we got totally out-worked and out-competed.
"We were terrible tonight."
The Bruins outshot their visitors 42-25 and absolutely dominated the Flames in the faceoff dot, winning 70 percent of the draws.
The Flames were down by three goals by the time the first period ended, unable to stop the Bruins potent offence.
Tyler Seguin opened the scoring at 1:14 when he coverted a feed from Patrice Bergeron. Benoit Pouliot also assisted on the tally.
The Bruins second goal was the result of a lucky bounce. Milan Lucic centering attempt went off of Olli Jokinen and slipped past Leland Irving at 3:17.
Tom Kostopoulos sent to the sin bin for tripping at 7:40 and the Boston power play made the Flames pay for the infraction.
David Krejci, who earned a helper on the Lucic marker and pushed his point streak to seven games, received a pass from Rich Peverely and snapped it into the back of the net.
The second period saw the Bruins continue their offensive outburst, scoring four more times.
Nathan Horton scored twice in the stanza and his first goal of the game ended Irving's night. The rookie netminder was replaced by Kiprusoff but the Bruins, courtesy of Horton, were able to beat the veteran once before the period was over.
Boston kept pouring it on in the third period. Bergeron scored his 11th goal of the season at 5:49 and Daniel Paille added insult to injury when he was able to beat Kiprusoff short-handed at 8:43.
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BY THE NUMBERS
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STAT OF THE NIGHT TJ Brodie was the only Flame that did not register a negative plus-minus rating on Thursday night. The rookie blueliner earned an even rating in the 9-0 thumping. He had 24:57 of ice time in the loss, a substantial increase from his usual minutes. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Brodie (24:57) Shots -- Horak (4) Hits -- Sarich (6) Blocks -- Babchuk (3) Takeaways -- Jackman (1) Faceoff Wins -- Byron (4, 50%) |
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TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @NHLFlames hope the blowout loss is what we need to turn around the season & we go on a roll into the playoffs
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FLAMES LINEUP VS. BOSTON
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| FORWARD LINES | ||
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Curtis Glencross | Olli Jokinen | Jarome Iginla |
| Blake Comeau | Mikael Backlund | Lee Stempniak |
| Paul Byron | Roman Horak | Tim Jackman |
| Tom Kostopoulos | Brendan Morrison | Raitis Ivanans |
| DEFENCE PAIRINGS | |
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
| Jay Bouwmeester | Chris Butler |
| Scott Hannan | Anton Babchuk |
| TJ Brodie | Cory Sarich |
| Goaltenders: Miikka Kiprusoff, Leland Irving Starting Lineup: Irving, Sarich, Brodie, Glencross, Jokinen, Iginla |
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POWERPLAY UNITS
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| FORWARD LINES | ||
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Blake Comeau | Brendan Morrison | Lee Stempniak |
| Curtis Glencross | Olli Jokinen | Jarome Iginla |
| POINT MEN | |
| Left Point | Right Point |
| Anton Babchuk | TJ Brodie |
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PENALTY KILL UNITS
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| FORWARD UNITS | ||
| Forward | Forward | |
| Curtis Glencross | Mikael Backlund | |
| Blake Comeau | Lee Stempniak | |
| DEFENCE PAIRINGS | |
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
| Jay Bouwmeester | Chris Butler |
| Scott Hannan | Cory Sarich |
