from Wes Gilbertson of the Calgary Sun,

He might be the exception.

Otherwise, Mike Smith nailed it.

“I don’t think we have played our best hockey yet,” said the Calgary Flames’ starting (and suddenly starring) netminder after Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche at the Saddledome, a result that evens their best-of-seven playoff series at one win apiece.

“I think everyone in here will tell you the same thing. I think we were a little tentative tonight. We weren’t skating as well as we can and we have, and it made them look really, really fast. We’ll clean that up.”

They need to.

Thanks to Nathan MacKinnon’s top-shelf snipe at the 8:27 mark of overtime, the Avalanche swiped home-ice advantage as this Rocky Mountain Matchup shifts to the Mile High City.

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