New York: Everyone in Calgary got itchy last night.
For the Flames, he turned shorts in the fifth round against Dallas at Saddledome, won 3-1 and now has a game ball at the next meeting.
We have to play our best game so far, goal scorer Mikael Backlund told Sportbladet.
Like New York Rangers And Florida Panthers Earlier in the night, Calgary initially had some trouble in their vital match 5 at home in Saddledome.
In the middle of the second half, Jason Robertson made the score 1-0 for the visitors and this result remained until the end of the first half, as the series of matches was narrow and goal-defining, which meant that the turmoil kept the entire oil city in disrepair. Iron fist.
But the last 20 minutes caught Flames by the toes, she managed to come back and eventually won 3-1.
– Yes, he was very strong of us. But we said in the break before the third that we were going to hit the gas, because it wasn’t good enough before, and we really took it from the first change, he says Michael Backlund When we talk to him after the final reference.
Mikis himself was instrumental in the recovery. He netted the equaliser, from a superb pass from Andrew Mangyappani, after 6.49 – and thanked him by playing up to a 2-1 goal, which Mangyappani himself scored less than four minutes later.
– It was so cool to score a goal in the qualifiers with the fans in the stands, continues the 33-year-old from Vastmanland.
Especially since the fans involved are so excited, one has to assume. The entirety of Calgary was put into a state of total Stanley Cup fever during the Flames’ quarter-final battle against the Superstars.
“Yeah, it’s been two levels since we last had people in the stands in the playoffs,” Micks confirms.
– A lot of people are watching the matches on a big screen outside the arena as well. it is fun.
What would happen if Mr. Backlund and his friends win the next game, in Dallas on Saturday night, you can only imagine. Because in this case they decide the whole fight and prepare for the second round.
– It’s going to be very hard, Dallas is going to get out very hard. We simply need to put in our best game after that, says the champ of the night.
Elias Lindholm made a goal in the fifth game, and in the penalty area, Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 shots.