Mike Smith backstops Flames with 26-save shutout in Game 1 against Avalanche Globe_Sports
Calgary goalie Mike Smith celebrates his shutout with centre Sean Monahan after the Flames blanked the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series.Mike Smith had to wait seven years between playoff starts but made the most of it on Thursday night.
Smith, who came to Calgary from Arizona in a trade in the summer of 2017, was announced as the starter only Thursday morning. He had split time in the net with David Rittich during the regular . season. Smith had played well over the last month and entered the game with only one loss in regulation time against Colorado in 16 starts in his career.
He misfired in the Flames best chance to score early in the game, missing on a two-on-one as he broke in on Grubauer in the last minute before the first intermission.Colorado failed to score on two power plays, and then another at the start of the second period. Smith sprawled all over the crease to stop them several times on another power play in the third.
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