It's selection bias, though. The Flames have won many playoff-style games this year already, now they look bad in one and this is what we choose to base our analysis off of? Last game against LA the stakes were equally as high and the Flames came to play and pulled out the win. The last few games against San Jose have had a lot on the line and we've been dominant.
This was a much tighter game with playoff like reffing. And once the Kings decided to show up, the Flames didn't really have an answer.
And it's not panicking since I've never believed the Flames were close contending. Rather, this just reinforces the idea that Flames shouldn't be buyers this deadline, and if anything, should continue to look at selling some pieces if possible.