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Flames GM Brad Treliving was staying mum on the subject Tuesday and promised an update Wednesday on Smith’s situation.

One potential cause of the injury could have been when Smith received the brunt of a smash-up in his crease after Scottie Upshall drove Travis Hamonic into Smith, causing a brouhaha between the players. But the team wasn’t revealing anything on Tuesday.

Smith was evaluated after the first period and did not return, even on the bench in a back-up capacity. So, Eddie Lack came to the rescue.

“Smitty pretty much told me right away that I was going in,” Lack said. “I was just doing what I could do prepare and trying to get my eyes going and my legs a little bit. I just tried to go out there and play my game.”

He did that, and by doing so he went from zero to hero — especially in the third period.

Shortly after Vladimir Tarasenko scored a crucial third-period goal to knot the game 4-4, the Scotiabank Saddledome showed their displeasure by (unfairly?) booing Lack and then, shortly after, gave him a sarcastic Bronx Cheer following a routine save.

So, what does he do?

With four minutes left in the game and the Flames up 5-4, the 29-year-old likeable Swede made a fantastic paddle stop on Dmitrij Jaskin to preserve the lead late in the game.

So, what do the fans do?

Break out in “Edd-ie, Edd-ie” chants.

“I got booed two minutes before,” Lack said with a laugh. “After that save I got the ‘Edd-ie, Edd-ie’ chants. It’s very black and white in this business, to be honest. You know what, it was huge and it was definitely a win that I wanted.”