"I thought we showed a resolve and resilience," Sutter said. "They score that empty-net the first minute of the game and quite honestly, I thought we had a really good first period. And that's what I told them after the first, it's a winnable game for us for sure tonight. And we [darn] near did."
Nugent-Hopkins scored the game-winner on a rebound at 16:33.
"We showed a lot of effort to crawl back into the game," Andersson said. "That second period we played really well. We played tight. A good third, too. The fourth goal obviously kind of sucks the life out of us a little there."
The Flames were 25-9-7 at home during the regular season and are 4-2 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, one of their biggest reasons behind their faith heading into Game 5.
"We know are strong at home," Backlund said. "I think [our belief] even started last game (a 4-1 loss in Game 3). We were the dominant team in the third period. They scored early in this game, but we still showed really good character as a group and battled back. Unfortunately, we didn't win."
The Flames also said they are rallying around two individuals.
Markstrom has been under a spotlight against the Oilers and center Connor McDavid, who leads the postseason with 25 points (six goals, 19 assists). He made 21 saves, including 15 of the last 16 shots he faced over the final two periods.
"It's part of battling back," Sutter said. "You've got to kind of go down there, deep down in there and grab onto it."