The Flames just weren’t good enough.
Or maybe … not skilled enough.
In a jacked Saddledome, the Leafs were just the better hockey team, pretty much from start to finish in a 6-3 victory on Tuesday night.
The Flames were in the game with two five on three goals or this one would have been a laugher.
The Flames will lick their wounds and get ready for the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.
“They can’t lose there!”
The Flames still haven’t lost a regulation game in Seattle in eight all time games. That’s something.
Tonight they got up 3-0 early and then hit a wall and had to hold on for dear life the rest of the way to preserve the win.
Dan Vladar snaps his personal six game losing streak with a big win.
The Canucks lost in overtime, so the Flames are back up to two points ahead for the final wild card spot.
Next up the Leafs on Tuesday night.
The Flames auditioned two new players tonight; with Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost making their debuts in Flames colours.
It didn’t turn out how any of the 20 dressed in red would have hoped.
The Flames were the better team, pretty much from start to finish, but they couldn’t finish against Cam Talbot and dropped a 3-1 game (2-1 with an empty netter) to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
They’ll have to dust off the disappointment quickly as they get on a flight to Seattle tonight, for a game against the Kraken tomorrow night.
Well that was a night!
A game was played of course, with the Flames erasing a 1-0 Anaheim lead with four straight goals, including three straight to finish the game for Matt Coronato and his first NHL hat trick.
While all this transpired a slow leaking 6 asset swap with the Philadelphia Flyers, with two new key pieces joining the Flames for the weekend.
Calgary snaps a two game losing streak, and leapfrogs the Canucks back into a playoff spot.
Won’t forget this one!
The Flames played about as good a game as you can against one of the best team’s in the circuit.
They settled in and pretty much carried the play five on five from about the five minute mark of the first period through to the end of the contest, but didn’t have the finish to tie the game and secure a point.
The Caps win 3-1 with a third period breakaway by Protus to put it away.
The Flames have now lost two in a row in that tight West Wildcard race.
Up next is the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.
