The Flames showed up.
Give them credit, the dead tired team missing one of their go to blueliners, playing on back to backs with their backup goaltender showed up and gave the Jets a handful in a 5-2 loss that was actually much closer than the final score would suggest.
In the end they couldn’t finish, and couldn’t get the big save to sweep the weekend after beating the Wild last night.
Up next is the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night at the Saddledome.
For 45 minutes the Flames were teaching the world how to play road hockey.
They were cruising up 3-1 and 4-1 in the third period, and were giving up literally nothing.
Then it got weird.
The two teams combined for five third period goals turning a laugher into an interesting finish in a 5-4 Flames win in Minnesota on Saturday night.
The Flames got two goals from Andrei Kuzmenko, and two assists nights from Yegor Sharangovich and Mackenzie Weegar to pace the squad.
Right back at it tonight with a game in Winnipeg commencing 22 hours after this one finished.
The night had the making of another Dustin Wolf steal.
He had the teams even through two periods despite the Flames being completely outplayed and on their way to defeat.
Then Jakob Pelletier scored the go ahead goal, adding to his night of nights, and the Flames just ran away with it with two empty net goals, taking some pressure off Wolf.
Great goaltending can steal you games. But it can also keep you in a game until the skaters find a way to deserve a good fate themselves.
Franchise goaltender in net?
There are games where your goalie is better than the opposing goalie.
And then there are games where your goalie is the only reason a hockey team won a hockey game.
Tonight was one of those nights.
Dustin Wolf was at his absolute best tonight, stopping 38 of the 39 shots he faced in pacing the Flames to a 3-1 win in Winnipeg on Hockey Day in Canada.
The win gives the Flames an even road trip with two wins and two losses, to keep pace in the West for that final wild card spot.
Unbelievable goaltending.
A gutsy effort by the Flames and their goaltender Dan Vladar on the second half of back to backs.
Down a goal just a minute into the game, the Flames grind it out to the point where they tie it up in the third period, and then lose on a turnover with about eight minutes to play in a 2-1 loss to the Blues.
The loss snaps the Flames three game win streak, but they stay in a playoff spot with the Vancouver Canucks losing in Winnipeg.
The Flames have the Blues again on Thursday night, once again in St. Louis.
