Two nights ago the Flames had a sketchy effort in Utah when Mikael Backlund played his 1000th game.
It didn’t sit well with the team.
Tonight, with Backlund celebrating the milestone before the game the team showed up in spades, breaking up a 50 minute scoreless tie with three late goals to beat the Devils 3-0 and snap a four game skid.
Dan Vladar out duels his former battery mate to post the shut out.
Calgary plays the Oilers on Sunday night.
The Flames are reeling.
After a 5-0-1 start to the season, the undermanned club has hit the diversion to the mean smack between the eyes as they’ve lost four straight and have been outscored 10-1 in the last two games after getting thumped 5-1 in Utah tonight.
Five on five the Flames were solid through two periods, but were out goalied and out special teamed in falling to the ex Coyotes.
The Flames didn’t get the outcome they were looking for on Mikael Backlund night, and now return to play Jacob Markstrom and the Devils on Friday night.
Wheels coming off?
The Calgary Flames dropped their third straight on the season after going six games to start the season without a regulation loss.
Tonight they had a good start, and a solid road first period, but were then outclassed the rest of the way in a laugher; a 5-0 Knight win in Vegas on Monday night.
A good start to the season, but you can’t hide what you have or what you are. The Flames haven’t been good in their last five, and they’re starting to get the results you’d expect.
The Flames have been pretty inconsistent from the start of the season, at least for a team that hadn’t lost in regulation.
Slow starts, bad periods, but they always found a way to win the game or at least pick up a point.
That finally caught up with them on Thursday night.
The Hurricane’s were full marks for a solid 4-2 road victory with the Flames down 3-0 and chasing the game from early in the second period.
This time they never recovered.
This season is crazy.
The Flames get completely outplayed from the five minute mark to the 55 minute mark but were held in it by Dustin Wolf, tied the game with the goalie pulled, and won the game in a shoot out to keep their improbable start to the season rolling with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.
Nazem Kadri with the game tying goal.
Justin Kirkland with the shoot out winner, because … why not.
Flames now 5-0-1 for the best six game start in Calgary Flames history.
Crazy.
