The Flames show up and play a solid road game in Denver, but can’t overcome some tough luck in the second period and go down to the Avalanche by a 3-1 score on Saturday night.
The loss featured a solid final 30 from the Flames, but the just couldn’t find the net to solve Avalanche goaltender Ivan Prosvetov.
The Flames go 2-2-0 on a pretty tough four game road trip.
Things won’t get much easier when they return home to play the Vegas Knights on Monday night at the Saddledome.
You have to hand it to the Calgary Flames.
There is literally no quit in their game.
Tonight down two goals in the second period it very much looked like a wind down loss for the Flames in Dallas Texas.
Instead they score once late in the second and four more times in the third to turn an expected loss into a walk away win evening their road trip at 1-1-0 and keeping their hopes alive for a playoff spot.
The Flames are right back at it tomorrow night in Colorado, with both teams travelling for the game.
The Flames recipe of late has been to get down early but then rage back and pick up points.
Tonight they got the first part right ….
Not so much the latter half of the recipe as the Flames fall 4-2 to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night.
The loss moves their road trip to 1-1-0 with tough games this weekend in Dallas and Colorado.
Additionally it moves the back to two games under .500 and puts to a halt a bit of that momentum that they’ve built up in going 5-1-2 in the last eight. Starting the first ten of the season with just two wins doesn’t afford them a lot of room.
The just keep rolling.
A stinky second period looked like a death knell to the team after 40 with the Kraken up and the Flames looking almost disinterested.
But then they throw everything but the kitchen sink at the Kraken in the third period, tying it up late on an Andrew Mangiapane milestone goal, and then winning it when Rasmus Andersson scored the game winner to complete a three point night.
The win keeps the Flames perfect in Seattle, and gives them a 5-1-2 record in their last eight.
And don’t look now … they’re getting pretty close to a playoff spot and Thanksgiving is still a few days away.
Entertaining loss.
That’s pretty much what most of the city is looking for right?
The Flames get down 3-1 and 4-3 but tie it up twice and force overtime before falling to the New York Islanders in a shootout on Saturday night at the Saddledome.
The single point gives them three out of a possible four points on a brief two game homestand and a 4-1-2 record for 10 points in their last seven games overall.
The Flames got more action from their rookie forwards with Martin Pospisil scoring a goal and Connor Zary adding two assists in the defeat.
The Flames now hit the road again for four games starting on Monday night in Seattle.
