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.
The perfect start is finished.
The streak however continues!
A 2-1 overtime loss in Seattle on Saturday night put an end to two long streaks. The Flames had been perfect in all six games in Seattle leading up to tonight’s result, but had to settle for an overtime loss and the single point.
The overtime loss also puts an end to the Flames blemishless start to the season as they move to 4-0-1.
Calgary was the better team five on five throughout the night, but Seattle more dangerous with the man advantage as the two hard working teams needed extra time (and less players on the ice) to finish things off.
Calgary’s top line with an inserted Matt Coronato was dominant.
Dan Vladar very good in the nets for Calgary.
Just not the start to the season that any of us saw coming.
Like the previous two victories over Vancouver and Philadelphia the Flames were not the better team early but escaped with some bounces and some goaltending. The Oilers scored two additional goals in the first half of the game but had them both overturned; the first for goalie interference, and the second for an offside.
That gave the Flames a chance to find their game, and like they did in their previous two games, they were the better team the rest of the way in picking up a 4-1 victory.
