The Flames show up every night.
We’ve seen it.
They’ve almost caught a team or two in their five game losing streak, but didn’t get the bounce or the finish and lost the games.
Tonight though, the Kings looked past them, and they muscled their way to a 4-2 victory on Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada to snap their losing streak and keep some pride alive.
The Flames avoided getting eliminated tonight with the win.
Punt that issue forward for another night.
Quite the showing for the Flames.
Minus the result.
The Flames had two disallowed goals and two goal posts in the third period in falling 5-3 to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.
They definitely deserved better.
The loss is the Flames 5th in a row as they continue to hold down the 8th overall draft position. Tonight, though, Montreal and Ottawa both win making the thoughts of 6th and 7th spots more realistic.
Have said it three straight games; the Flames are playing an entertaining brand of losing hockey.
They show up.
They push the play.
They can’t score.
They can’t win.
Tonight they spot the Hawks a 3-0 lead and then thrown everything at the net for the last 45 minutes of the game, but lack the firepower to light the lamp more than once a night.
Doing wonders for their draft position though!
Another entertaining close hockey game.
Another missed two points in what’s becoming a strengthening draft position.
The Flames and Sabres had a tight game blown open in the third period with a Sabre’s five on five goal and two empty netters making the final score of 4-1 look much more lopsided than it was.
Calgary was in it throughout, but once again just can’t generate those blue chip chances, and when they do they don’t have the finish to get it done.
Good hockey overall.
Post trade deadline Hockey Night in Canada game in a lost season.
All I’m really hoping for is a good effort and an entertaining game.
Pretty much what we saw tonight in Vancouver with Canucks skating away with a 4-2 win on Saturday night.
Calgary was full marks for their effort, heading to the third period with a 2-1 deficit and outplaying the Canucks in the final period.
A lack of finish did them in, as it has often this season.
Tomorrow night right back at it at the Dome against the Buffalo Sabres.
