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I was torn.

At first I was almost relieved that the Flames were down 3-1 after two with the out of town scoreboard sealing their fate. Felt maybe it was best that they would have nuked themselves and couldn’t simply blame the dumb luck of never getting any help.

Then they scored three straight to go up three in the third changing that narrative before going to overtime and winning in a shoot out 5-4 on Tuesday night.

So in the end they can’t completely blame the Hockey Gods as they had to win the game in regulation.

The Flames got goals from Frost, Kadri, Backlund and Klapka, and then the shootout winner from Frost to put things away.

One meaningless game left on Thursday night in LA, a game that should feature the debut of Zayne Parekh (and Aydar Suniev).

Go win it … 96 points and missing the playoffs is a story.

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Ah ah ah ah Staying Alive!

A brutal five minutes of play off the hop almost cost them the hockey game, but their goaltender bailed them out and from there they studiously carved out a solid home ice victory against a team they should and needed to beat.

Calgary with the 5-2 victory with three third period goals.

The win keeps their slim playoff hopes alive for another 48 hours with a huge Tuesday looming with all three teams playing.

The season winds into game 81 with a chance at the playoffs.

Incredible journey.

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They’re alive!

For now anyway.

The Calgary Flames can’t win four in a row or force the Wild to lose three in a row in one hockey game. All they can handle is the game in front of them, and handle it they did defeating the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Friday night.

The Flames got goals from Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich, Nazem Kadri and Adam Lomberg in building a 4-0 lead early in the third period and then held off a late surge by the Wild.

The win moves the Flames to within 3 points of both the Wild and the Blues with three games to play.

The season is over on Thursday. Have to hand it to them that’s it’s still interesting heading into Sunday.

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Now that’s a tough loss.

The Flames looked to be on their way to a nail biter, then overtime, then a safe victory with a two goal lead, then overtime, and with that a devastating 4-3 overtime loss to the Ducks.

And a huge crimp in what was already a pretty slight opportunity at the playoffs.

Out of town the Wild fought off the Sharks and won a crazy 8-7 game in overtime.

The Flames got a great game from the Backlund line as they dominated, and started on time, which was refreshing to see. But a third period collapse did them in.

They put their tiny playoff hopes completely on the line on Friday night when the Wild come to the Saddledome.

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This team …

You’re pissed at them after 20. You’re annoyed with them after 40. You are high fiving after 60, not because they dominated the Sharks but because they found a way to come from behind yet again; this time in a 3-2 victory in San Jose.

Walk out that effort in the first 30 minutes again and the season is toast. Dustin Wolf was brilliant in the first half of the game to give his team a chance.

They took it.

Adam Klapka, Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato with the goals as the Flames keep their season ticking along.

Nothing easy with this group.

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