Calgary Puck

This has to be the 6th time this season that I’ve written this team off only to see them rise back off the canvas and get back into the war.

Thought they were done in November with a loss in Pittsburgh. I certainly thought they were spent when they lost in Carolina in their most recent road trip.

After getting smoked last night in Toronto, their third straight loss it felt kind of done as well.

But then the Flames skate out and dominate the Rangers in MSG, winning the game by a 2-1 score (that flattered the Rangers immensely) to reel in the teams they are chasing and staying in front of the teams that are chasing.

Back in it, and a game in Jersey on Thursday.

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Completely outclassed again.

Dustin Wolf pulled, as the Leafs completely run over the Flames by a 6-2 score on Monday night, a game on Prime.

The loss is the Flames third in a row (they picked up one point in the three games) putting the season in jeopardy as the losses line up and the chances of securing that final playoff spot seem to dwindle.

Have to wonder if a setback in Manhattan and Jersey this week change their plans to the end of the season.

Guess we will see …

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The Flames are a thin team to begin with.

They don’t score many goals, and use a relatively thin blueline to do their best to protect their best player, goaltender Dustin Wolf.

With their play driving shut down center out, and his obvious replacement suspended the Flames just didn’t and don’t have the horses to play 60 minutes with the league’s elite.

So it comes as little surprise as the Flames go down 4-2 to the Avalanche on Friday night in a game where they had 3 shots on goal through 30 minutes of play.

If Mikael Backlund is out long term this could get ugly, quickly.

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That was a night.

The Flames were the better team through two periods, and with that nursed a 3-2 lead into the final frame.

But then they completely sat on the one goal margin and got run over in the third period by a desperate Canucks team who were able to tie it up, force over time and win it in a shoot out.

Dustin Wolf and Jonathan Huberdeau were the story for the Flames; Wolf with a dominant game to keep his team in it (the Canucks with almost five expected goals) and Huberdeau with a shorty, a powerplay goal, and a shoot out goal to prolong things.

The loss (but gained point) puts the teams even with the Flames having a game in hand.

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That was tight!

The leg weary Calgary Flames dug deep, leaned heavily on their rookie goaltender, but found a way to score the game’s only goal in a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

The win is huge, as the Flames jump back into the 8th playoff spot in the West.

Going on that six game trip there was a lot of thought that the Flames would slip and be back of a playoff spot, so to win tonight and be back in is quite the statement.

19 games to go.

It’s going to be a ride.

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