Something had to give, right?
The league’s best defense in terms of goals against per game against the league’s second best offence. Would the Islanders be able to grind things to a standstill or would the Flames manage to turn it into a track meet?
Give the nod to the locals as the Flames badly out shot, out chanced and out played New York in a game that was tied 2-2 in the third period with the shots on goal 24-8 for the Flames. The right team won the game in the end, but it was in doubt a lot later than it should have been.
Calgary gets goals from Mikael Backlund, Travis Hamonic, Austin Czarnik and Johnny Gaudreau in winning their third straight game. It’s interesting how a team can go from four straight losses to points in five of their last six in just three games.