Flames win!
“We can’t lose here … ”
A great lesson for a young but talented Ducks team in that they get outworked by a desperate Flames team early and can never wrestle back the edge despite numerous chances on the powerplay.
The Flames were solid in all three periods, probably logging 53 minutes of solid road hockey and put the Ducks away by a 4-2 score securing their first win and two points of the season.
A record of 1-5-0 looks so much better than 0-6-0.
Really proud, team building effort.
Now that was better …
No the Flames didn’t win the game, in fact they lost their fifth in a row, tonight by a 4-2 score to the Ducks, but they looked better and were way more entertaining.
They moved the puck well. They were pushed by their young players. Their goaltending in Dustin Wolf was much better. They just couldn’t get it done.
With the loss the Flames add to what was already their worst start in franchise history, going 0-5-0 for the first time every. (They hadn’t gone 0-4-0 either).
Quite the statement to suggest a 6-1 loss was the Flames best effort of the season, but here we are.
The Flames were down early and never really in it with the Kraken leading 3-0 after one, and 5-0 after two, but they were probably the better five on five team territorially for most of the night.
They can’t bury chances.
And when they break down they really break down.
That puts the Flames 0-3-0 on the season, as they dig a hole that makes it pretty clear what the path will be this season.
Lick your wounds and get back after it on Thursday night I suppose.
For 50-60% of the game the Flames were as expected.
A dog on the bone.
Not giving up much.
Not creating much either.
But then the flood gates opened and the Canucks took control putting the Flames down to the tune of a 4-1 loss on Saturday night.
The Flames top line and top pairing were solid. The depth though was lacking as the rest of the team pretty much got filled in.
If you had any doubts heading into tonight that this could be a rough season, the outcome in the home opener may have pushed some doubt into your imagery.
Three Seattle first period goals, two more in the second and a final one in the third as the Seattle Kraken cruise to an easy 6-1 win in the last home opener at the Saddledome.
The Flames gave up too much, created too little, took too many penalties, made unforced errors, fell down … not a great night.
83 to go!
