The Flames were a plucky group tonight, don’t let the score fool you.
But in the end they didn’t have the finish to beat Oettinger, nor the goaltending to match the Dallas side in a lopsided 6-2 loss in Dallas on Sunday night.
The lost moves the Flames to 1-4-2 in their last seven games.
Is this a slide? Or do the Flames find that gear and go on a run again?
They continue to struggle on the road.
Next up they visit Nashville on Tuesday night.
The Flames had their six game home winning streak snapped tonight, but were the better team in this one and likely deserved a better fate.
Calgary erased a 2-0 and 3-2 St. Louis lead to get the game to overtime and earn a point, before dropping the game on a controversial overtime goal that had Pareyko seemingly push the pad of Dan Vladar into the cage with the puck.
The Flames were paced by their youth with call up Jakob Pelletier, and Matt Coronato both scoring goals.
Next up for the Flames a road game in Dallas on Sunday night.
Does anything in this game really matter when it comes down to it?
It was about Johnny Gaudreau.
It was about his family.
It was amazing the two teams could even play hockey after that opening tribute to their fallen teammate.
But play they did, as the Flames marched to a 3-0 victory; Calgary’s 6th in a row on home ice, snapping a four game losing streak and putting an exclamation point on the Gaudreau night.
Really well done by the Flames.
Proud to be a fan.
Tough road trip.
Relying on goaltending and out working your opposition is a tough road to hoe.
Recently it hasn’t been enough to get it done, as the team loses 6-2 in Pittsburgh to go winless on the four game road trip with a 0-3-1 record
Tonight they really weren’t all that close.
They got whipped five on five, they got dominated in special teams and they were really never in the game.
Are the Flames taking on water?
They haven’t scored more than 3 goals in now 21 games, their goaltending is ever so slightly adjusting down towards average, and with that we have a winless road trip against teams you’d like to beat if you have your eyes on a playoff spot.
Today they spotted the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-0 lead early in the second period, a deficit they couldn’t overcome in dropping a fight filled 5-2 contest in Ohio this afternoon.
The loss puts the Flames at 0-2-1 on a four game road trip with their final contest tomorrow against the desperate Pittsburgh Penguins.
