Calgary Puck

For the last month the Flames have moved between two games under .500 and .500 itself.

Never worse. Never better.

Tonight with their fourth loss the Flames move back to three games under .500 for the first time since their win in Montreal on November 15th.

They’ve held serve in the last few weeks, but they’re just not making up any ground on that pace needed to make a push into a playoff spot.

Tonight they take a 5-3 lead into the third period and are doing quite well for the first ten minutes. Then the house of cards come crashing down with the Avalanche scoring three straight goals and skating away with a 6-5 win.

Things don’t get any easier tomorrow night with the team heading into Vegas to play the Cup Champs.

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The Flames sadly flipped their most recent script by doing the opposite in starting well but finishing poorly in a 4-2 afternoon loss at the Saddledome to the New Jersey Devils.

The Flames dominated the first period and had a 1-0 lead after 2o minutes but gave up the next three goals and didn’t have enough to bounce back and find points with a third period push.

The Flames square their homestand at 3-3-0, and now head out on the road for three games in four days starting Monday night.

Need to get on a run soon.

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Didn’t see that finish coming.

The Flames seem to be short on skill and unable to mount much of a counter attack through two periods trailing 2-0 to the Carolina Hurricanes.

And then suddenly the Cane’s house of cards cave in and the Flames score three straight third period goals in a 3-2 come from behind victory on Thursday night.

The win gives the Flames a 3-2 edge on their homestand and keeps them within striking distance of a Western Conference playoff spot.

Next up the Devils on Saturday afternoon.

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That was ugly.

The Flames completely mailed it in for the first 25 minutes of the game, chasing Dan Vladar and pretty much giving the game away in a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.

Dustin Wolf came in to mop up much to the delight of the Saddledome crowd, setting up an interesting decision for the Carolina game on Thursday.

For the Flames they drop to two games under .500 and in need of a turnaround forthwith.

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You have to hand it to the Vancouver Canucks, they walked out a pretty solid road game and came away with a 4-3 victory in Calgary on Saturday night.

The Flames, minus Nikita Zadorov, certainly felt the absence as their third pairing was heavily sheltered and got filled in based on metrics.

Calgary loses their first game on this six game homestand and look to get back on the winning side on Tuesday night against the Minnesota Wild.

They sit 9th in the West both in points and win percentage.

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