The race continues to the post-season as the Flames are making the most of their chances and particular individual Flames are taking their chances while they have them as well. After a come from behind victory last night against Vancouver, putting them at 81 points, the Coyotes looked to distance themselves from the Flames with a victory. Those hopes were dashed seconds into the game as Calgary jumped to an early lead thanks to–you guessed it–the storybook call up Sven Baertschi jumped on a loose puck to put the home team up by one. They never looked back after that goal.
The top line continued their dominance with each player scoring a goal, and some timely at that, to propel the Flames to victory. They sit tied for 9th although with games in hand. The win puts the current streak at 5 games and no reason it can’t extend to 6 after tomorrow’s game against Edmonton.
So with the remaining games the Flames have to go 7-4-1 approximately to make it….Looks doable.
Right on! Baertschi, Iginla, Stajan and Tanguay devour the Coyotes with their remarkable performance in an attempt to narrow the gap between their western counterparts notwithstanding that timely efforts from Mark Giordano, Scott Hannan, Cory Sarich and short-handed specialist, Curtis Glencross can hardly be ignored. The Flames’ penalty killing abilities and persistence also limited the opponents from scoring more than one goal, while Mikka’s goaltending skills had been superb!!
Obviously, Flames’ game play has worked exceedingly well during the past few games; and an identical performance against the Oilers will certainly help them exceed their statistical standings from tenth to 7th place. By the looks of it, despite the 6-1 loss on February 21st, the Flames seem to be well equipped to combat their Albertan counterparts and more noticeably Leland Irving will take on the netminding duties instead.
Go Flames Go.