Excuses. Of any game the Calgary Flames will play this year this tilt against Boston gave them the most possible excuses to mail it in and take a loss. 1) End of a seven-game road trip in the eastern time zone 2) the second half of a back-to-back and the tail end of 3 games in 4 days 3) the first two points combined with the fact that this was their eighth game in their last 13 days 4) Your backup goalie is in net. I’m sure many readers could think of more – they had every excuse in the book they could have used, and instead they came out and kicked the pants off the Boston Bruins.
Beyond the boxscore – G19: No excuses necessary
