The Calgary Flames faced their third fairly big test of the past week on Saturday night, hosting the talented, structured Boston Bruins. The Flames weren’t all that bad, but the details of their game were lacking (and came back to haunt them) en route to a 4-2 loss to the Bruins.
The rundown
The first period was fairly even. The Flames had more scoring chances and shots, but Boston arguably had the more dangerous chances.
The Bruins managed to open the scoring late in the period on a fairly innocent-looking play. Connor Clifton carried the puck into the Flames’ zone and, near the edge of the face-off circle, fired a shot towards the Flames net.