Two of the National Hockey League’s top defensive clubs met on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Here’s a shocker: there wasn’t much scoring. But the Calgary Flames and Carolina Hurricanes clashed in a game that lacked a lot of flow, but was a interesting tactical affair – the hockey equivalent of a game of high-level chess.
In a nail-biter, the Flames ended up losing to Carolina 2-1 in overtime.
The rundown
The opening period was tight-checking. Both teams had their looks. The Hurricanes executed on theirs, the Flames didn’t. A few minutes into the first period, Carolina opened the scoring with a weird goal.