Even in the National Hockey League, not every game is going to be picturesque. Sometimes both teams are playing their third game in four nights and passes aren’t quite as crisp or accurate as they’d be otherwise. On Saturday night, the Calgary Flames hosted the New York Islanders.
Neither team was sublime, but the Flames were decisively the better squad in a 5-2 win over the Islanders.
The rundown
Play in all three zones was a bit disjointed early for both teams, which led to some scrambly odd-man rushes in both ends.
The Flames ended up opening the scoring about midway through the period.