The Calgary Flames were not particularly good on Thursday night against the Vancouver Canucks. Facing a Minnesota Wild club at the end of a road trip on Saturday night, they were significantly improved from Thursday’s effort.
The Flames allowed the first goal and then took things over en route to a 7-3 home win over the Wild to extend their home winning streak to a franchise record-tying 11 games.
The rundown
The Wild opened the scoring 96 seconds into this game on their very first shot on goal. The Wild got a bit of zone time, made a couple passes, and Jon Merrill’s shot from the left point was deflected by Frederick Gaudreau in the slot past Jacob Markstrom to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.