Sometimes games get built up in a way where they cannot meet the hype. Saturday night’s game between the Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche was not one of those games. It was an intense, tight-checking, playoff-type battle between two very good hockey teams.
The Flames took advantage of a strong performance from their top line to beat the Avalanche 4-3 in overtime.
The rundown
The opening period felt like shinny, with chances and momentum swinging back and forth pretty rapidly. The Avalanche opened the scoring just 42 seconds in. The Flames dumped the puck into the Colorado zone and went for a chance, but Colorado’s quick transition got the puck up the ice and generated a bunch of quick chances.