The Calgary Flames welcomed the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning, to town on Thursday night. The game was everything you’d want from three periods of hockey: big saves, nice goals and a general up-tempo style of play resemblant of Saturday night’s game in Colorado.
Powered by some timely goals from Johnny Gaudreau and some strong goaltending from Jacob Markstrom, the Flames triumphed over Tampa Bay by a 4-1 score.
The rundown
The first period was pretty back-and-forth, with the Flames having some troubles executing on breakouts and Tampa Bay whiffing on good scoring chances and taking penalties.