The Battle of Alberta shifted to Edmonton on Sunday night, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers clashing in Game 3 of their series. The Oilers were excellent and the Flames much less so in a 4-1 Edmonton win over Calgary.
Here are five takeaways from Game 3.
More five-on-five time, but not a lot
The Flames are a team that’s generally at their best at full strength, when they can use all their players, get everybody involved in the game, and play their full system. In Game 2, the Flames and Oilers played just 36:54 at five-on-five (according to Natural Stat Trick) and the Flames just weren’t themselves.