If you're familiar with how I wrote recaps back at Matchsticks & Gasoline, you'll remember I included a "stray observations" section that would probably make up the bulk of the recap. Well, with Ryan handling most of the immediate post-games over here, I figured I could take what I did before and translate it to a morning after column, filled with general impressions and stats I found interesting about the game. So... that's what this is.
It was clear this game was different from the Flames' other games to start the season. They turned it on in the second period, and never really turned it off.