The Calgary Flames had absolutely no excuses to not win that game.
Fortunately, it never really looked like they were in any danger.
Domination – except on the scoreboard
The Flames really should have had more than four goals, and were it not for Calvin Pickard, they may very well have.
Pickard faced 26 shots, same as Brian Elliott. He also saw 55 corsi chances go against him, compared to the 45 that went against the Flames. The Flames had 25 scoring chances to the Avalanche’s 22; 15 high danger ones to the Avs’ eight.