Sometimes, there are games in which one team is simply better than the other, and there isn’t much to be done about that. It seemed like the Flames were always the worse team. Now, more often than not, they’re the superior one, forcing other teams to admit defeat. What a difference.
Feel of the game
You’d have forgiven the Flames for coming out to a poor start – back-to-back matinees are definitely not particularly common – but instead the Flames completely dominated the first, and it won them the game. Three quick special teams goals, all about five or six minutes apart, were the result of consistently strong, relentless play; Alan Quine’s goal to make it 4-0 at the end of the first was pretty much a dagger, and the Blues didn’t have much hope for recovery after that.