ANAHEIM — The Calgary Flames insisted they weren’t thinking about their past horrors at Honda Center in Anaheim.
Fair enough.
The Curse continues, though, because for a split second in the second period of Thursday’s 3-2 loss to the Ducks in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series, they didn’t seem to be thinking at all.
Thanks to a pair of postcard-pretty passes by Kris Versteeg, the Flames were staked to a one-goal lead over the Pacific Division-winning Ducks when their five skaters skedaddled to the bench for a line change. All five, all at once.