The Calgary Flames launched their 2018 season opener in grand fashion. After getting their faces beaten in, literally, in Game 1 versus the Vancouver Canucks, they sought revenge at home. In a rare home at home series to start the season, the Flames had a chance to redeem themselves after the embarrassing opener.
The talk leading up to the game centered around two things. The Calgary Flames looking like the old Calgary Flames with an inept power play, and the team being pushed around at will by the opposition. In response to the second, and also in response to Hamonic getting his face punched in (out week to week), Dalton Prout drew into the lineup.