Friday night, Battle of Alberta, round two, game one of a back to back was played and won in pretty bland fashion for that kind of setting.
The typical slow start Flames kind of got things going by the midway point of the opening period but it was a pretty flat, low event hockey game.
The team was pretty sound and played an okay game but were never able to kick it into gear.
Game Flow
| 23 | Shots | 16 |
| 19 | Scoring Chances | 15 |
(5v5 Data from Natural Stat Trick)
It seemed like a perfect chance for the Flames to at least render the ‘lack of effort’ criticisms and ‘can’t start on time’ pattern inert for 24 hours.