The very good New York Islanders made their lone visit of the season to the Scotiabank Saddledome this evening. And the Calgary Flames were, for the most part, up to the challenge. Unfortunately, a few minor defensive lapses against a better team resulted in a 2-1 overtime loss for the locals.
There are 22 games remaining in their regular season schedule. The Flames are now 26-30-4.
THE RUNDOWN
The viewing audience on television and in the Saddledome was treated to an eventful first period. The Flames were buzzing around early, and a really nice passing play between Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau and Jiri Hudler was polished off by the Czech veteran scoring his 10th goal of the season off a really nice feed from Monahan to make it 1-0.