Exhibition hockey is rarely picturesque. Heck, it's often "bowling shoe ugly," and the best everyone involved can hope for is no injuries and for some positive signs. For the Calgary Flames, they managed to defeat the Vancouver Canucks at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday night in a rather disjointed 2-1 affair. But they got another strong performance from Brian Elliott and their de facto top line.
Here's how it went down in Calgary's fourth pre-season contest of this season.
THE RUNDOWN
The Flames were sharp in the opening period, aside from a late period lull that followed a Canucks power-play.