In recent weeks, the Calgary Flames have been either really good or really bad. On Thursday, they were really good. They scored early, never trailed, and ultimately beat the Ottawa Senators by a 7-3 score to even their season series at two (blowout) wins apiece.
The rundown
After Matt Murray stopped Andrew Mangiapane’s initial shot 1:56 into the game, the Flames scored on their next three shots: 2:22, 2:59 and 11:56 into the game. (Yeah, that nearly nine minute gap between shots wasn’t ideal.)
The Flames opened the scoring in a way that was unusual: off a fourth line rush play.