The Calgary Flames have a narrow path to manoeuvre to make the Stanley Cup playoffs. They continued a nice run of strong, structured play when they faced Montreal on Wednesday night. They grinded out a 4-1 victory over the Canadiens at Bell Centre.
The rundown
Once again, the Flames had a great opening period and they managed to capitalize on scoring chances to get a lead. Montreal kept losing face-offs in their own zone. On their third loss in a row, Mikael Backlund drew the puck back to Noah Hanifin at the point, and Hanifin’s shot beat Jake Allen to give Calgary a 1-0 advantage.