It had all the trimmings of an American Hockey League clash.
The Calgary Flames, without Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau and Lance Bouma for disciplinary reasons, faced a Toronto Maple Leafs team missing five regulars. The Flames played fairly well early-on and spotted themselves a lead - having an edge of up to 4-1 at one point - and then clung on for dear life en route to a bowling shoe ugly 4-3 victory in front of a very blue (and partisan) crowd at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
The ugly ones count the same as the pretty ones, but the Flames are probably just gonna dispose of tonight's game tape.