The penalty kill has been a sore spot for the Calgary Flames this season, to put it mildly. To be more blunt, the Flames' inability to kill a ton of penalties (and to give up power-play goals at the wrong time of tight games) has cost the Flames wins and points. So it's probably been nice lately to see the man-down unit shut down the opposing teams and actually score goals.
It happened again tonight. Two goals in 30 seconds by the penalty kill powered the Flames to a point. They lost 4-3 to the Colorado Avalanche in the shootout at the Scotiabank Saddledome.