Heading into tonight’s game with the powerhouse Washington Capitals, the Calgary Flames had played an uneven stretch of games. Good even strength play was undone by poor special teams and bounces seemed to snowball at the worst possible time. The Flames responded to some strong words by their head coach after their last loss with perhaps their best game of the season in a very structured, measured and occasionally very entertaining 2-1 victory over the Capitals.
The win propels the Flames back to the dizzying heights of the .500 mark with a 6-6-0 record to close out October.