For the 22nd straight regular season trip to the Honda Center (former the Arrowhead Pond), the Calgary Flames lost to the Anaheim Ducks.
What went wrong this time? The Flames played fairly well through the first two periods, and then the Ducks pulled away early in the third by taking advantage of some Flames defensive miscues. They won handily by a 5-2 score.
THE RUNDOWN
The opening frame was, to be blunt, ugly and one-sided. The Flames were out-shot 10-5 (9-1 at even-strength, which just....yikes) and out-attempted 30-12 (21-4 at even-strength). They did a decent job at minimizing the damage Anaheim could do, but with about five minutes left in the opening frame they seemed to get caught in an ugly sequence of "Hey, let's all block shots instead of playing good defense," Lance Bouma got hurt blocking a shot, and Patrick Maroon beat Jonas Hiller under his arm for the game's opening goal in the ensuing chaos.