The Edmonton Oilers visited the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night in the final contest of the pre-season for the Flames. Dressing their probable opening night roster laden with stars, the Flames instead got offensive contributions from the former Oilers in their lineup en route to a 3-2 home victory.
The rundown
Neither team scored in the first period. Shots were 9-3 Flames, but you could make a good case that the Oilers generated the more dangerous scoring opportunities – they just kept missing the net.
The Flames kept pouring on the pressure in the second period and finally broke through the deadlock.