At one point on Monday night, the Calgary Flames had a 3-0 lead against the Edmonton Oilers. Unfortunately, some defensive lapses in their own zone and some bad penalties led to four unanswered Edmonton goals and a 4-3 pre-season loss for the gentlemen in red, white and orange.
The rundown
After a slow start to the opening period, the Flames went up 1-0 off a nice bit of forechecking. Mikko Koskinen was handling the puck behind the net but Calgary’s forecheck pressured him, so he dumped the puck up the boards to a teammate. His teammate couldn’t handle the puck well and his clear attempt went right to Elias Lindholm, who fed the puck to Matthew Tkachuk in front of the net for a slick toe-drag and wrist shot that went into the net.